Farman Allan G
Division of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, The University of Louisville School of Dentistry, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA.
J Digit Imaging. 2005 Mar;18(1):23-7. doi: 10.1007/s10278-004-1029-z.
There are more than 160,000 dentists licensed in the United States. For the dental patient, the dentist is both radiologist and treating clinician. The American Dental Association (ADA) has been a member of the Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine (DICOM) Standard Committee since 1996. DICOM v.3 provides image object definitions for digital transmission radiography (Dx) with special categorization for intraoral projections (Io), and it also provides for color photography used in dentistry. Digital dental radiographs include transmission images of the head and jaws, pantomography, tomography and cone-beam computed tomography. In 2000, the ADA resolved to strive for interoperability of digital dental images, using the DICOM Standard as the backbone of the effort. ADA Working Group 12.1 was tasked with development of specifications and also with educating the dental profession concerning digital image interoperability. DICOM-related interoperability demonstrations are now a part of the ADA Annual Congress, in the form of seminar and as a noncommercial exhibit.
美国有超过16万名持牌牙医。对于牙科患者而言,牙医既是放射科医生,也是治疗临床医生。自1996年以来,美国牙科协会(ADA)一直是医学数字成像和通信(DICOM)标准委员会的成员。DICOM v.3为数字传输射线照相(Dx)提供了图像对象定义,并对口腔内投影(Io)进行了特殊分类,还规定了牙科中使用的彩色摄影。数字牙科X线片包括头部和颌骨的透射图像、全景摄影、体层摄影和锥形束计算机断层扫描。2000年,ADA决定以DICOM标准为努力的核心,争取实现数字牙科图像的互操作性。ADA第12.1工作组的任务是制定规范,并就数字图像互操作性对牙科行业进行教育。与DICOM相关的互操作性演示现在以研讨会和非商业展览的形式成为ADA年会的一部分。