DICOM Conformance Statement — Compatibility Certification

What Is DICOM Conformance?

A DICOM Conformance Statement is an official document that every DICOM-compliant device or software must publish. It specifies exactly which DICOM services, image types, transfer syntaxes, and data elements the system supports, providing full transparency about its interoperability capabilities.

Manufacturers such as GE, Philips, and Fujifilm publish conformance statements for each of their imaging devices. These documents are essential during integration planning, as they allow you to verify in advance whether an acquisition device can communicate correctly with a PACS or a viewing workstation.

Without checking conformance statements, imaging integration projects risk interoperability failures. Differences in supported transfer syntaxes, enabled DICOM services, or character sets can cause images to fail to transmit, store, or display correctly.

Why It Matters in Healthcare

• Integration planning: enables evaluation of compatibility between imaging equipment and PACS systems before implementation.
• Failure prevention: identifying discrepancies in supported DICOM services avoids image transmission and storage problems.
• Manufacturer transparency: each manufacturer must document exactly what DICOM capabilities their equipment offers.
• Standards compliance: publishing conformance is a requirement of the DICOM standard and IHE profiles.
• Equipment selection: facilitates technical comparison between devices from different manufacturers.

How Davix Relates to DICOM Conformance

• Davix PACS/RIS publishes its DICOM Conformance Statement, ensuring transparency about supported services and transfer syntaxes.
• It guarantees compatibility with imaging equipment from any manufacturer complying with the DICOM standard.
• It facilitates integration planning by clearly documenting the system's DICOM capabilities.
• The cloud architecture of PACS/RIS enables continuous conformance updates as new services are added.

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