In previous blog articles, we have covered the history of radiology, inception of the DICOM standard here as well as the anatomy of the filetype and the viewer here. DICOM viewers today are packaged with a multitude of features including easy viewing and robust image post-processing. In this blog article, we will focus on understanding …
Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine, otherwise known as DICOM is a common industry standard used by the radiology community worldwide to transfer medical imaging files. Established first in 1983, by a joint collaboration between the American College of Radiology (ACR) and the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA), this standard was developed owing to one …
PACS, a widely known acronym in the radiology world, is familiar to every graduating radiology student poised to be a radiologist. Yet, numerous medical-imaging diagnostic centers continue to operate without PACS software, either unable or unwilling to keep up with the evolving trend in the healthcare market. So what exacty is PACS? Why is it …