Adopting the DICOM standard for medical infrared images

Gerald Schaefer; Jordi Huguet; Shao Ying Zhu; Peter Plassmann; Francis Ring

doi:10.1109/IEMBS.2006.259523

Adopting the DICOM standard for medical infrared images

Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2006:2006:236-9. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.259523.

Authors

Gerald Schaefer¹, Jordi Huguet, Shao Ying Zhu, Peter Plassmann, Francis Ring

Affiliation

¹ School of Computer & Informatics, Nottingham Trent University, UK. Gerald.Schaefer@ntu.ac.uk

PMID: 17946389
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.259523

Abstract

In recent years there has been a resurgence of interest in the application of infrared thermal imaging in medicine. Yet fairly little effort has been spent towards standardisation of the field and a common communication and exchange format for thermal images. Most other medical areas where digital imaging is employed have subscribed to DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine) as a common standard for storing and retrieving medical imagery. In this paper we investigate how the DICOM standard in its current form can be adopted to store and communicate medical infrared images.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Diagnostic Imaging / standards*
Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / standards*
Reference Standards
Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted*
Spectrophotometry, Infrared / standards*
Thermography / standards*
United Kingdom