For a simple system (e.g. endoscope, ultrasound — images and videos) with standard interfaces (worklist, storage) and support for a Secure Transport Connection Profile (TLS), we offer a standardized fixed price, which you can request from us.

For more complex systems (multiple TLS profiles, numerous supported character sets, “Enhanced” DICOM objects, Structured Reports, etc.) we provide a customized offer based on your Conformance Statement or an interview —  usually at a fixed price.

Sending in hardware is a common practice that many of our customers prefer. However, there are alternatives. Often the software can be tested without the device — in that case, we install it in our Hyper-V environment. Remote access to a device on your premises is also possible, but requires firewall configuration on both sides.

We have experience with all three approaches and will work together to find the solution that best fits your product.

You will receive a comprehensive “Validation Report” (in english), which lists all test cases and results of the network communication as well as a complete representation of the DICOM objects generated by your system (at module and attribute level) with all deviations from the DICOM requirements. A further section (“Other observations”) contains – without any claim to completeness – notes on the design of the GUI and any observations such as crashes or times when your application was unresponsive. The validation report therefore shows the discrepancies between your DICOM implementation and a “perfect” DICOM implementation. In order to evaluate the discrepancies (not everything that is not perfect necessarily needs to be fixed), we discuss all the results with your development team in a final meeting. You will also receive one PDF version of your DICOM Conformance Statement with comments regarding the requirements of DICOM Part 2 (“What should a Conformance Statement look like”) and consistency with the actual implementation.

Then we gladly do it for you. The surcharge depends on the complexity of your interface. As we can build on an existing foundation, the costs usually start at around 3,000 euros.

This is possible by arrangement and may also make sense. The extent to which this is cost-neutral depends on the number, type and frequency of the changes, as well as the required test scope for the repeated tests. If this is the case, we will discuss this transparently with you in the project.

Of course – The Validation Report is a complete test result from a specialized test laboratory. However, the Validation Report does not replace a DICOM Conformance Statement.