ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the data sources that can be used to advance quality assurance and clinical workflows in medical imaging, as well as further research initiatives. The Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) standard also provides definitions for files that do not contain image information, but instead only provide summary data. The DICOM standard provides methods for vendors to include non-standard attributes in the DICOM objects they generate. However, manufacturers of x-ray equipment provide DICOM conformance statements that specify the vendor's implementation of the DICOM standard in their product. In this book, many examples are provided, demonstrating the handling of a wide variety of data sources, including but not limited to, DICOM objects.
