Digital Image Conversion Solutions from DICOM

Film scanners have made it easy to digitize a wide range of documents and store them on media such as hard drives and compact discs. This is useful for personal papers and photos – but what about more complex types of images? Could a film scanner be used to digitize say, an x-ray?

Imagine if all types of medical images – from x-rays and CT scans to EKG and MRI results – could simply be sent to a film scanner and converted into a digital form that could be easily archived on a CD or DVD or server and retrieved and accessed using any computer on a network, using nothing more than a standard web browser. A standard commercial digital film scanner is not adequate for this task, because such film digitization usually involves some loss of image quality – which is absolutely unacceptable and can actually be dangerous when it comes to medical images used for diagnosis and treatment.

DICOM now offers several cost effective, reliable and user friendly film digitization solutions that are appropriate for medical use, allowing for the high resolutions that are necessary for accurate diagnoses. These devices allow you to digitize film in under one minute, and make ownership of such state-of-the-art affordable to virtually any hospital or health care clinic. The ability to scan film to digital formats means easy archival and distribution, while the import function that enables users to convert common image file formats such as jpg to DICOM compatible ones means that these images can be viewed by any qualified staff member without the need for special hardware or software.

Film Scanners for Every Need

DICOM proudly offers medical film scanners and from top names in the digitizer industry that include VIDAR, Radlink and eFilm. VIDAR film digitizers are well known throughout the medical profession for their reliability and quality of images; the company also has an excellent reputation for superior customer service. The Radlink Laser Pro offers a high degree of user-friendliness, easy integration with DICOM systems and very low maintenance requirements. The eFilm Workstation is possibly the easiest of all medical film scanners to use, and offers many advanced features that include CD and DVD archiving as well as batch rendering – which those of you familiar with CAD understand can be a real time saver.

Whatever your clinic's film digitization needs and/or budget, when it comes time to digitize slides, film or any other type of medical image, DICOM has the right film scanner for your specific needs.