DICOM News & New DICOM Working Group for Dermatology

Hello everyone,

Please see below post from DICOM.


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Dear DICOM Community

DICOM News
New Edition published– suitable for updating management on DICOM developments!

The status of CPs and Supplements, following the June 2019 WG-06 Base Standard meeting, are shown in the current issue of DICOM News (find it on the DICOM Home page ) clicking on the NEWS tab in the right corner. Direct links:
• dicom.nema.org/Dicom/News/Current/index.html
• www.dicomstandard.org/News/progress/index.html

New DICOM Working Group for Dermatology
We are pleased to announce the re-start of DICOM WG-19 for Dermatology. The purpose of this WG is to extend DICOM to incorporate new imaging techniques in dermatology by developing a DICOM supplement for dermoscopy. A dermoscope is an imaging device which includes a light source and magnifier to view structural features of a mole or skin lesion. Dermoscopy improves the diagnosis of melanoma when compared to visual inspection. This work will help in the early detection of melanoma by standardizing the storage and retrieval of dermoscopic images and associated clinical information. This is needed to compare images taken at different times, so changes in a mole can be identified. Changes in a mole are an early indication of skin cancer.
The WG is co-chaired by Dr. Liam Caffery, Senior Research Fellow/Telehealth Technology Director, Centre for Online Health - Centre for Health Services Research, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland and Dr. Josep Malvehy, Dermatology Department, IDIBAPS, CIBER de enfermedades raras, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

The next WG-19 meeting by teleconference is Tuesday, July 25, 2019, 8:00-9:00 a.m. US ET. Newcomers are welcome. The dial-in information can be found in the DICOM calendar: workspaces.nema.org/dicom/Lists/Calendar/calendar.aspx
To learn more, please visit www.dicomstandard.org/wgs/wg-19/ or contact the DICOM Secretariat at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..