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1 PACS Picture Archive Communication Systems

2 DICOM Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine
The intent is to establish a universal language of radiology in order to facilitate the distribution of information. Prior to DICOM, each manufacturer had proprietary image languages, often a unique language for each modality they offered.

3 Other Medical Computer Standards
Health Level 7 (HL7) Integrating the Health Care Enterprise (IHE)

4 DICOM 3.0 Current standard for Digital Image Communication
DICOM Standards: Storage Service Class as a user: Sends images (DICOM Export) Storage Service Class as a provider: Receives Images (DICOM import) Print Service Class as a user: Sends images over network to validated DICOM printer Modality Worklist Management as a User: Allows access to DICOM-conformant HIS/RIS (Downloads pt name and demographics to modality device)

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7 Internet or Intranet Access
Web Internet or Intranet Access

8 Future Phases: Computerized Radiography Digital Radiography
Computer capture of X-ray Images Digital Archive Soft-Copy Interpretations Pre-fetching images Image distribution via CD instead of film Every image available everywhere every time


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