Innovating DICOM-based image viewer to improve radiotherapy treatment

DICOM is a standard for modeling, storing, printing and transmitting information from medical imaging devices to healthcare systems. It is pervasively used in medical imaging in combination with different image formats and communication protocols. DICOM-based Medical Imaging Viewers provide the necessary capability for the doctors to interpret and analyze medical images such as brain scans and other modalities generated by radiology devices. The technology world moved from desktop to laptops, and very recently, even from laptops to tablets and phablets. On the contrary, DICOM-based Viewers are still traditional, mostly disconnected and offer fewer options for mobility. We propose a novel DICOM based Medical Image Viewer for tablets. This will allow targeted audience to view high resolution medical scans on their handhelds and tablets. Practitioners will be able to apply different image processing techniques for enhancing the medical images leading to improved readability and better diagnosis. The Viewer also offers color coding to assist in diagnosis.