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Document No.001132, Revision 2.0
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Agfa HealthCare
14 June, 2007
1
INTRODUCTION
1.1
Revision Record
Revision
Number
Date
Reason for Change
1.0
20/12/2006
Initial version NX2.0
2.0
21/03/2007
Updated for NX2.0.xxx
1.2
Purpose and Intended Audience of this Document
This document is a DICOM Conformance Statement for the DICOM Services of the
"Workstation"
product. It
is written according to part PS 3.2 of Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) 3.0, NEMA
PS 3.1-3.16
,
2004.
The user of this document is involved with system integration and/or software design. We assume that the
reader is familiar with the terminology and concepts that are used in the DICOM 3.0 standard and the IHE
Technical Framework.
Readers not familiar with DICOM 3.0 terminology should first read the appropriate parts of the DICOM
standard itself, prior to reading this conformance statement.
Although the use of this conformance statement in conjunction with the DICOM 3.0 standard is intended to
facilitate communication with Agfa ADC imaging equipment, it is not sufficient to guarantee, by itself, the
inter-operation of the connection.
1.3
General Remarks
1.3.1
Integration and Validation Activities
The integration of any device into a system of interconnected devices goes beyond the scope of the DICOM
3.0 standard and this conformance statement when
interoperability
is desired. The responsibility for
analyzing the applications requirements and developing a solution that integrates the Agfa equipment with
other vendors’ systems is the user’s responsibility and should not be underestimated.
In some circumstances it might be necessary to perform a validation to make sure that functional
interoperability between the Agfa equipment and non-Agfa devices works as expected. The user should
ensure that any non-Agfa provider accepts responsibility for any validation required for their connection with
the Agfa equipment.
1.3.2
Future Evolution
As the DICOM 3.0 standard evolves to meet the user’s growing requirements and to incorporate new
features and technologies, Agfa will follow the evolution of the standard. This evolution of the standard may
require changes to devices that have implemented DICOM 3.0. The user should ensure that any non-Agfa
provider, who connects with Agfa devices, also plans for future evolution of the DICOM standard. A refusal to
do so may result in the loss of functionality and/or connectivity between the different products.
