DICOM and the Web.ppt

DICOM and the Web DICOM/Internet: strategy DICOM members (users and vendors) are very aware of the rapid development of the Internet/Web technologies in Healthcare (they are using them largely in their applications and systems) BUT they decided to go STEP by STEP ??to Web??: The basic Internet standards have been adopted by DICOM from its early stage (IP, JPEG for image compression…) DICOM is a ??domain?? standard. It shall focus only on the specific aspects of the ??medical imaging?? area, and not to define new general purpose standards DICOM is standardizing COMMUNICATION (including the one