Preface
This guide describes how to use the Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) feature of Oracle Multimedia, which ships with Oracle Database.
In Oracle Database 11g Release 1 (11.1), the name Oracle interMedia was changed to Oracle Multimedia. The feature remains the same, only the name has changed.
This information in this guide is organized as follows:
Title | Contents |
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Part I, "DICOM Common Usage and Reference" |
Introductory, conceptual, user, and reference information, which is common to administrators and developers of DICOM applications |
Part II, "DICOM Development Usage and Reference" |
User and reference information for developers of DICOM applications |
Part III, "DICOM Administration Usage and Reference" |
User and reference information for administrators of the DICOM data model repository |
Part IV, "DICOM Supplementary Information" |
Additional information about Oracle Multimedia DICOM |
The sample code in this guide might not match the code shipped with Oracle Database Examples media. To run examples that are shipped with Oracle Database Examples media on your system, use the files provided with Oracle Database Examples media. Do not attempt to compile and run the code in this guide.
For information about Oracle Database and the features and options that are available to you, see Oracle Database New Features Guide.
Audience
This guide is for application developers and administrators who are interested in storing, retrieving, and manipulating DICOM format medical images and other objects in a database.
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Related Documents
Note:
For information added after the release of this guide, see the online README.txt
file under your <ORACLE_HOME>
directory. Depending on your operating system, this file may be in
<ORACLE_HOME>
/ord/im/admin/README.txt
See your operating system-specific installation guide for more information.
For more information about using Oracle Multimedia in a development environment, see the following documents in the Oracle Database Online Documentation Library:
For more information about using XML, see Oracle XML DB Developer's Guide.
For more information about medical imaging standards, see the documentation provided by the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA).
For more information about Oracle WebLogic Server, see the following documents in the Oracle Fusion Middleware Online Documentation Library:
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Oracle Fusion Middleware Deploying Applications to Oracle WebLogic Server
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Oracle Fusion Middleware Understanding Oracle WebLogic Server
For reference information about Oracle Multimedia Java classes in Javadoc format, see the following Oracle API documentation (also known as Javadoc) in the Oracle Database Online Documentation Library:
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Oracle Multimedia DICOM Java API Reference (Deprecated)
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Oracle Multimedia Java API Reference (Deprecated)
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Oracle Multimedia Servlets and JSP Java API Reference (Deprecated)
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Oracle Multimedia Mid-Tier Java API Reference (Deprecated)
For more information about Java, see the API documentation provided by Oracle.
Conventions
The following text conventions are used in this guide:
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boldface |
Boldface type indicates graphical user interface elements associated with an action, or terms defined in text or the glossary. |
italic |
Italic type indicates book titles, emphasis, or placeholder variables for which you supply particular values. |
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Monospace type indicates commands within a paragraph, URLs, code in examples, text that appears on the screen, or text that you enter. |
Syntax Descriptions
Syntax descriptions are provided in this guide for various SQL, PL/SQL, or other command-line constructs in graphic form or Backus Naur Form (BNF). See Oracle Database SQL Language Reference for information about how to interpret these descriptions.