Submit public comments on Supplement 199 Second Generation Radiotherapy-RT Radiation Records by March 2, 2020

To: DICOM Community

Cc: Chair of WG-06 – Bjorn Nolte, Siemens Healthineers
DICOM Editor – David Clunie, PixelMed

From: DICOM Secretariat
Luiza Kowalczyk, Senior Manager, DICOM Operations

Subject: Submit Public Comments on Supplement 199 Second Generation Radiotherapy- RT Radiation Records

Scope and Field of Application

This Supplement defines several IODs for RT Radiation Records based on the real-world model and specifications defined in Supplement 147. References, definitions etc. not present in this Supplement can be found in the DICOM Standard and Supplement 176.
The SOP Classes in this document are defined to record how a treatment was performed. This comprises acquired machine values, measured dose values, overrides, etc. In addition, recording of a manual implementation of a Radiation is covered.

All comments should be submitted as soon as possible but NO LATER than by midnight, Monday, March 2, 2020.

Who can comment? All interested persons are invited to comment. Recipients of this solicitation should feel free to forward it to anybody who may be interested in this topic but is not listed on DICOM e-mail lists. There is no cost or obligation associated with commenting and no membership in any committee is required to comment but commenters will be requested to include their contact information with their comments.

What will happen to your comments? DICOM Working Group 06 and DICOM Working Group WG-07 will review the comments and discuss their resolution. WG-06 is authorized by the DICOM Standard Committee to decide on the technical merits of the comments.
Instructions for accessing the documents and submitting comments:

1. The DICOM Secretariat (MITA/NEMA) uses the third party software, Higher Logic for the collection and management of the public comments.

2. Download document(s) to local drives:
Click on the links below to download the PDF, Word, and/or XML versions. If the PDF version is different from any other format the PDF governs.

3. Enter and submit comment(s):
When clicking on the “Comment” link below; the comment submission template appears. You may complete multiple comment templates and submit as a single comment (“Save and add another”) or you may submit a single comment (“Save”) and restart the process to submit another comment.

Forms of comments:
• You may enter free text, attach a document containing your comments, or mark-up parts or the whole of the document and attach same.
• If your comments relate to several specific sections, you can combine them in a single comment entry or make separate comment entries.

Mandatory fields:
• Commenter’s name, affiliation, e-mails address.
• “Subject” – Sup 199 PC
• “Comment” – may be a higher-level statement or may be detailed technical comment with tables, illustrations, ‘cut-and-paste from the draft, etc.
• “Proposed solution” - may be a higher-level statement or may be marked up or new text, tables, illustrations, etc.
• “Save and add another” -you may complete multiple comment templates and submit as a single comment
• “Save” - you may submit a single comment and restart the process to submit additional comments.
Notes for optional fields/items:
• “Category” - would be most helpful, please complete!
• “Section” and “Item” very helpful for all comments. However; may not be applicable to high level comments.
• “Supporting File” - may attach a document to the comment

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‘Download’ links:

sup199_pc_RTRadiationRecords.pdf-PDF DOCUMENT

infocentral.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/resources/docs/imagingdocs/dicom/dicom-2020/3176-sup199-pc-rtradiationrecords

sup199_pc_RTRadiationRecords.docx-WORD DOCUMENT

infocentral.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/resources/docs/imagingdocs/dicom/dicom-2020/3178-sup199-pc-rtradiationrecord

To facilitate the readers’ understanding of this new proposed addition to the DICOM Standard, the authors prepared a presentation, which describes the technical issues and use cases.

sup199_pc-overview_2.pptx-PPT OVERVIEW

infocentral.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/resources/docs/imagingdocs/dicom/dicom-2020/3177-sup199-pc-overview

Link to submit comments on Sup 199:

standards.nema.org/higherlogic/ws/public/add_comment?document_id=27893

Documents are also posted on the ftp server: ftp://medical.nema.org/MEDICAL/Dicom/Supps/PC/

If you still have any questions and need assistance to complete and submit a comment, contact me DICOM Secretariat at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Luiza Kowalczyk, AStd.
Senior Manager, DICOM Operations