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Re: [COAS-List] Re: Fw: XML and New England Neurosurgery Network

I realize that most people on this discussion thread are interested in
XML/SGML in healthcare.  However, CORBAmed is addressing some of these
issues via the Clinical Image Access Service (CIAS) RFP.  See:
http://www.omg.org/cgi-bin/doclist.pl

All the best,


At 12:39 PM 7/30/98 -0400, David R.R Webber wrote:
>Dean,
>
>OK, I see what is going on now.
>
>The problem is that you cannot say:
>
>   <IMG SRC="xray-image.dicom" ALIGN="MIDDLE" BORDER="0">
>
>since the http tools do not speak dicom. (The server can
>potentially handle this, the client will not process it
>accurately).
>
>The solution I see is to persuade one of the DICOM vendors
>to implement a DLL for server / client use as a plug-in.
>
>This is the traditional approach.
>
>Trying to make XML itself embed dicom binaries hidden within
>the body of the text is not where sane men want to go!
>
>Thanks, DW.  
>
>
>
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