Glossary · Imaging
DICOM
Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine
DICOM is the standard for storing and transmitting medical images (CT, MRI, X-ray, ultrasound) together with their metadata, used by essentially every imaging device and archive.
A DICOM file carries pixel data plus tags such as patient name, study date and modality, and the same standard defines the network services archives use to exchange them.
Official source
See also
Explained in depth
Definitions written by Anpheros from the official sources linked on each page. General information about standards and regulation, not legal or medical advice. All terms →