Interoperability

imaging standard

DICOM: Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine

Use approved DICOM and DICOMweb services for imaging exchange, with a deployment-specific conformance statement and no diagnostic interpretation by the connector.

Statusprofile-selection-required
StewardDICOM Standards Committee
Profiles4
Linked contracts1

Versions and profiles

Deployment scope must be selected and verified before live exchange.

01DICOM current edition
02DICOMweb QIDO-RS
03WADO-RS
04STOW-RS
Capabilities

Approved exchange scope

  • study and series discovery
  • image object retrieval
  • image object storage
  • imaging metadata exchange
Evidence

Required conformance artifacts

  • DICOM Part 2 conformance statement
  • transfer syntax tests
  • DICOMweb service tests
  • de-identification validation
Controls

Required before live use

  • pixel-data separation
  • metadata minimization
  • transfer syntax validation
  • de-identification profile
  • no autonomous interpretation

Contract bindings

Connector contracts using this standard.

Primary sources

Official references retained for implementation review.