DICOM demystified: A review of digital file formats and their use in radiological practice

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1133-1140

  Graham, R N J ^a   Perriss, R W ^a   Scarsbrook, Andrew F ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital imaging and communications in medicine (DICOM); Internet; PACS

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERNET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE; TEACHING MATERIALS; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC;

EID: 27244457533     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2005.07.003     Document Type: Review

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