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Guidelines and recommendations for digital echocardiography

2005; Elsevier BV; Volume: 18; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.echo.2005.01.010

1097-6795

James D. Thomas, David B. Adams, Stephen DeVries, Donna Ehler, Neil Greenberg, Mario J. García, Leonard E. Ginzton, John Gorcsan, Alan S. Katz, Andrew Keller, Bijoy K. Khandheria, Kit B. Powers, Cindy Roszel, David Rubenson, Jeffrey S. Soble,

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Digital storage and review is now the state of the art in echocardiography, and practitioners are urged to move quickly to an all-digital solution in their laboratories. Although secondary digitization from videotape may be an acceptable transitional solution, the ultimate benefits of the digital laboratory can only be achieved with direct digital output from a contemporary echocardiography machine. Standardization of storage format is critical to enable interoperability within and between laboratories; adherence to the DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) standard should be ensured in all applications.