Dicom Conformance

Compatibility of DICOM Transfer Syntax

Transfer Syntax UID Media Type Description Read Write
1.2.840.10008.1.2 Implicit VR - Little Endian yes No
1.2.840.10008.1.2.1 Explicit VR - Little Endian yes Yes
1.2.840.10008.1.2.1.99 Deflated Explicit VR Little Endian yes No
1.2.840.10008.1.2.2 Explicit VR Big Endian (Retired) yes No
1.2.840.10008.1.2.5 RLE (Run Length Encoding) Lossless yes No
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.50 image/jpeg JPEG Baseline (Process 1): Default Transfer Syntax for Lossy JPEG 8 Bit Image Compression yes Yes
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.51 image/jpeg JPEG Extended (Process 2 & 4): Default Transfer Syntax for Lossy JPEG 12 Bit Image Compression (Process 4 only) yes Yes
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.53 image/jpeg JPEG Spectral Selection, Non-Hierarchical (Process 6 & 8) (Retired) yes No
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.55 image/jpeg JPEG Full Progression, Non-Hierarchical (Process 10 & 12) (Retired) yes No
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.57 image/jpeg JPEG Lossless, Non-Hierarchical (Process 14) yes Yes
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.70 image/jpeg JPEG Lossless, Non-Hierarchical, First-Order Prediction (Process 14 [Selection Value 1]) yes Yes
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.80 image/jls JPEG-LS Lossless Image Compression yes Yes
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.81 image/jls JPEG-LS Lossy (Near-Lossless) Image Compression yes Yes
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.90 image/jp2 JPEG 2000 Image Compression (Lossless Only) yes Yes
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.91 image/jp2 JPEG 2000 Image Compression yes Yes
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.92 image/jpx JPEG 2000 Part 2 Multi-component Image Compression (Lossless Only) yes No
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.93 image/jpx JPEG 2000 Part 2 Multi-component Image Compression yes No
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.201 image/jphc High-Throughput JPEG 2000 Image Compression (Lossless Only) yes No
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.202 image/jphc High-Throughput JPEG 2000 with RPCL Options Image Compression (Lossless Only) yes No
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.203 image/jphc High-Throughput JPEG 2000 Image Compression yes No

Transfer Syntax UID Media Type Description Read Write
1.2.840.10008.1.2.6.1 mime type RFC 2557 MIME Encapsulation yes No
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.100 video/mpeg MPEG-2 Main Profile Main Level yes No
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.101 video/mpeg MPEG-2 Main Profile High Level yes No
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.102 video/mp4 MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 High Profile / Level 4.1 yes No
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.103 video/mp4 MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 BD-compatible High Profile / Level 4.1 yes No
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.104 video/mp4 MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 High Profile / Level 4.2 For 2D Video yes No
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.105 video/mp4 MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 High Profile / Level 4.2 For 3D Video yes No
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.106 video/mp4 MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Stereo High Profile / Level 4.2 yes No
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.107 video/H265 HEVC/H.265 Main Profile / Level 5.1 yes No
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.108 video/H265 HEVC/H.265 Main 10 Profile / Level 5.1 yes No
Note

The latter groups of TSUIDs are opened by the default system application associated with the MIME type.

Supported “Photometric Interpretation” pixel format

Photometric Interpretation Description Supported
MONOCHROME1 grey level image description (high values=dark, low values=bright) yes
MONOCHROME2 grey level image description (high values=bright, low values=dark) yes
PALETTE COLOR pseudo color image description yes
RGB true color image description yes
YBR_FULL true color image description yes
YBR_FULL_422 true color image description yes
YBR_PARTIAL_422 true color image description (Retired) yes
YBR_PARTIAL_420 true color image description yes
YBR_ICT true color image description (JPEG-2000) yes
YBR_RCT true color image description (JPEG-2000) yes