What is a DICOM Conformance Statement?
The DICOM standard is extensive. It defines numerous methods for representing data and communicating that data between devices. Few, if any, medical devices need to support all aspects of the DICOM standard in order to perform the operations intended by the device manufacturer. Thus, the DICOM standard includes the definition of methods for constructing a “DICOM Conformance Statement” for each device. A conformance statement defines the DICOM services provided by a particular device as well as the DICOM services required of other DICOM devices in order for them to operate properly with the particular device.
