Why do you need DICOM Conversion?

Problem:
Hospitals and imaging clinics around the world with non-DICOM medical modalities who need to convert to DICOM often find that upgrading or replacing these modalities is too expensive, often costing hundreds of thousands of dollars. PACS is a large enough expense in and of itself. Replacing all of the non-DICOM devices for PACS connectivity purposes is simply not cost-effective.

Solution:
Our solutions convert any non-DICOM medical modality to DICOM. The resulting digital study can be sent to PACS, recorded to CD/DVD/USB, and printed to film or paper. This option is available for a small fraction of the cost of a modality upgrade.

DICOM Conversion Allows Compatibility of Formats

The need for DICOM conversion becomes clear when you realize that medical images come in many different modalities and can be saved in several different formats. One of the issues that prevent health care facilities from converting to a DICOM PACS system is the prospect of replacing all the non-DICOM devices, thereby making them compatible; such a project can run as much as half a million dollars or more. The DICOM conversion allows for non-DICOM images to be changed into a DICOM-compatible format, which then enables them to be transmitted to clinical workstations, archived on digital storage media, and even printed.

A DICOM converter is much more economical than replacing large amounts of imaging equipment, most of which is still quite serviceable. One such DICOM image converter is the TIMS System, which enables the user to convert an image that has been taken with any modality not associated with DICOM and send it to the PACS, where it can be viewed, edited, archived or printed just like any other DICOM image. The DICOM Importer is a DICOM image conversion system that will take virtually any medical image and convert it into common cross-platform image and video formats such as .jpg, .avi and .mpg. These are formats that can be read by any standard web browser, such MS Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox.

The Lumen System is yet another simple way to convert to DICOM any medical images made in a non-DICOM modality. This DICOM conversion utility records high-resolution video and transfers this data to any specified location on the office network; these video files can then be easily integrated into any DICOM system component for later study and archive.

The fact is that a DICOM conversion is not only economical but a more environmentally-friendly solution as well, reducing waste as well as costs. Dealing with all the various video and image formats available has long been a source of frustration and difficulty among any professionals who must deal with them – but particularly to medical professionals, to whom clear, reliable imagery can literally be a matter of life or death. DICOM conversion utilities and software constitute the most cost-effective way to achieve maximum image availability across the largest number of platforms – meaning that patients get the best possible service while institutional costs are minimized to the greatest possible extent.