An IO modality includes SD DICOM files that do not contain image data. These are Structured Display files. More information and interest needs to be gathered related to how the SmartPACS Viewers can include and fully utilize SD files.

“SD is not an image file but more like a dicom protocol on how to display a set of images in a structured way (ex. different templates for dental display). You still can display individual dental xray but you lose the structure (relationship) among different teeth.”