Résumé
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>Use the technique of Java Applet to realize the supporting of DICOM image in ordinary Web browser, thereby to expand the processing function of medical image.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>First analyze the format of DICOM file and design a class which can acquire the pixels, then design two Applet classes, of which one is used to disposal the DICOM image, the other is used to display DICOM image that have been disposaled in the first Applet. They all embedded in the View page, and they communicate by Applet Context object.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>The method designed in this paper can make users display and process DICOM images directly by using ordinary Web browser, which makes Web PACS not only have the advantages of B/S model, but also have the advantages of the C/S model.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Java Applet is the key for expanding the Web browser's function in Web PACS, which provides a guideline to sharing of medical images.</p>