Initial Experience of 10 Imaging Vendors with the IHE SHARAZONE: a New Multivendor Peer-to-Peer Test Service for DICOM Objects.

Alignment of DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) capabilities among vendors is crucial to improve interoperability in the healthcare industry and advance medical imaging . However, a sustainable model for sharing DICOM samples is not available. To address this issue, Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) has introduced the IHE SHARAZONE, a continuous cross-vendor DICOM data sharing test service.