DICOM stands for Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine and is a standard for the transmission and storage of medical images. It specifies standards for the format, transmission, storage, management and recall of medical images, and provides standardized technical support for digitization in the medical imaging community.
DICOM can help healthcare organizations coordinate the transmission and ****enjoyment of medical image information, successfully implement electronic medical image management, and greatly simplify and optimize the process of medical image processing. For healthcare organizations, physicians and patients, DICOM offers great advantages by improving the efficiency and quality of healthcare services and bringing more business opportunities to the healthcare industry.
The scope of DICOM's application in medical image processing involves various aspects of medical image acquisition, transmission, storage, processing, display, and management. For example, in terms of image transmission, DICOM is able to acquire image data from different types of devices and convert them into a unified digital format before storage and transmission; in terms of image processing, DICOM can perform various processing on images, including image adjustment, enhancement and photometric correction techniques. At the same time, the DICOM standard has been widely used in diagnostic imaging, radiotherapy, cardiovascular imaging, ophthalmic imaging, dental imaging, and many other medical fields.