DICOM Working Group Co-Chairs: Dennis Ballance, DVM William Hornof, DVM, MS

Agenda Introductions Background Goals of Working Group Working Group Basics Roadmap and Strategy

Introductions Dennis Ballance William Hornof Howard Clark

Background DISC ACVR’s Digital Imaging Standards Committee Formed late 2004 Develop standards for imaging Education of vendors and clinicians Obtain vendor support Expand DICOM standard

Goals of Working Group Determine long-term goals Short term goals: Define veterinary image header tags Develop test/demo facility for DICOM connectivity

Working Group Basics Function and scope Subgroups shall: Be project oriented Have appropriate membership from interested categories represented on the Committee Have a subgroup secretariat and secretary

Working Group Basics Membership Voting members Officers nominate companies, organizations, agencies, or individuals for participation DICOM Standards Committee will vote and appoint. Observers Individuals and organizations may attend meetings and submit comments, but may not vote Dues – none Donations – requested

Working Group Basics Attendance No requirement to attend WG meetings Any member that misses two consecutive face- to-face meetings Will not count for determining a quorum May vote in telephone conferences Will be reinstated upon attending a f-2-f meeting Missing four consecutive meetings converts to observer

Working Group Basics Meeting behavior No commercial topics. All members are afforded adequate opportunity to present views. Confine discussions to safety, technical, and engineering factors. No conversations “off the record” at a meeting. Meetings We pick our schedule – can be all phone, or zero to many face-to-face meetings.

Roadmap Assemble documents necessary to be formally created by DICOM Committee Tag definition Demonstration facility

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