ENV 12052 : 1997

Contents
National Foreword
Foreword
0. Introduction
    0.1 History
    0.2 CEN Standardisation on Communication in Medical
         Imaging
    0.3 Future Directions
1. Scope and Field of Application
2. Normative References
3. Definitions
4. Symbols and Abbreviation
5. Normative Technical Requirements
Annex A - Sponsoring Authority and Registration Authority
(Normative)
      A.1 Parent Bodies
      A.2 Responsibilities of the Parent Bodies
      A.3 Responsibilities of the Registration Authority
Annex B - Overview of the Content of the DICOM Parts
(Informative)
      B.1 Introduction
      B.2 Part 2: Conformance
      B.3 Part 3: Information Object Definitions
      B.4 Part 4: Service Class Specifications
      B.5 Part 5: Data Structure and Encoding
      B.6 Part 6: Data Dictionary
      B.7 Part 7: Message Exchange
      B.8 Part 8: Network Communication Support for Message
                   Message Exchange
Annex C - Road-map for further development of this Standard
(informative)

Provides an overview of the Standard and in particular contains a brief description of the contents of the DICOM Parts that are referenced by this Standard. This is based on a general communication architecture for medical imaging presented and identifies a Medical Imaging Application which uses the communication services that are offered by an Application Entity.