DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) is a protocol that allows for the sharing of images and other medical information. DICOM permits PACS, radiology information systems and more medical imaging systems to connect with and pass data to systems at other healthcare facilities.
dilatation and curettage - a surgical procedure usually performed under local anesthesia in which the cervix is dilated and the endometrial lining of the uterus is scraped with a curet; performed to obtain tissue samples or to stop prolonged bleeding or to remove small tumors or to remove fragments of placenta after childbirth or as a method of abortion
Suction Curettage . This is a procedure generally used in the first 12 weeks of a pregnancy (the first trimester). Unless there are unusual complications, this procedure is done on an outpatient basis and may be done in a physician's office or a clinic. The doctor first widens (dilates) the cervix, which is the opening of the uterus.