Submit Public Comments on Supplement 222: Whole Slide Microscopy Bulk Annotations Storage SOP Class, by March 20, 2021

Just a gentle reminder that the close date for public comment is fast approaching.

Thank you.

Regards,

Andrea

Posted on behalf of DICOM International

Scope and Field of Application
This Supplement to the DICOM Standard specifies a new DICOM Information Object and Storage SOP Class for storing Whole Slide Microscopy Bulk Annotations (points, open polylines, closed polygons and simple geometric shapes), which is referred to as Whole Slide Microscopy Bulk Annotations IOD.

Whole Slide Microscopy Bulk Annotations are usually created by machine algorithms from high resolution images of entire tissue sections. These are distinct from alternative representations, such as segmented bit planes (which can be encoded in Segmentation Images), and more tractable size human or machine generated contour-based annotations on selected high-power fields or lower resolution or gross specimen images (which can be encoded in Structured Reports using standard templates like TID 1500).

No new image encoding mechanism is introduced. The annotations are in a 3D Frame of Reference that is shared with a Whole Slide Microscopy Image Storage instance.

All comments should be submitted as soon as possible but NO LATER than 11:59pm US EDT on Saturday, March 20, 2021.

 Who can comment? All interested persons are invited to comment. Recipients of this solicitation should feel free to forward it to anyone 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 (Base Standard) and DICOM Working Group 26 (Pathology) 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. Download documents from the website (www.dicomstandard.org/comment) or via the following direct links:
 PDF DOCUMENT – sup222_pc_WSIAnnotations.pdf
www.dicomstandard.org/docs/librariesprovider2/dicomdocuments/sup222_pc_wsiannotations88f52878-287c-4356-b3bb-72dbbb1dad89.pdf?sfvrsn=328ca8a7_3
 WORD DOCUMENT - sup222_pc_WSIAnnotations.docx
www.dicomstandard.org/docs/librariesprovider2/dicomdocuments/sup222_pc_wsiannotations.docx8791a4cf-8031-4d78-94f5-1fd951f90639.docx?sfvrsn=84dbb85f_3
 PPT OVERVIEW - 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: sup222_pc_WSIAnnotations.pptx
www.dicomstandard.org/docs/librariesprovider2/dicomdocuments/sup222_pc_wsiannotations.pptxd1c5a37c-21fb-4ce0-bedb-b3c228c1f204.pptx?sfvrsn=df464d75_3
 Documents are also posted on the ftp server: ftp://medical.nema.org/MEDICAL/Dicom/Supps/PC/
2. Submit comment(s): Send your comments to Shayna Knazik (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) via free text or Word Document. Be sure to include the following information:
 Commenter’s name, affiliation, e-mails address.
 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.
 Line numbers associated with your comment(s)
Your time and comments are greatly appreciated. Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or need assistance with submitting a comment.

Thank you in advance,
Shayna

Shayna Knazik
Senior Project Manager, DICOM
Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA)
A Division of NEMA, the association of electrical equipment and medical imaging manufacturers
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