Upcoming DICOM and HL7 training course

OTech Inc. is offering training courses on DICOM and/or HL7 for five days -- Sept. 29 through Oct. 3 -- at Hilton DFW Lakes in Dallas.

 DICOM Basics on Sept. 29 and 30 is a two-day class that covers the fundamentals of the DICOM standard and its impact on medical application development. DICOM Hands-on on Oct. 1 teaches methods of analyzing and debugging DICOM connections and messages. HL7 Introduction on Oct. 2 is a general introduction to the standard developed for communicating clinical data. HL7 Implementation, set for Oct. 3, is more in-depth, as it explores ways to generate and troubleshoot HL7 messages using a simple, powerful software tool.

Participants can attend each course individually.

For further information on OTech's courses, visit the company's Web site at  www.otechimg.com, call 940-440-9791 or send an E-mail to herman@otechimg.com.

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