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FC9008 - DICOM

3.2 Abbreviation
DICOM is the abbreviation of Digital Imaging Communications in Medicine.
As you can see it is about Medical images. At least, this is how it started!

3.3 The initial goal of DICOM


The initial goal was to develop a standard for the transmission of medical images in digital format, to enable
users to: transmit images and associated information, from digital imaging equipment in a standard format, that
would be the same across multiple manufacturers.

3.4 History
• For many years images were made on film, because there was nothing else! The images were read
using a light box.

• The availability of medical images in digital format made it possible to change the way of working.
Images could be transmitted over a network to another destination, for example to ask another radiographer for
a second opinion.

• Network protocols were already defined, but not the way how the medical images would be transmitted
were not. The lack of a standard resulted in many company specific solutions, a nightmare for compatibility.

3.5 Versions
• ACR and NEMA joined forces and formed a standard committee in 1983. Their first standard,
ACR/NEMA 300, was released in 1985. Very soon after its release, it became clear that improvements were
needed. The text was not clear enough and there were internal contradictions, leading to different
interpretations.

• In 1988 the second version was released. This version gained greater acceptances among vendors.
The image transmission was specified as over a dedicated 50-pin DICOM cable.

• In 1992 the third version of the standard was released. Its name was then changed to DICOM. As this
was the third version, you will often read “DICOM 3”.

• The last “third” version, defined in 1992, is still the current version. However, this does not mean that
DICOM doesn’t change. Changes to the DICOM standard are continually requested. The change requests are
investigated by the DICOM board which validate or reject the change.

To guarantee backwards compatibility existing implementations remain available, changes or new features are
ADDED to the DICOM standard.

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