SC : Secondary Image Capture
The Secondary Capture (SC) Image Information Object Definition (IOD) specifies images that are converted from a non-DICOM format to a modality independent DICOM format. Examples of types of equipment that create Secondary Capture Images include: Video interfaces that convert an analog video signal into a digital image Digital interfaces that are commonly used to transfer non-DICOM digital images from an imaging device to a laser printer Film digitizers that convert an analog film image to digital data Workstations that construct images that are sent out as a screen dump Scanned documents and other bitmap images including hand-drawings Synthesized images that are not modality-specific, such as cine-loops of 3D reconstructions Originally, a single, relatively unconstrained, single-frame SC Image IOD was defined in the DICOM Standard. Though this IOD is retained and not retired since it is in common use, more specific IODs for particular categories of application are also def