Designation:E2934−14StandardPracticeforDigitalImagingandCommunicationinNondestructiveEvaluation(DICONDE)forEddyCurrent(EC)TestMethods1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationE2934;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thispracticefacilitatestheinteroperabilityofeddycurrentimaginganddataacquisitionequipmentbyspecifyingtheimagedatatransferandarchivalstorageincommonlyacceptedterms.ThisdocumentisintendedtobeusedinconjunctionwithPracticeE2339onDigitalImagingandCommunicationinNondestructiveEvaluation(DICONDE).PracticeE2339definesanindustrialadaptationoftheNEMAStandardsPublicationtitledDigitalImagingandCommunica-tionsinMedicine(DICOM,seehttp://medical.nema.org),aninternationalstandardforimagedataacquisition,review,storageandarchivalstorage.ThegoalofPracticeE2339,commonlyreferredtoasDICONDE,istoprovideastandardthatfacilitatesthedisplayandanalysisofNDEresultsonanysystemconformingtotheDICONDEstandard.Towardthatend,PracticeE2339providesadatadictionaryandasetofinformationmodulesthatareapplicabletoallNDEmodalities.ThispracticesupplementsPracticeE2339byprovidinginfor-mationobjectdefinitions,informationmodulesandadatadictionarythatarespecifictoeddycurrenttestmethods.1.2Thispracticehasbeendevelopedtoovercometheissuesthatarisewhenanalyzingorarchivingdatafromeddycurrenttestequipmentusingproprietarydatatransferandstoragemethods.Asdigitaltechnologiesevolve,datamustremaindecipherablethroughtheuseofopen,industry-widemethodsfordatatransferandarchivalstorage.Thispracticedefinesamethodwherealltheeddycurrenttechniqueparametersandinspectiondataarecommunicatedandstoredinastandardmannerregardlessofchangesindigitaltechnology.1.3Thispracticedoesnotspecify:1.3.1Atestingorvalidationproceduretoassessanimple-mentation’sconformancetothestandard,1.3.2Theimplementationd...
