The DICOM Standard

The DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in medicine) Standard is a set of rules that allow medical images and associated information to be exchanged between imaging equipment, computers, and hospitals. The standard establishes a common language that permits medical images and information produced on one vendor's machine to be available for use on the digital system of another vendor. The DICOM Standard evolve through meetings between medical imaging companies (represented through the National Electrical Manufacturers Association, NEMA) and representatives from major medical societies including the American College of Cardiology, American College of Echocardiography, European Society of Cardiology, and American Society of Nuclear Cardiology.

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