The standard for digital computed tomography (CBCT) is the DICOM format. This acronym stands for ‘Digital Information and Communications in Medicine” which is a term that describes the standardized coding of x-ray images.
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For the uninitiated, DICOM stands for Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine. This digital format provides standardization of x-ray images for exchange and provides a means of documenting a considerable amount of embedded information within an individual film or imaging series (e.g. CBCT). AS H. Oosterwijk, A Farman, and P Gihring state in the International Congress Series article titled ‘Standardization of image exchange for dentistry using DICOM (Vol. 1268, June 2004 (p1174-1178)), “in addition, use cases are defined to aid in defining integration profiles for Dentistry”. |
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