DICOM是医学影像系统领域中的标准，DICOM也是研究和开发具有网络连接功能，实现信息资源共享的新型医疗仪器的技术基础。
DICOM is a standard in the field of medical image system, and also is a technological foundation of developing new model medical equipment with inter-connection and sharing information resource.
在对符合DICOM标准的医学影像文件进行处理的时候，首要的问题是怎样去读取图像文件的信息，所以了解DICOM数据格式与文件格式是极为重要的事情。
These four levels interrelate and interdepend each other. When we deal with medical image which accord with DICOM standard, primary problem is how to get the data of the image file.
DICOM 图像是PA CS采用的标准医学影像格式，与常用的图像格式不兼容。
DICOM pictures, the standard format of medical imaging adopted by PACS, are incompatible with common picture formats.
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