DICOM application profiler for modelling and checking DICOM datasets

DICOM is a standard that is being used for exchange and storage of medical images and related information all over the world. In the Netherlands, a DICOM standardisation project has resulted in an application profiler for modelling and validating DICOM datasets on CD-R (CD-recordable) or other storage media. The development of this tool has proven to be extremely useful for increasing the knowledge of the DICOM standard both for technicians and for cardiologists. The validation of DICOM datasets has turned out to be a very critical issue for making sure that DICOM implementations make DICOM's promise of being open really come true.