Vote required for DICOM Ballot CPack-99 deadline by December 17, 2018

Hello DI Community,

Please see this request from DICOM regarding Correction Package #98 . Please submit your response by end of day December 17, 2018 so I can vote on your behalf. If I don't receive any feedback by the deadline, Canada will abstain.

Kind regards,
Raqia Hazam





To:Members of the DICOM Standard Committee
Voting and Alternate Voting Representatives

From: DICOM Secretariat
Luiza Kowalczyk, Senior Operations, DICOM Manager
Lisa Spellman, General DICOM Secretary


Subject: Letter Ballot for Proposed DICOM Correction Package #99 (CPack-99)

Following is a letter ballot seeking DICOM Standard Committee approval of proposed DICOM Correction Proposals (CPs). Note: only the officially designated voting representatives (or alternates) of the Members of the DICOM Standards Committee ( See list .) are invited and entitled to cast a ballot. Others in the DICOM Community receive a copy of this ballot as a courtesy so that all will be apprised of anticipated revisions or extensions to the DICOM Standard.

The DICOM Standard, which addresses image communication and related data management functions, was first published in 1993. DICOM Working Group Six regularly reviews and approves extensions (Supplements), clarifications and error fixes (Correction Proposals) to the Standard. Requests for such fixes or clarifications or general questions and comments may be submitted by anyone to the Secretariat (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). CPs are batched into C-Packs for balloting to the DICOM Standard Committee members. Approved corrections are incorporated into the next edition of the DICOM Standard, which is now released 5 times a year, following each WG-06 meeting.
Correction Proposals may address:

•Ambiguities – standard text that is not precise or leads to various interpretations.
•Clarifications – to facilitate the interpretation of the Standard but not change the spec
•Errata – correction of normative and informative errors.
•Inconsistencies – sections of the Standard that contain conflicting definitions.
•Omissions – Obvious text was not included in the Standard.

The following Correction Proposals, approved by WG-06, are included in this ballot:

CP# Title
1626 Correct Attribute Types in Text Style
1674 Add Dermatology Anatomic Site Context Group and BYU Numbering System Coding Scheme
1714 Add last release to PS 3.6 tag registry
1736 Add Visible Light Photography Attributes corresponding to EXIF 2.31 and TIFF/EP
1764 More quantitative image features
1779 Update AIM to DICOM SR TID 1500 mapping with model revisions
1793 Harmonize the description of the DICOM Communication Model across the parts
1797 Update definition of SOP Class, inclusion of Media Storage Service and Web Services
1807 Corrections of Performed Storage Module
1810 Make the sections on definitions consistent and complete
1811 Key measurements in Encapsulated PDF
1812 Add calculation comments for intraocular lens calculations to Intraocular Lens Calculations IOD
1813 Add concept of Toric Intraocular Lenses to Intraocular Lens Calculations IOD
1814 Add corneal measurement values sequence to Intraocular Lens Calculations IOD (IOL)
1815 Add new Intraocular Lens Formulas and Lens Constants to DICOM Content Mapping Resource
1816 Update JPEG-LS and RLE Media Types for web services to use registered rather than experimental media types
1817 Replace uses of “data set” that don’t refer to the PS3.5 defined meaning
1818 Large compressed images may have more frames than fit in the Basic Offset Table
1819 Add 64 bit binary VRs
1820 InConcatenationTotalNumber must be greater than one if present
1821 Acquisition Duration need not be mandatory for WSI
1822 Remove Dimension Index Sequence requirement for WSI when Dimensions implicitly defined by TILED_FULL
1823 Add more PET Radiopharmaceuticals for Alzheimer’s Disease
1824 Add more PMSA Targeting Radiopharmaceuticals
1825 Decision result context groups should not be extensible
1826 Specimen De-identification
1827 Correct code meaning for Formalin
1828 Add Barcode Value to Modality Worklist for WSI
1829 Clarify what slide label images contain and add overview image type
1830 Use of Segmentation and Parametric Maps with Whole Slide Imaging
1833 CP 1304 accidentally introduced restriction on PS format for MPEG-2.
1834 Add RT Dose Measurement Devices to CID 7193
1836 Remove instance attributes from QIDO series includeall
1837 Add Reason for Visit
1838 Additions to Breast Imaging Report
1840 Make Code Meaning consistent

Each proposal specifies the type of correction, the rationale for the correction, the sections of the DICOM Standard that will be changed, and the correction wording. In voting, you may vote on the complete package or vote on the individual Correction Proposals.

All of the balloted Correction Proposals may be found at:
ftp://medical.nema.org/MEDICAL/Dicom/CP/CPack-99-PDF
In addition, some of the Correction Proposals can be found in other formats at:
ftp://medical.nema.org/MEDICAL/Dicom/CP/CPack-99-Word/
ftp://medical.nema.org/MEDICAL/Dicom/CP/CPack-99-DocBook/