DICOM Parts 1-22: Bulk Download

The DICOM Standard is an international standard for medical images and related information. It defines the formats for medical images that can be exchanged with the data and quality necessary for clinical use. The standard is updated and republished several times per year.

Main sections:

· Conformance

· Information object definitions

· Service class specifications

· Data structures and encoding

· Data dictionary

· Message exchange

· Network communication support for message exchange

· Media storage and file format for media interchange

· Media storage application profiles

· Media formats and physical media for media interchange

· Grayscale standard display function

· Security and system management profiles

· Content mapping resource

· Explanatory information

· Web services

· Application hosting

· Imaging reports using HL7 clinical document architecture

· Transformations between DICOM and other representations

· Real-time communication