Semantic extension to DICOM standard
Zhang, K.; Chen, L.; Zhao, C.; Lü, Y.
Sheng Wu Yi Xue Gong Cheng Xue Za Zhi 23(2): 287-289
2006
ISSN/ISBN: 1001-5515 PMID: 16706349 Document Number: 599202
The Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) Standard was developed by National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) and the American College of Radiology (ACR) for medical image archiving and communication. The Standard is widely used in medicine now. But it does not define image semantic content sufficiently, so there is a difficulty in the implementation based on semantic content. In this article are discussed the semantic hierarchy structure in medical image and the method to describe the image content used in the DICOM Standard. We point out the limitations of DICOM in image semantic content description, and then set forth a way to extend the semantic content description by using DICOM private attributes.