Designation:E2339−15StandardPracticeforDigitalImagingandCommunicationinNondestructiveEvaluation(DICONDE)1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationE2339;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.ThisstandardhasbeenapprovedforusebyagenciesoftheU.S.DepartmentofDefense.1.Scope*1.1ThispracticefacilitatestheinteroperabilityofNDEimaginganddataacquisitionequipmentbyspecifyingtheimagedataincommonlyacceptedterms.Thispracticerepre-sentsaharmonizationofNDEimagingsystems,ormodalities,withtheNEMAStandardsPublicationtitledDigitalImagingandCommunicationsinMedicine(DICOM,seehttp://medical.nema.org),aninternationalstandardforimagedataacquisition,review,storageandarchival.Inaddition,thispracticewillprovideastandardsetofindustrialNDEspecificinformationobjectdefinitions,whichtravelbeyondthescopeofstandardDICOMmodalities.ThegoalofthispracticeistoprovideastandardbywhichNDEimage/signaldatamaybedisplayedonbyanysystemconformingtotheASTMDI-CONDEformat,regardlessofwhichNDEmodalitywasusedtoacquirethedata.1.2ThispracticehasbeendevelopedtoovercometheissuesthatarisewhenarchivingoranalyzingthedatafromavarietyofNDEtechniques,eachusingproprietarydataacquisitionsystems.Asdataacquisitionmodalitiesevolve,dataacquiredinthepastmustremaindecipherable.Thispracticeproposesanimagedatafileformatinsuchawaythatallthetechniqueparameters,alongwiththeimagefile,arepreserved,regardlessofchangesinNDEtechnology.Thispracticewillalsopermittheviewingofavarietyofimagetypes(CT,CR,Ultrasonic,InfraredandEddyCurrent)onasingleworkstation,maintain-ingallofthepertinenttechniqueparametersalongwiththeimagefile.ThispracticeaddressestheexchangeofdigitalinformationbetweenNDEimagingequipment.1.3Thispracticedoesnotspecify:1.3.1Acompletedescriptionofalltheinformationneces-sarytoimplementtheDICONDEstandardforanimagingmod...
