Fast processing of digital imaging and communications in medicine (DICOM) metadata using multiseries DICOM format

Mahmoud Ismail; James F. Philbin

doi:10.1117/1.JMI.2.2.026501

24 June 2015 Fast processing of digital imaging and communications in medicine (DICOM) metadata using multiseries DICOM format

Mahmoud Ismail, James F. Philbin

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Journal of Medical Imaging, Vol. 2, Issue 2, 026501 (June 2015). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JMI.2.2.026501

Abstract

The digital imaging and communications in medicine (DICOM) information model combines pixel data and its metadata in a single object. There are user scenarios that only need metadata manipulation, such as deidentification and study migration. Most picture archiving and communication system use a database to store and update the metadata rather than updating the raw DICOM files themselves. The multiseries DICOM (MSD) format separates metadata from pixel data and eliminates duplicate attributes. This work promotes storing DICOM studies in MSD format to reduce the metadata processing time. A set of experiments are performed that update the metadata of a set of DICOM studies for deidentification and migration. The studies are stored in both the traditional single frame DICOM (SFD) format and the MSD format. The results show that it is faster to update studies’ metadata in MSD format than in SFD format because the bulk data is separated in MSD and is not retrieved from the storage system. In addition, it is space efficient to store the deidentified studies in MSD format as it shares the same bulk data object with the original study. In summary, separation of metadata from pixel data using the MSD format provides fast metadata access and speeds up applications that process only the metadata.

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Mahmoud Ismail and James F. Philbin "Fast processing of digital imaging and communications in medicine (DICOM) metadata using multiseries DICOM format," Journal of Medical Imaging 2(2), 026501 (24 June 2015). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JMI.2.2.026501

Published: 24 June 2015

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