Knowledge base
What we know about moving imaging data, written down.
Guides, references and tools from the engineers who do this work every day. Free to use, no sign-up.
Guides
How to approach the problems that decide whether a migration succeeds.
How to validate a PACS migration
Inventory, matching keys, count and metadata comparison, exceptions, and what to check after cutover.
Unmatched studies
What they are, how they happen, and how to reconcile, quarantine or preserve them in a migration.
Converting SVS to DICOM WSI
Pyramid levels, lossless tile transfer, LIS metadata, slide label PHI and validation.
Reference
Quick answers you can come back to mid-project.
DICOM tag reference
49 tags that matter in migration, validation and de-identification, with practical notes on each.
Transfer syntax reference
Common transfer syntax UIDs, lossless or lossy, and what each means when you move data.
DICOM tag lookup
Search every tag in the DICOM dictionary by name, keyword or tag number in any format.
SOP class lookup
Search every DICOM SOP class by name, keyword or the start of its UID.
Medical imaging glossary
PACS, VNA, DICOM, HL7 and pathology terms, defined the way engineers use them.
Checklists and tools
For planning, budgeting and choosing a vendor.
PACS migration RFP checklist
Printable list of questions to ask any migration vendor, with what a good answer looks like.
Migration calculator
Estimate archive size and migration duration from study count and number of servers.
Procedure Mapper
Map a legacy radiology procedure list to the RadLex Playbook. Free, at dicomatics.ai.
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