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Transfer Syntax

A Transfer Syntax is a set of encoding rules able to unambiguously represent one or more Abstract Syntaxes. In particular, it allows communicating Application Entities to negotiate common encoding techniques they both support (e.g., byte ordering, compression, etc.).
A Transfer Syntax is an attribute of a Presentation Context, one or more of which are negotiated at the establishment of an Association between DICOM Application Entities.

DICOM Transfer Syntaxes

Transfer Syntax UIDTransfer Syntax name 
1.2.840.10008.1.2Implicit VR Endian: Default Transfer Syntax for DICOM 
1.2.840.10008.1.2.1Explicit VR Little Endian 
1.2.840.10008.1.2.1.99Deflated Explicit VR Little Endian 
1.2.840.10008.1.2.2Explicit VR Big Endian 
 
Transfer Syntax UIDTransfer Syntax name 
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.50JPEG Baseline (Process 1):
Default Transfer Syntax for Lossy JPEG 8-bit Image Compression
 
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.51JPEG Baseline (Processes 2 & 4):
Default Transfer Syntax for Lossy JPEG 12-bit Image Compression
(Process 4 only)
 
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.52JPEG Extended (Processes 3 & 5) Retired
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.53JPEG Spectral Selection, Nonhierarchical (Processes 6 & 8) Retired
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.54JPEG Spectral Selection, Nonhierarchical (Processes 7 & 9) Retired
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.55JPEG Full Progression, Nonhierarchical (Processes 10 & 12) Retired
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.56JPEG Full Progression, Nonhierarchical (Processes 11 & 13) Retired
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.57JPEG Lossless, Nonhierarchical (Processes 14) 
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.58JPEG Lossless, Nonhierarchical (Processes 15) Retired
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.59JPEG Extended, Hierarchical (Processes 16 & 18) Retired
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.60JPEG Extended, Hierarchical (Processes 17 & 19) Retired
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.61JPEG Spectral Selection, Hierarchical (Processes 20 & 22) Retired
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.62JPEG Spectral Selection, Hierarchical (Processes 21 & 23) Retired
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.63JPEG Full Progression, Hierarchical (Processes 24 & 26) Retired
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.64JPEG Full Progression, Hierarchical (Processes 25 & 27) Retired
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.65JPEG Lossless, Nonhierarchical (Process 28) Retired
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.66JPEG Lossless, Nonhierarchical (Process 29) Retired
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.70JPEG Lossless, Nonhierarchical, First- Order Prediction
(Processes 14 [Selection Value 1]):
Default Transfer Syntax for Lossless JPEG Image Compression
 
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.80JPEG-LS Lossless Image Compression 
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.81JPEG-LS Lossy (Near- Lossless) Image Compression 
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.90JPEG 2000 Image Compression (Lossless Only) 
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.91JPEG 2000 Image Compression  
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.92JPEG 2000 Part 2 Multicomponent Image Compression (Lossless Only)
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.93JPEG 2000 Part 2 Multicomponent Image Compression 
 
Transfer Syntax UIDTransfer Syntax name 
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.94JPIP Referenced 
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.95JPIP Referenced Deflate 
1.2.840.10008.1.2.5RLE Lossless 
1.2.840.10008.1.2.6.1RFC 2557 MIME Encapsulation 
 
Transfer Syntax UIDTransfer Syntax name 
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.100MPEG2 Main Profile Main Level 
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.102MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 High Profile / Level 4.1 
1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.103MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 BD-compatible High Profile / Level 4.1 

Retired - those from earlier versions of the standard that will not be supported in future DICOM releases.
 
 
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