DICOM Processing

1. What is DICOM and how does it work?
2. What is DICOM software?
3. What are the 5 basic DICOM file movement operations?
4. What protocol does DICOM use?

What is DICOM and how does it work?

DICOM is the international standard to communicate and manage medical images and data. Its mission is to ensure the interoperability of systems used to produce, store, share, display, send, query, process, retrieve and print medical images, as well as to manage related workflows.

What is DICOM software?

DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) is a standard format that enables medical professionals to view, store, and share medical images irrespective of their geographic location or the devices they use, as long as those devices support the format.

What are the 5 basic DICOM file movement operations?

DICOM addresses five general application areas: (1) network image management, (2) network image interpretation management, (3) network print management, (4) imaging procedure management, (5) off-line storage media management.

What protocol does DICOM use?

DICOM Makes use of the OSI network model. It uses the 2 network protocols on which the Internet is based and which allow data transfer, TCP / IP, and the HTTP hypertext transfer protocol.