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Dspace Information Retrieval System: A Study Using Dicom Metadata Standard, Hirak Jyoti Hazarika, Dr. S. Ravikumar, Dr. Akash Handique

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present paper talks about the use of institutional repository software (DSpace) in archiving DICOM images. In the current study, the authors have tried to integrate the DICOM metadata standard with DSpace, which was compatible with DC & OAI PMH. After integrating the DICOM standard with DSpace, and the repository tested with a sample of ten thousand images, the retrieval results using various DICOM tags was very satisfactory. This study paves for the use of OSS in storing and retrieving medical images. Digital Image Communications in Medicine (DICOM) standard has become a centre component for making an application nonpartisan …