Implementing the DICOM Standard for Digital Pathology.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM^®) is the standard for the representation, storage, and communication of medical images and related information. A DICOM file format and communication protocol for pathology have been defined; however, adoption by vendors and in the field is pending. Here, we implemented the essential aspects of the standard and assessed its capabilities and limitations in a multisite, multivendor healthcare network.

Methods

We selected relevant DICOM attributes, developed a program that extracts pixel data and pixel-related metadata, integrated patient and specimen-related metadata, populated and encoded DICOM attributes, and stored DICOM files. We generated the files using image data from four vendor-specific image

SUBMITTER: Herrmann MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6236926 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature