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Details for: Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine File Format

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Summary
Name Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine File Format
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Other names DICOM
Identifiers MIME:  application/dicom
PUID:  fmt/574
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Classification Dataset
Disclosure  
Description Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) is a standard for handling, storing, printing, and transmitting information in medical imaging. It includes a file format definition and a network communications protocol. The communication protocol is an application protocol that uses TCP/IP to communicate between systems. DICOM files can be exchanged between two entities that are capable of receiving image and patient data in DICOM format. The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) holds the copyright to this standard. It was developed by the DICOM Standards Committee, whose members are also partly members of NEMA.
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Related file formats None.
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Source Tessella / Tessella
Source date 28 Aug 2013
Source description 09/2022- Amended signature to disregard first 127 bytes according to specification. Added links to specification and references, altered description. Submitted by University Medical Center Utrecht.11/2023 (v.115)- Max-offset modified for BOF signature to allow for more exact signature identification. Internally researched. 04/2024 (v.118)- Added alias of DICOM. Submitted by Preservica.
Last updated 22 Apr 2024
Note https://dicom.nema.org/medical/dicom/current/output/pdf/part10.pdf https://dicom.nema.org/medical/dicom/current/output/pdf/part12.pdf https://www.dicomstandard.org/
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