Category Standard Organisation Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) ID DICOM PS3.1 Type Standard Version 2024b Access Open Status Active Updated 2024 This document provides an overview of the DICOM standard, including its history, scope, goals and structure. DICOM supports interoperability of medical imaging information. It is a free international standard for the transmittal, storage, retrieval, printing, processing and displaying of medical imaging information between imaging equipment and other systems. This overview is one of 22 parts to the DICOM standard.Main sections:- Scope and field of application- Normative references- Definitions- Symbols and abbreviations- The DICOM communication model- Overview of the content of the DICOM standard- Referencing the DICOM standard Access National Electrical Manufacturers Association Standard PS3: Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) Part 1, v2024b By accessing this content, you are leaving this website. The Agency takes no responsibility for the accuracy of content on the destination page.