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Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM): A Practical Introduction and Survival Guide O.S. Pianykh Berlin, Germany; Springer-Verlag. 2008. 383 pages, $119
The goals of DICOM are Io achieve compalibility and improve workflow efficiency between imaging systems and other information systems in health care. Every major vendor of diagnostic medical imaging in the world has incorporated some form of the DICOM standard into its product design, and most professional societies throughout the world have supported and are participating in enhancement of lhe standard. The DICOM slandard is structured as a multipart document so that specific parts can be extended and modified without lhe need lo rewrite the entire standard. But this multipart approach can make using and interpreting the standard confusing. People who use medical images and data daily need to rely on someone who understands DICOM, yet many do not know who that person is in their...