Heading

Clinical Network Architecture Summary

This concludes our section on the clinical network architecture.

Check for Understanding

SOLUTION:

Send DICOM instances to an Application Entity

Summary, Further Research, New Vocab Terms

In this section, we have discussed some of the basics of the DICOM networking, including services such as C-ECHO and C-STORE. We looked at how clinical networks are built and what actors are there. We considered possible integration points for AI algorithms and some of the requirements to keep in mind when integrating the AI tools.

Further Resources

As usual, DICOM standard is a great reference for DICOM networking: http://dicom.nema.org/medical/dicom/2020a/output/chtml/part07/sect_7.5.html#sect_7.5.1
This paper from NIH offers (a bit dated, but still very valid) overview of the networking portion of DICOM: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC61235/
This book has a comprehensive overview of the standard and is a must-have for any deep DICOM development: Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM). A Practical Introduction and Survival Guide. Authors: Pianykh, Oleg S. http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783642108495