Glossary term
DICOM file
The standard for storing and exchanging medical images together with their identifying and technical metadata.
Updated 2026-02-241 alias1 sourceUsed across articles and safety pages
Definition
DICOM stands for Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine. A DICOM study can preserve image data, acquisition details, patient and study identifiers, measurements, and series structure that may be lost in a screenshot or compressed photo. Diagnostic image sharing should use the clinical team's secure, patient-matched process. [1]
Aliases
DICOM
Updated 2026-02-24
Sources
- DICOM Standards Committee - About DICOMofficial_publicAccessed 2026-07-12
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