RESEARCH ARTICLE

Digital DICOM in Dentistry

Jeff Burgess, * Open Modal Authors Info & Affiliations
The Open Dentistry Journal 31 July 2015 RESEARCH ARTICLE DOI: 10.2174/1874210601509010330

Abstract

Similar to Medicine, digital communication, information processing, and x-ray imaging have changed the face of dentistry. The incorporation of digital systems into medical and dental practice has necessitated development of a standard that allows reliable transmission of information between the devices taking the images, devices storing the images, and devices displaying the images. This standard is termed as DICOM. The following article briefly reviews how DICOM came about, how dentistry is involved, the various elements that are part of the DICOM system, and how DICOM is currently used in dentistry.

Keywords: DICOM, digital radiography, digital imaging.
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