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DICOM for Implantations—Overview and Application

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Surgeons have to deal with many devices from different vendors within the operating room during surgery. Independent communication standards are necessary for the system integration of these devices. For implantations, three new extensions of the Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) standard make use of a common communication standard that may optimise one of the surgeon's presently very time-consuming daily tasks. The paper provides a brief description of these DICOM Supplements and gives recommendations to their application in practice based on workflows that are proposed to be covered by the new standard extension. Two of the workflows are described in detail and separated into phases that are supported by the new data structures. Examples for the application of the standard within these phases give an impression of the potential usage. Even if the presented workflows are from different domains, we identified a generic core that may benefit from the surgical DICOM Supplements. In some steps of the workflows, the surgical DICOM Supplements are able to replace or optimise conventional methods. Standardisation can only be a means for integration and interoperability. Thus, it can be used as the basis for new applications and system architectures. The influence on current applications and communication processes is limited. Additionally, the supplements provide the basis for further applications, such as the support of surgical navigation systems. Given the support of all involved stakeholders, it is possible to provide a benefit for surgeons and patients.

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This work is sponsored by funds of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the state of Saxony.

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  1. Innovation Center Computer Assisted Surgery (ICCAS), University of Leipzig, 04103, Leipzig, Germany

    Thomas Treichel & Oliver Burgert

  2. Falkensteiner Straße 70, 08209, Auerbach, Germany

    Thomas Treichel

  3. Division for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland

    Michael Gessat

  4. Computer Vision Laboratory, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland

    Michael Gessat

  5. Orthopaedic Department, University of Leipzig, 04103, Leipzig, Germany

    Torsten Prietzel

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Treichel, T., Gessat, M., Prietzel, T. et al. DICOM for Implantations—Overview and Application. J Digit Imaging 25, 352–358 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10278-011-9416-8

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