Open Implementation of DICOM for Whole-Slide Microscopic Imaging

Sébastien Jodogne, Éric Lenaerts, Lara Marquet, Charlotte Erpicum, Roland Greimers, Pierre Gillet, Roland Hustinx, Philippe Delvenne

2017

Abstract

This paper introduces an open implementation of DICOM for whole-slide microscopic imaging, following Supplement 145 of the DICOM standard. The software is divided into two parts: (a) a command-line tool to convert an whole-slide image to the DICOM format, and (b) a zero-footprint Web interface to display such DICOM images. The software architecture leverages the DICOM server Orthanc. The entire framework is available as free and open-source software. The existence of this software supports the development of digital pathology and telepathology in clinical environments, featuring a smooth integration with existing EHR and PACS solutions.

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in Harvard Style

Jodogne S., Lenaerts É., Marquet L., Erpicum C., Greimers R., Gillet P., Hustinx R. and Delvenne P. (2017). Open Implementation of DICOM for Whole-Slide Microscopic Imaging . In Proceedings of the 12th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 6: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2017) ISBN 978-989-758-227-1, pages 81-87. DOI: 10.5220/0006155100810087


in Bibtex Style

@conference{visapp17,
author={Sébastien Jodogne and Éric Lenaerts and Lara Marquet and Charlotte Erpicum and Roland Greimers and Pierre Gillet and Roland Hustinx and Philippe Delvenne},
title={Open Implementation of DICOM for Whole-Slide Microscopic Imaging},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 12th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 6: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2017)},
year={2017},
pages={81-87},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006155100810087},
isbn={978-989-758-227-1},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 12th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 6: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2017)
TI - Open Implementation of DICOM for Whole-Slide Microscopic Imaging
SN - 978-989-758-227-1
AU - Jodogne S.
AU - Lenaerts É.
AU - Marquet L.
AU - Erpicum C.
AU - Greimers R.
AU - Gillet P.
AU - Hustinx R.
AU - Delvenne P.
PY - 2017
SP - 81
EP - 87
DO - 10.5220/0006155100810087