Medical imaging video export from a DICOM ultrasound system. H.264 at 10 Mbps for clinical detail in grayscale imaging, PCM audio for the Doppler audio track, MKV to preserve study metadata. Used for remote diagnosis via telemedicine.
| Video Codec | H.264 |
| Bitrate | 10M |
| Resolution | 1080p |
| Audio | PCM |
| Container | MKV |
ffmpeg -i input.dcm -c:v libx264 -b:v 10M -pix_fmt yuv420p -c:a pcm_s16le output.mkvDICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) natively supports MPEG-2, MPEG-4, and H.264 video. Many hospitals still use MPEG-2 DICOM video because FDA-certified devices take years to update codec support.
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