ASTM_E_2339_-_15.pdf

Designation:E233915Standard Practice forDigital Imaging and Communication in NondestructiveEvaluation(DICONDE)1This standard is issued under the fixed designation E2339;the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or,in the case of revision,the year of last revision.A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript epsilon()indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the U.S.Department of Defense.1.Scope*1.1 This practice facilitates the interoperability of NDEimaging and data acquisition equipment by specifying theimage data in commonly accepted terms.This practice repre-sents a harmonization of NDE imaging systems,or modalities,with the NEMA Standards Publication titled Digital Imagingand Communications in Medicine(DICOM,see http:/medical.nema.org),an international standard for image dataacquisition,review,storage and archival.In addition,thispractice will provide a standard set of industrial NDE specificinformation object definitions,which travel beyond the scopeof standard DICOM modalities.The goal of this practice is toprovide a standard by which NDE image/signal data may bedisplayed on by any system conforming to the ASTM DI-CONDE format,regardless of which NDE modality was usedto acquire the data.1.2 This practice has been developed to overcome the issuesthat arise when archiving or analyzing the data from a varietyof NDE techniques,each using proprietary data acquisitionsystems.As data acquisition modalities evolve,data acquiredin the past must remain decipherable.This practice proposes animage data file format in such a way that all the techniqueparameters,along with the image file,are preserved,regardlessof changes in NDE technology.This practice will also permitthe viewing of a variety of image types(CT,CR,Ultrasonic,Infrared and Eddy Current)on a single workstation,maintain-ing all of the pertinent technique parameters along with theimage file.This practice addresses the exchange of digitalinformation between NDE imaging equipment.1.3 This practice does not specify:1.3.1 A complete description of all the information neces-sary to implement the DICONDE standard for an imagingmodality.This document must be used in conjunction with oneof the method-specific DICONDE Standard Practice docu-ments to completely describe all the requirements necessary toimplement the DICONDE standard for an imaging modality.See Section 2.1 of this document for a current list of themethod-specific standard practice documents.1.3.2 A testing or validation procedure to assess an imple-mentations conformance to the standard.1.3.3 The implementation details of any features of thestandard on a device claiming conformance.1.3.4 The overall set of features and functions to be ex-pected from a system implemented by integrating a group ofdevices each claiming DICONDE or DICOM conformance.1.4 Although this practice contains no values that requireunits,it does describe methods to store and communicate datathat do require units to be properly interpreted.The SI unitsrequired by this practice are to be regarded as standard.Noother units of measurement are included in this standard.1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of thesafety concerns,if any,associated with its use.It is theresponsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2E1316 Terminology for Nondestructive ExaminationsE2663 Practice for Digital Imaging and Communication inNondestructive Evaluation(DICONDE)for UltrasonicTest MethodsE2699 Practice for Digital Imaging and Communication inNondestructive Evaluation(DICONDE)for Digital Ra-diographic(DR)Test MethodsE2738 Practice for Digital Imaging and CommunicationNondestructive Evaluation(DICONDE)for ComputedRadiography(CR)Test MethodsE2767 Practice for Digital Imaging and Communication in1This practice is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E07 on Nonde-structive Testing and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E07.11 on DigitalImaging and Communication in Nondestructive Evaluation(DICONDE).Current edition approved Dec.1,2015.Published December 2015.Originallyapproved in 2004.Last previous edition approved in 2011 as E2339-11.DOI:10.1520/E2339-15.2For referenced ASTM standards,visit the ASTM website,www.astm.org,orcontact ASTM Customer Service at serviceastm.org.For Annual Book of ASTMStandards volume information,refer to the standards Document Summary page onthe ASTM website.*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standardCopyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United States1 Nondestructive Evaluation(DICONDE)for X-ray Com-puted Tomography(CT)Test MethodsE2934 Practice for Digital Imaging and Communication inNondestructive Evalua