DICOM stands for Digital Imaging and Communications in medicine. It is a file format for images in medical field like that of CT scans, MRIs, ultrasound. It is a standard format for exchanging medical imaging data. A DICOM image contains header with patient name, image dimensions, type of scan information. It also contains the the actual image of the scan in JPEG format.
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