Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1148/rg.2018170057

Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) is a technical standard defining storage and communication of data in radiology; it is a rich source of coded information about each image acquisition and is a useful tool in troubleshooting imaging problems.

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Article History

Received: Mar 14 2017
Revision requested: June 5 2017
Revision received: June 30 2017
Accepted: Sept 13 2017
Published online: May 14 2018
Published in print: May 2018