Visible light imaging explained

Visible light imaging is an imaging modality that uses visible light.

In Medicine

Standardization and Adoption

Even prior to specific support in DICOM for visible light imaging, the standard could already encapsulate color images, e.g., in JPEG format as Secondary Capture images^{[1] [2]} . The need for standardized communication of digital visible light images from various specialties, and the need for specialty-specific acquisition context metadata and an appropriate controlled terminology^[3] was recognized^[4] not long after the DICOM standard was introduced and the terminology of visible light imaging was introduced to the standard^{[5] [6]} .The United States Department of Veterans Affairs was an early adopter of a standardized approach to incorporating visible light images into the electronic medical record^[7] .Increasingly, visible light imaging is being deployed beyond individual departments, as part of a trend referred to as Enterprise Imaging^[8] .

Applicability

Endoscopy

Including fiberoptic endoscopy and rigid scope endoscopy:

• angioscopy
• arthroscopy
• bronchoscopy
• colposcopy
• cystoscopy
• fetoscopy
• hysteroscopy
• gastrointestinal endoscopy including esophagogastroduodenoscopy and colonoscopy
• laparoscopy
• nasopharyngoscopy
• sinoscopy

Microscopy

Including:

• Light microscopy for anatomic pathology, e.g., transmission light microscopy and reflection light microscopy for cytology and histology
• Surgical microscopy, e.g., images produced by an operating microscope used in:
  • cardiothoracic surgery
  • general surgery
  • neurologic surgery
  • obstetrics and gynecology
  • ophthalmic surgery
  • oral surgery and maxillofacial surgery
  • orthopedic surgery
  • otorhinolaryngology
  • pediatric surgery
  • plastic surgery
  • urology
  • vascular surgery

Photography

General anatomic photography, including:

• anatomic pathology
• dermatology
• dentistry
• forensic pathology
• ophthalmology, including retinal fundoscopy
• aesthetic (cosmetic) and reconstructive plastic surgery
• general medical photography

See also

• DICOM
• Digital Photography
• Enterprise imaging
• Picture archiving and communication system

Notes and References

1. Web site: DICOM Standards Committee. [ftp://medical.nema.org/medical/dicom/1992-1995/PS3.3_1993.pdf PS3.3 - Information Object Definitions]. 2017-10-28. 1993.
2. Web site: DICOM Standards Committee. [ftp://medical.nema.org/medical/dicom/1992-1995/PS3.5_1993.pdf PS3.5 - Data Structures and Encoding]. 2017-10-28. 1993.
3. Bidgood. WD. Korman. LY. Golichowski. AM. Hildebrand. PL. Mori. AR. Bray. B. Controlled terminology for clinically-relevant indexing and selective retrieval of biomedical images. Int J Digit Libr. 1. 3. 278–87. 10.1007/s007990050022. 1997. 32595860.
4. Bidgood. WD. Horii. SC. Modular extension of the ACR-NEMA DICOM standard to support new diagnostic imaging modalities and services. Journal of Digital Imaging. 9. 2. 67–77. 10.1007/BF03168859. 1996. 8734576. free.
5. Bidgood. WD. Horii. SC. Prior. FW. Van Syckle. DE. Understanding and Using DICOM, the Data Interchange Standard for Biomedical Imaging. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 4. 3. 199–212. 61235. 1997-01-16. 9147339. 10.1136/jamia.1997.0040199.
6. Web site: DICOM Standards Committee. [ftp://medical.nema.org/medical/dicom/final/sup15_ft.pdf Supplement 15 - Visible Light Image Object ]. 2017-10-28. 1999-07-02.
7. Book: Dayhoff. RE. Proceedings. The Third International Conference on Image Management and Communication in Patient Care. A Multidepartmental Hospital Imaging System: Implications for the Electronic Medical Record. 83–6. 10.1109/IMAC.1993.665436. 1993-06-23. 978-0-8186-3640-0. 54209447.
8. Clunie. DA. Dennison. DK. Cram. D. Persons. KR. Bronkalla. MD. Primo. H. Technical Challenges of Enterprise Imaging: HIMSS-SIIM Collaborative White Paper. Journal of Digital Imaging. 29. 5. 583–614. 10.1007/s10278-016-9899-4. 27576909. 5023533. 2016.