Holland goes DICOM

Author

Baljon, M.H. ; Gerritsen, M.G.J.M.

Author_Institution

ICIN, Utrecht, Netherlands

fYear

1995

fDate

10-13 Sept. 1995

Firstpage

645

Lastpage

648

Abstract

In the Netherlands a DICOM standardisation initiative has been started in 8 university cardiology centres. The centres are going to produce DICOM data-sets that are conformant to minimal data-set requirements. This paper describes the data-modelling approach taken in constructing an application for definition of those minimal data-sets. Based on the initial experiences a plea is made for laying down the DICOM standard basically in a well defined relational database instead of only in a very thick pile of paper documents which are very difficult to access and do not allow consistency checks to be made easily. This data-modelling approach might increase efficiency in several areas of DICOM related activities considerably.

Keywords

cardiology; medical image processing; relational databases; standardisation; DICOM data-sets; DICOM standardisation initiative; Holland; Netherlands; consistency checks; data-modelling approach; medical diagnostic imaging; minimal data-set requirements; paper documents; university cardiology centres; well defined relational database; Biomedical imaging; Cardiology; DICOM; Image retrieval; Information retrieval; Information systems; Law; Prototypes; Relational databases; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computers in Cardiology 1995

Conference_Location

Vienna, Austria

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3053-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CIC.1995.482747

Filename

482747