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Understanding DICOM Plain and Simple
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About the Author
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Introduction
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The Good Old Days
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The Digital Era
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The Communication Gamble
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Plug and Pray
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Foundation
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The Analogy
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Step 1: The Physical Connection
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Step 2: The Language
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Step 3: Understanding the Message
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The Need for Networks
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Sharing of Peripherals
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Common Language
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The Need for Standards
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The Common Keypad
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Birth of the DICOM
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Network 7 Layer Cake
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Messaging with DICOM
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Interoperability
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Client Server Model
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SCU and SCP
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Another Analogy
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Service Object Pair (SOP)
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Basic Commands of DICOM
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Image Storage
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Image Storage Example
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Query / Retrieve
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Print Management
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DICOM Image Descriptors
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DICOM Grayscale Standard Display
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Worklist Management
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RIS-HIS and HL7
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Modality Perform Procedure Step (MPPS)
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HL7 and MPPS
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Storage Commit
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DICOM in Action
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Step 1 - Worklist Management
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Step 2 - Image Storage
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Step 3 - Query-Retrieve
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Step 4 - Storage Commit
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Step 5 - MPPS
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DICOM Conformance Specification
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Conformance Statement Example
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Security Mechanisms
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DICOM Exchange Media
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Current State of DICOM
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DICOM and IHE
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DICOM and EHR
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Summary
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References
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