# Visible light imaging > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Visible_light_imaging > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Visible_light_imaging.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visible_light_imaging > Source revision: 1292509331 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Visible light imaging** is an imaging [modality](/source/Modality_(medical_imaging)) that uses [visible light](/source/Visible_light). ## In Medicine ### Standardization and Adoption Even prior to specific support in [DICOM](/source/DICOM) for **visible light imaging**, the standard could already encapsulate color images, e.g., in [JPEG](/source/JPEG) format as Secondary Capture images [1] [2] . The need for standardized communication of digital visible light images from various specialties, and the need for specialty-specific acquisition context metadata and an appropriate controlled terminology [3] was recognized [4] not long after the [DICOM](/source/DICOM) standard was introduced and the terminology of visible light imaging was introduced to the standard [5] [6] . The [United States Department of Veterans Affairs](/source/United_States_Department_of_Veterans_Affairs) was an early adopter of a standardized approach to incorporating visible light images into the electronic medical record [7] . Increasingly, **visible light imaging** is being deployed beyond individual departments, as part of a trend referred to as [Enterprise Imaging](/source/Enterprise_Imaging) [8] . ### Applicability #### [Endoscopy](/source/Endoscopy) Including [fiberoptic endoscopy](/source/Fiberscope) and [rigid scope endoscopy](/source/Rigid_scope_endoscopy): - [angioscopy](/source/Angioscopy) - [arthroscopy](/source/Arthroscopy) - [bronchoscopy](/source/Bronchoscopy) - [colposcopy](/source/Colposcopy) - [cystoscopy](/source/Cystoscopy) - [fetoscopy](/source/Fetoscopy) - [hysteroscopy](/source/Hysteroscopy) - gastrointestinal endoscopy including [esophagogastroduodenoscopy](/source/Esophagogastroduodenoscopy) and [colonoscopy](/source/Colonoscopy) - [laparoscopy](/source/Laparoscopy) - [nasopharyngoscopy](/source/Nasopharyngoscopy) - [sinoscopy](/source/Sinoscopy) #### [Microscopy](/source/Microscopy) Including: - [Light microscopy](/source/Light_microscopy) for [anatomic pathology](/source/Anatomic_pathology), e.g., transmission light microscopy and reflection light microscopy for [cytology](/source/Cytology) and [histology](/source/Histology) - Surgical microscopy, e.g., images produced by an [operating microscope](/source/Operating_microscope) used in: - [cardiothoracic surgery](/source/Cardiothoracic_surgery) - [general surgery](/source/General_surgery) - [neurologic surgery](/source/Neurologic_surgery) - [obstetrics and gynecology](/source/Obstetrics_and_gynecology) - [ophthalmic surgery](/source/Ophthalmic_surgery) - [oral surgery](/source/Oral_surgery) and [maxillofacial surgery](/source/Maxillofacial_surgery) - [orthopedic surgery](/source/Orthopedic_surgery) - [otorhinolaryngology](/source/Otorhinolaryngology) - [pediatric surgery](/source/Pediatric_surgery) - [plastic surgery](/source/Plastic_surgery) - [urology](/source/Urology) - [vascular surgery](/source/Vascular_surgery) #### [Photography](/source/Photography) General anatomic photography, including: - [anatomic pathology](/source/Anatomic_pathology) - [dermatology](/source/Dermatology) - [dentistry](/source/Dentistry) - [forensic pathology](/source/Forensic_pathology) - [ophthalmology](/source/Ophthalmology), including [retinal fundoscopy](/source/Fundoscopy) - [aesthetic (cosmetic)](/source/Aesthetic_surgery) and [reconstructive plastic surgery](/source/Reconstructive_plastic_surgery) - general [medical photography](/source/Medical_photography) ## See also - [DICOM](/source/DICOM) - [Digital Photography](/source/Digital_Photography) - [Enterprise imaging](/source/Enterprise_imaging) - [Picture archiving and communication system](/source/Picture_archiving_and_communication_system) ## References 1. DICOM Standards Committee (1993). ["PS3.3 - Information Object Definitions"](ftp://medical.nema.org/medical/dicom/1992-1995/PS3.3_1993.pdf). Retrieved 2017-10-28. 1. DICOM Standards Committee (1993). ["PS3.5 - Data Structures and Encoding"](ftp://medical.nema.org/medical/dicom/1992-1995/PS3.5_1993.pdf). Retrieved 2017-10-28. 1. Bidgood, WD; Korman, LY; Golichowski, AM; Hildebrand, PL; Mori, AR; Bray, B (1997). "Controlled terminology for clinically-relevant indexing and selective retrieval of biomedical images". *Int J Digit Libr*. **1** (3): 278–87. [doi:10.1007/s007990050022](https://doi.org/10.1007/s007990050022). [S2CID 32595860](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:32595860) 1. Bidgood, WD & Horii, SC (1996). "Modular extension of the ACR-NEMA DICOM standard to support new diagnostic imaging modalities and services". *Journal of Digital Imaging*. **9** (2): 67–77. [doi:10.1007/BF03168859](https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03168859). [PMID 8734576](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8734576) 1. Bidgood, WD; Horii, SC; Prior, FW; Van Syckle, DE (1997-01-16). "Understanding and Using DICOM, the Data Interchange Standard for Biomedical Imaging". *Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association*. **4** (3): 199–212. [doi:10.1136/jamia.1997.0040199](https://doi.org/10.1136/jamia.1997.0040199). [PMC 61235](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC61235). [PMID 9147339](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9147339) 1. DICOM Standards Committee (1999-07-02). ["Supplement 15 - Visible Light Image Object"](ftp://medical.nema.org/medical/dicom/final/sup15_ft.pdf). Retrieved 2017-10-28. 1. Dayhoff, RE (1993-06-23). "A Multidepartmental Hospital Imaging System: Implications for the Electronic Medical Record". *Proceedings. The Third International Conference on Image Management and Communication in Patient Care*. pp. 83–6. [doi:10.1109/IMAC.1993.665436](https://doi.org/10.1109/IMAC.1993.665436). ISBN 978-0-8186-3640-0. [S2CID 54209447](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:54209447) 1. Clunie, DA; Dennison, DK; Cram, D; Persons, KR; Bronkalla, MD; Primo, H (2016). "Technical Challenges of Enterprise Imaging: HIMSS-SIIM Collaborative White Paper". *Journal of Digital Imaging*. **29** (5): 583–614. [doi:10.1007/s10278-016-9899-4](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10278-016-9899-4). [PMC 5023533](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5023533). [PMID 27576909](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27576909) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Visible light imaging](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visible_light_imaging) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visible_light_imaging?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.