Dicom gets a lot of flak, but as you say, the thing that makes it bad is shitty implementations and shitty vendors. After a while, you realize there aren't any

Dicom gets a lot of flak, but as you say, the thing that makes it bad is shitty implementations and shitty vendors. After a while, you realize there aren't any nonshitty vendors in the medical field. And then you count your blessings that at least dicom gives you the beginning of interop.