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DICOM Working Group. Co-Chairs: Dennis Ballance, DVM William Hornof, DVM, MS. Agenda. Introductions Background Goals of Working Group Working Group Basics Roadmap and Strategy. Introductions. Dennis Ballance William Hornof Howard Clark. Background. DISC
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DICOM Working Group Co-Chairs: Dennis Ballance, DVM William Hornof, DVM, MS
Agenda • Introductions • Background • Goals of Working Group • Working Group Basics • Roadmap and Strategy
Introductions • Dennis Ballance • William Hornof • Howard Clark
Background • DISC • ACVR’s Digital Imaging Standards Committee • Formed late 2004 • Develop standards for imaging • Education of vendors and clinicians • Obtain vendor support • Expand DICOM standard
Goals of Working Group • Determine long-term goals • Short term goals: • Define veterinary image header tags • Develop test/demo facility for DICOM connectivity
Working Group Basics • Function and scope • Subgroups shall: • Be project oriented • Have appropriate membership from interested categories represented on the Committee • Have a subgroup secretariat and secretary
Working Group Basics • Membership • Voting members • Officers nominate companies, organizations, agencies, or individuals for participation • DICOM Standards Committee will vote and appoint. • Observers • Individuals and organizations may attend meetings and submit comments, but may not vote • Dues – none • Donations – requested
Working Group Basics • Attendance • No requirement to attend WG meetings • Any member that misses two consecutive face-to-face meetings • Will not count for determining a quorum • May vote in telephone conferences • Will be reinstated upon attending a f-2-f meeting • Missing four consecutive meetings converts to observer
Working Group Basics • Meeting behavior • No commercial topics. • All members are afforded adequate opportunity to present views. • Confine discussions to safety, technical, and engineering factors. • No conversations “off the record” at a meeting. • Meetings • We pick our schedule – can be all phone, or zero to many face-to-face meetings.
Roadmap • Assemble documents necessary to be formally created by DICOM Committee • Tag definition • Demonstration facility
Additional Info • http://dicom.vmth.ucdavis.edu/ • http://medical.nema.org/