Designation:E3169−18StandardGuideforDigitalImagingandCommunicationinNondestructiveEvaluation(DICONDE)1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationE3169;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thedisplay,transferandstorageofdigitalnondestruc-tiveevaluationdatainacommon,openformatisnecessaryfortheeffectiveinterpretationandpreservationofevaluationresults.ASTMInternationalhasdevelopedcommonopenstandardsforDigitalImagingandCommunicationinNonde-structiveEvaluation(DICONDE)basedontheubiquitoushealthcareindustrystandardDigitalImagingandCommunica-tioninMedicine(DICOM).ThisguideprovidesanoverviewoftheASTMInternationalstandardpracticesthataddressDICONDEandassistanceinidentifyingthecorrectstandardpracticesfordifferentusecases.1.2ThisdocumentprovidesanoverviewofhowtoutilizetheASTMDICONDEstandardpracticesfoundinparagraph2.1.2onASTMDICONDETestMethodsStandardsforthedisplay,transferandstorageofdigitalnondestructivetestdata1.3ThisdocumentprovidesanoverviewofhowtoutilizetheDICOMstandardfoundinparagraph2.2onOtherDocu-mentsforthedisplay,transferandstorageofdigitalnonde-structivetestdatafortestmethodsnotexplicitlyaddressedbyaDICONDEstandardpracticebuthavinganequivalentmedicalimagingmodality.1.4Thisdocumentprovidesrecommendationsforthedisplay,transferandstorageofnondestructivedigitaltestdatanotaddressedin1.2or1.3.1.5ThisdocumentprovidesanoverviewofhowtoutilizetheASTMDICONDEstandardpracticesfoundinparagraph2.1.3onASTMDICONDEInteroperabilityStandardsforvalidatingasystemthatfollowstheASTMDICONDEstan-dardforthedisplay,transferandstorageofdigitalnondestruc-tivetestdata.1.6ThisdocumentprovidesanoverviewofhowtoutilizetheASTMDICONDEstandardpracticesfoundin2.1.3forvalidatingthattwoormoresystemsthatfollowtheASTMDICONDEstandardforthetransferofdigitalnondestructivetestdatac...
