Title :
Overview of the DICOM standard
Author :
Mustra, Mario ; Delac, Kresimir ; Grgic, Mislav
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Wireless Commun., Univ. of Zagreb, Zagreb
Abstract :
Digital technology has in the last few decades entered almost every aspect of medicine. There has been a huge development in noninvasive medical imaging equipment. Because there are many medical equipment manufacturers, a standard for storage and exchange of medical images needed to be developed. DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine) makes medical image exchange more easy and independent of the imaging equipment manufacturer. Besides the image data, DICOM file format supports other information useful to describe the image. This makes DICOM easy to use and the data exchange fast and safe while avoiding possible confusion caused by multiple files for the same study.
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; biomedical imaging; DICOM standard; Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine; digital technology; medical equipment manufacturers; noninvasive medical imaging equipment; Biomedical equipment; Biomedical imaging; Communication standards; Computer displays; DICOM; Image storage; Mammography; Manufacturing; Medical diagnostic imaging; Standards development; DICOM; Mammography; Medical Imaging;
Conference_Titel :
ELMAR, 2008. 50th International Symposium
Conference_Location :
Zadar
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3364-3
