Members Present: Represented by

DICOM Working Group 16

February 19-20, 2003

Members Present: Represented by:

Philips Medical Systems Kees Verduin

Siemens AG Elmar Seeberger

Members Absent: Voting Representative:

National Institutes of Health Ronald Levin

Others Present: Affiliation:

Mike Partridge Hitachi Medical Systems

Other active observers not present: Affiliation:

Robert Nawrocki Philips Medical System

Presiding Officer: Kees Verduin, Chair

Preliminary Events

The chair offered a special welcome to Mike Partridge of Hitachi, who would like to participate in WG-16. Since Hitachi is not a DICOM member, it cannot automatically become a member of WG-16. Therefore, members recommended that the DSC appoint Hitachi Medical Systems as member of WG-16. (AP 20-0, KV)

The following agenda was offered and approved:

1. 
   Review list of action items
   
2. 
   Discuss outstanding CPs (CP 253 done, no objections)
   
3. 
   Discuss membership roster (by HC)
   
4. 
   Discuss outcome of the SPIE workshop
   
5. 
   Discuss outcome of the testing day
   
6. 
   Create CPs related to the above
   
7. 
   Identify future work items
   
8. 
   Set date of future meetings
   

1. 
   Action Items:
   
   1. 
      There were no current, outstanding action items.
      
   2. 
      One item was identified for future action – c-extract frame proposal. Members believe that this function is urgently needed. It could be an issue for the Joint DICOM/ISO TC 215 WG (Nick Brown and Hidenori Shinoda co-chairs). Members requested that Howard Clark bring this to the attention of the DSC.
      
2. 
   Outstanding CPs,
   
   1. 
      CP353: full support.
      
   2. 
      CPXXX (Cardiac and Bulk Synchronization): full support.
      
   3. 
      Issues raised by David Clunie (windows level/width description): Members will support a CP on this when required; but, MR currently has no use case for multiple window settings.
      
   4. 
      Other issues: no use case for acquisition context found yet.
      
3. 
   Membership Roster
   

4. 
   Outcome of the SPIE Workshop:
   
   1. 
      Dale Seegmiller of DR Systems and other attendees identified an issue regarding compression (AP 20-2).
      
   2. 
      Members believe that more promotion is needed. Kees Verduin’s lecture is the only related item on the agenda at CARS conference in June. One idea is to create a specific web site for participants with updates, FAQ's, etc. This will be discussed in a Tcon with Charles Parisot (AP 20-3).
      
5. 
   Outcome of the Testing Day
   

6. 
   Create CPs related to the above
   
   1. 
      No particular CPs (relating to the MR part of the supplement) are needed.
      
   2. 
      Members will seek guidance from David Clunie on how to proceed with CPs related to the 2003 standard as a whole.
      
7. 
   Future Work items
   

8. 
   Next Meeting and Teleconferences
   

9. 
   Adjournment
   

Howard Clark, secretary

March 4, 2003


Reviewed by Counsel: March 5, 2003

ACTION ITEMS LIST WG-16