LEADTOOLS DICOM C DLL Help > Features of LEADTOOLS DICOM > DICOM Files > An Overview of the DICOM File Format > Overview: Normalized and Composite SOP Classes |
DICOM defines two types of SOP Classes, Normalized and Composite. Normalized SOP Classes are defined as the union of a Normalized IOD and a set of DIMSE-N Services. Composite SOP Classes are defined as the union of a Composite IOD and a set of DIMSE-C Services.