Draft DICOM Supplement 184: Brachytherapy Delivery Instruction - Soliciting Public Comments

Submit comments as soon as possible but no later than: August 27, 2015

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Sup 184 PDF Document - standards.nema.org/kws/public/document?document_id=13270&wg_abbrev=09-DICOM-2

Sup 184 WORD Document - standards.nema.org/kws/public/document?document_id=13271&wg_abbrev=09-DICOM-2

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Sup 184 Submit Comments – standards.nema.org/kws/public/add_comment?document_id=13270

The Scope and Field of Application of Supplement 184 (reproduced from the document for your convenience:)
The modifications introduced by this supplement describe worklist support for the brachytherapy treatment management and treatment delivery systems. Intention is to offer similar level of support for brachytherapy treatment workflow as was introduced for the external beam radiotherapy in “Supplement 74: Utilization of Worklist in Radiotherapy Treatment Delivery”.
This is achieved by the addition of the following:

• RT Brachy Application Setup Delivery Instruction Storage Composite IOD, which contains the data necessary to instruct a treatment delivery device on what is to be delivered. The key element of the IOD is the RT Brachy Delivery Instruction Module, which contains information on the RT Plan to be used, the channels within the plan that will actually be delivered or omitted.
This supplement is being driven by the desire to address the lack of support for brachytherapy treatment delivery workflow in the current standard