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Glossary term

DICOM file

The standard for storing and exchanging medical images together with their identifying and technical metadata.

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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]

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