The word DICOM stands for Digital Imaging & Communications in Medicine. DICOM Viewer is a modern software application introduced in the 1980s by the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) for improved imaging facilities in the medical science.
How a DICOM Viewer works
DICOM Viewer performs its tasks by integrating different systems and then creating a combined communication system called Picture Archiving & Communication System (PACS) or PACS imaging
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