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The Benefits of Using Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine

By Expert Author: Jonathon Blocker
View Summary | Submitted: 2008-08-11 | Word Count: 466 words | Views: 108 view(s)
Jonathon Blocker
Computed radiography, other wise known as CR systems are making the move from analog to digital medical imaging a seamless one. A big part of this direction is the use of DICOM Solutions. The technical name for this is Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine, and is the industry standard for the transferal of radiologic images and other medical information between multiple computers.

Basically, it is a PACS systems which allows for the digital communication between diagnostic and therapeutic equipment and systems from various manufacturers. Most modern imaging equipment sitting in your doctor’s office, from ultrasound devices, X-ray photography systems and computer tomographs, use the DICOM viewer image formatting system for storing images.

A DICOM Solutions system implements a file format definition and a network communications protocol. This communication protocol is an application protocol using TCP/IP to communicate between systems. A file from the DICOM archive can be exchanged between two or more entities that are compatible for receiving images and patient data in this DICOM format such as through the use of a DICOM web viewer for online display.

Those trained to use a DICOM viewer can provide radiology services within facilities as well as across geographic regions. Those facilities gain from it through getting the most productivity from existing resources, and keep costs down on new equipment due to its compatibility. An example of this would be workstations, CT scanners, MR imagers, film digitizers, shared archives, laser printers, and host computers are usually built by different manufacturers and are located across the office. They can now communicate freely with each other by means of a DICOM conversion across an open-system network. A result of this PACS system technology is seen in medical images processed and communicated faster, diagnoses made sooner, and treatment decisions ready sooner.

All of this leads to positive outcomes across the board. Doctors and physicians prefer this type of CR system since they now have better access to images and reports when a DICOM archive is in use. It allows them to make a faster diagnosis, potentially from anywhere in the world. Since the DICOM viewer is the most common standard for receiving scans from hospitals, it is now making inroads in smaller functions like your dentist’s and doctor’s office.

The only drawback is in interpreting the DICOM image format. The DICOM viewer has enough independence to allow various medical imaging equipment manufacturers to create DICOM compliant and incompliant files. It is this uniformity which lets a PACS user retrieve images within a common feature no matter the originating instrument. However, you’ll find the differences between vendors' DICOM implementations make this a complex task. In other words DICOM viewer conformance does not guarantee functionality, it only facilitates connectivity.
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Jonathon Blocker writes about medical imaging. With installations at over 450 imaging centers and hospitals; Dicom Solutions is one of the leading distributors in the medical imaging industry.

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