Background: This study describes the possibility of implementing three-dimensional printing technology to create a precise construction of a planned bolus, based on computed tomography information stored in the Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) format file. Materials and Methods:  To create the bolus with a 3D printer, we converted data in the DICOM format to the s...

In this paper, I am presenting an argument for a best practices strategy for dealing with non-DICOM Medical Image Data Objects in a PACS Neutral-Archive (PNA). In this context, the data objects I am referring to are diagnostic image objects that are produced through a clinical study process. The key message of this white paper is that managing the non-DICOM data objects in a Neutral Archive in ...

DICOM is an international standard for the storage and transmission of medical image. With the popularity of pictorial and computerized medical equipments and the development of hospital management information system, the standard is widely used. The technologies of medical image display and processing based on DICOM standard are studied. On the basis of analyzing the DICOM standards and file f...

We present preliminary results toward developing a video server that integrates security mechanisms and digital monoand stereoscopic video sequences (DSVS) into the DICOM standard. The use of public networks such as the Internet for transmitting patientspecific data must comply with local legislation on data security and integrity. The typical heterogeneous hardware and software infrastructure ...

UNLABELLED The number of computed tomography examinations has continuously increased over the last decades and accounts for a major part of the collective radiation dose from medical investigations. For purposes of quality assurance in modern radiology a systematic monitoring and analysis of dose related data from radiological examinations is mandatory. Various ways of collecting dose data are ...

The Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) Standard specifies a non-proprietary data interchange protocol, digital image format, and file structure for biomedical images and image-related information. The fundamental concepts of the DICOM message protocol, services, and information objects are reviewed as background for a detailed discussion of the functionality of DICOM; the in...

Teleconsulting and Teleconferencing is nowadays a strict need for patient follow-up or for medical second opinion. The growing of this kind of techniques for teleconsulting needs an effective way to achieve a fast communication on non-dedicated connection lines. Moreover another prerequisite for this kind of activities is the conformance to DICOM that is the de facto standard for medical image ...

Displaying medical images and waveforms which are stored in the DICOM file format is no longer a task that can be performed on desktop pc’s only. This article describes a feasibility study where we have developed a set of applications for viewing and even analysing DICOM image and waveform objects on mobile devices such as mobile phones or PDAs. In order to overcome the shortcomings, especially...