DICOM Controlled Terminology

Prefix

dicom

Keywords

anatomy biomedical science medicine ontology

Version

2025b_20250411

Links

Homepage OWL

Contact

David Clunie   0000-0002-2406-1145

Pattern for Local Unique Identifiers

Local identifiers in DICOM Controlled Terminology should match this regular expression:
^\d+$

Example Local Unique Identifier

109082   Resolve

Pattern for CURIES

Compact URIs (CURIEs) constructed from DICOM Controlled Terminology should match this regular expression:
^dicom:\d+$

Example CURIE

dicom:109082

Publications

• 2013 Multi-series DICOM: an extension of DICOM that stores a whole study in a single object
• 2005 DICOM demystified: a review of digital file formats and their use in radiological practice

A summary of the relations in the Bioregistry schema can be found here.

In Collection

FHIR External Terminologies Synapse.org external links

The metaregistry provides mappings between the Bioregistry and other registries. There are 4 mappings to external registries for this resource with 4 unique external prefixes.

A provider turns a local unique identifiers from a resource into a URI. Many providers are also resolvable as URLs (i.e., they can be used in a web browser).

The local unique identifier 109082 is used to demonstrate the providers available for DICOM Controlled Terminology. Some providers may use a different example, which is displayed in the table below. A guide for curating additional providers can be found here.