[New coronary imaging modality. I. Digital angiography (cineless) and low-energy digital fluoroangioscopy systems].

The advent of digital medical imaging offered unique new possibilities of analyzing, visualizing and communicating medical images. This article reviews the impact of the digital technology in the cardiac catheterization laboratory and covers a range of topics such as the standard DICOM, the transition to cineless angiography, the digital cardiac archive, the network system for imaging exchange and the role of the cardiac digital mobile imaging systems.