Adopting the DICOM standard for medical infrared images

Author

Schaefer, Gerald ; Huguet, Jordi ; Zhu, Shao Ying ; Plassmann, Peter ; Ring, Francis

Author_Institution

Sch. of Comput. & Informatics, Nottingham Trent Univ.

fYear

2006

fDate

Aug. 30 2006-Sept. 3 2006

Firstpage

236

Lastpage

239

Abstract

In recent years there has been a resurgence of interest in the application of infrared thermal imaging in medicine. Yet fairly little effort has been spent towards standardisation of the field and a common communication and exchange format for thermal images. Most other medical areas where digital imaging is employed have subscribed to DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine) as a common standard for storing and retrieving medical imagery. In this paper we investigate how the DICOM standard in its current form can be adopted to store and communicate medical infrared images

Keywords

PACS; biomedical optical imaging; infrared imaging; DICOM standard; PACS; digital imaging; medical communication; medical infrared thermal imaging; thermography; Biomedical imaging; Cameras; Communication standards; DICOM; Image retrieval; Image storage; Infrared imaging; Medical diagnostic imaging; Optical imaging; Picture archiving and communication systems; DICOM; PACS; infrared imaging; standard; thermal imaging; thermography;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2006. EMBS '06. 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

New York, NY

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0032-5

Electronic_ISBN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2006.259523

Filename

4461728