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| Name | DCM | |
| Full name | DCM, Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine Image File | PDF - Portable Document Format |
| File extension | .dcm | |
| MIME type | application/pdf, application/x-pdf, application/x-bzpdf, application/x-gzpdf | |
| Developed by | NEMA | Adobe Systems |
| Type of format | Raster image | Document format |
| Description | DCM files were created by the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) as a standard file format for the creation and storage of various body scans done for medical purposes. The files are now a universal format for viewing patient scans. | The Portable Document Format (PDF) is a file format used to present documents in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems. Each PDF file encapsulates a complete description of a fixed-layout flat document, including the text, fonts, graphics, and other information needed to display it. |
| Technical details | DCM files developed by DICOM or Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine, is a file type created with the aim to distribute and view medical images using a standardized file format. MRI's, CT scans, ultrasound images, and other body scans are stored using this format along with the patient's data and related information. | The PDF combines three technologies: A subset of the PostScript page description programming language, for generating the layout and graphics. A font-embedding/replacement system to allow fonts to travel with the documents. A structured storage system to bundle these elements and any associated content into a single file, with data compression where appropriate. |
| Associated programs | Adobe Photoshop CC, ACD Systems Canvas 15, DicomWorks, ezDICOM, MRIcro, IrfanView, OsiriX Imaging Software, MeVisLab, MRIcro, ImageMagick, GIMP | Adobe Acrobat, Adobe InDesign, Adobe FrameMaker, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Google Docs, LibreOffice, Microsoft Office, Foxit Reader, Ghostscript. |
| Wiki | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DICOM | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Document_Format |