title: The European Community: standardization in medical informatics and imaging.
abstract: The use of informatics and telecommunications in health care and medicine has reached a stage where the application of standards is an absolute requirement. The AIM Programme of the CEC DGXIII stimulated the study of the subject, and has supported the set up of an official European platform for standardization in this field, the CEN TC251. The needs for standardization in one of the subareas, medical imaging, are described in detail. The future solutions of the problems concerned are regarded prerequisites for the general and practical use of PACS and IMACS.
authors.affiliation: European Standardization Committee, CEN TC 251/4 Imaging and Multi-Media, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mattheus
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Noothoven van Goor
mesh_terms: D005062:European Union; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D007391:International Cooperation; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000592:standards*; D011873:Radiology Information Systems / Q000592:standards*