ECG
We are sometimes asked “does DicomObjects support ECG” (or EKG depending on where you are in the world!
DICOM Router/Gateway Workflow
Very often questions are asked about DICOM Router/Gateway implementations. So this is a summary of the options.
DICOM Sequences
DICOM allows a dataset to contain other nested datasets, which are encoded as “sequences”.
Meta SOP Class
A Meta SOP class is used where it is required to negotiate a “set” of SOP Classes as a batch, as one would not be useful without the others. The Meta SOP classes still used in DICOM are:
TCP limitations in DICOM
DICOM uses TCP (transmission control protocol) as its underlying network transport layer, and despite its widespread and generally successful use around the world for most Internet use, TCP does have some significant limitations.