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Designation:E293414Standard Practice forDigital Imaging and Communication in NondestructiveEvaluation(DICONDE)for Eddy Current(EC)Test Methods1This standard is issued under the fixed designation E2934;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.1.Scope1.1 This practice facilitates the interoperability of eddycurrent imaging and data acquisition equipment by specifyingthe image data transfer and archival storage in commonlyaccepted terms.This document is intended to be used inconjunction with Practice E2339 on Digital Imaging andCommunication in Nondestructive Evaluation(DICONDE).Practice E2339 defines an industrial adaptation of the NEMAStandards Publication titled Digital Imaging and Communica-tions in Medicine(DICOM,see http:/medical.nema.org),aninternational standard for image data acquisition,review,storage and archival storage.The goal of Practice E2339,commonly referred to as DICONDE,is to provide a standardthat facilitates the display and analysis of NDE results on anysystem conforming to the DICONDE standard.Toward thatend,Practice E2339 provides a data dictionary and a set ofinformation modules that are applicable to all NDE modalities.This practice supplements Practice E2339 by providing infor-mation object definitions,information modules and a datadictionary that are specific to eddy current test methods.1.2 This practice has been developed to overcome the issuesthat arise when analyzing or archiving data from eddy currenttest equipment using proprietary data transfer and storagemethods.As digital technologies evolve,data must remaindecipherable through the use of open,industry-wide methodsfor data transfer and archival storage.This practice defines amethod where all the eddy current technique parameters andinspection data are communicated and stored in a standardmanner regardless of changes in digital technology.1.3 This practice does not specify:1.3.1 A testing or validation procedure to assess an imple-mentations conformance to the standard,1.3.2 The implementation details of any features of thestandard on a device claiming conformance,or1.3.3 The overall set of features and functions to be ex-pected from a system implemented by integrating a group ofdevices each claiming DICONDE 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 valuesstated in SI units are to be regarded as standard.No other unitsof 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 ExaminationsE2339 Practice for Digital Imaging and Communication inNondestructive Evaluation(DICONDE)2.2 NEMA Standards:3Standard for Digital Imaging and Communications in Medi-cine(DICOM),20133.Terminology3.1 Definitions:3.1.1 Nondestructive evaluation terms used in this practicecan be found in Terminology E1316.3.1.2 DICONDE terms used in this practice are defined inPractice E2339.4.Summary of Practice4.1 A fundamental principle of DICONDE is the use ofstandard definitions and attribute formats for data communica-tion and storage.This means all systems that are DICONDE1This test method is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E07 onNondestructive Testing and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E07.11 onDigital Imaging and Communication in Nondestructive Evaluation(DICONDE).Current edition approved Oct.1,2014.Published November 2014.Originallyapproved in 2013.Last previous edition approved as E293413.DOI:10.1520/E2934142For 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.3Available from National Electrical Manufacturers Association(NEMA),1300N.17th St.,Suite 1752,Rosslyn,VA 22209,http:/www.nema.org.Copyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United States1 compliant use a common data dictionary and common com-munication protocols.To further standardization,the elementsin the data dictionary are organized into common groupsreferred to as information modules.The data dictionary andinformation modules common to all NDE modalities aredefined in Practice E2339.4.2 The data dictionary and information modules specifiedin Practice E2339 do not cover the information storagerequirements for each i