| It's a problem that virtually everyone who works | | | | can then be uploaded to a server or PC, a picture |
| with computers and digital media must deal with; | | | | archive and communication system (PACS), and |
| what to do with old and outdated media after | | | | saved to portable media such as a DVD. Any medical |
| hardware software and operating systems have | | | | image that you convert to DICOM file format can |
| undergone multiple upgrades - or worse, attempting | | | | then be read by any web browser across multiple |
| to read a file that is in a format no longer supported. | | | | platforms (provided the host PC has the proper |
| When it comes to medical imaging, the DICOM | | | | software loaded). |
| converter provides solutions when it comes to | | | | DICOM Image Converter Choices |
| reading older files. | | | | There are several different companies that offer |
| It's Easy To Convert to DICOM | | | | various ways to convert DICOM files. The Lumen |
| Only fifteen years ago, capturing a medical procedure | | | | System is a user-friendly DICOM converter by which |
| on analog video was state-of-the-art - but modern | | | | non-DICOM video can uploaded to any location on |
| digital video has made videotape a relic. In addition, | | | | the health care facility's intranet or a specified |
| videotapes deteriorate over time, and the picture | | | | location on the Internet (i.e., a specialty clinic or the |
| quality on a digital monitor can be extremely poor. | | | | PC of a distant colleague involved in a consultation). |
| The DICOM image converter allows one to transfer | | | | The TIMS System provides a more advanced way |
| all types medical images for archiving in the DICOM | | | | to convert DICOM files; this device will convert any |
| format. | | | | medical image and upload it to a PACS, where the |
| The primary advantage of a DICOM image converter | | | | image can be archived, distributed and enhanced if |
| is that your clinic or private practice will not need to | | | | necessary. |
| spend the hundreds of thousands of dollars that it | | | | The DICOM Exporter is yet another type of DICOM |
| would otherwise cost to upgrade and/or replace your | | | | image converter which allows the user to convert to |
| older, but still serviceable imaging equipment. | | | | DICOM any medical image or video to the most |
| How It Works | | | | common web image formats (.jpeg, ,mpg, etc.), |
| DICOM is basically an image file format, similar to | | | | which can then be uploaded across an intranet to a |
| .jpeg, .gif, .png or .tiff files. Applications such as | | | | clinic's digital archive, where it can be readily accessed |
| Photoshop or GIMP can easily convert images among | | | | by authorized personnel. |
| the more common formats, but DICOM was | | | | Greening The Industry |
| developed specifically for medical imaging, and | | | | Another reason to convert to DICOM is to reduce |
| therefore contains information that is not usually part | | | | paper and chemical waste associated with standard |
| of common image formats. | | | | modalities. The DICOM converter is a large step |
| The DICOM image converter consists of an | | | | toward a "paperless" operation in addition to being far |
| inexpensive piece of hardware into which the user | | | | more cost effective in terms of material and space. |
| feeds any medical image, such as an x-ray, MRI, | | | | An investment in the hardware required to convert |
| mammography image, etc. The DICOM converter | | | | DICOM files is an investment not only in your health |
| then translates the image into the DICOM format; it | | | | care facility, but an investment in the planet as well. |