Re: [COAS-List] Re: Fw: XML and New England NeurosurgeryNetwork

["Nicholas Brown" <N.J.G.B@btinternet.com>]

Dear Bob
Thanks for passing this to me

It seems to me there is still a problem with what is proposed here since
DICOM is really to do with raw image data communication not presented image
comunication. This is being addressed now by supplement 33 (Sfycopy
Presentation State) which is concerned with the rendereing of greyscsle
pixel data in a standard way.  This supplement does not deal with colour
images nor does it say anything about the number of pixels to be used to
display an image.  Also there is lots of DICOM raw image data out there. 
One cannot rely on the Softcopy Presentation State facilities having been
used.

We shall shortly be looking at all this in CEN/TC251/WG IV PT34.

Regards

Nick
n.j.g.b@medphys.ucl.ac.uk


  
> From: Bob Glicksman <bobg@medgrid.philips.com>
> To: David R.R Webber <webber@zeus.lnk.com>; dean-bidgood@ouhsc.edu
> Cc: sgml-hl7@dudley.mc.duke.edu; coas@cs.fiu.edu; gaeta@merge.com;
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Harry.Solomon@ccmail.l-3com.com; drew@hq.rsna.org; horii@rad.upenn.edu;
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Mikael.Dahlke@elema.siemens.se; vansyckled@merge.com
> Subject: Re: [COAS-List] Re: Fw: XML and New England NeurosurgeryNetwork
> Date: 30 July 1998 17:52
> 
> I realize that most people on this discussion thread are interested in
> XML/SGML in healthcare.  However, CORBAmed is addressing some of these
> issues via the Clinical Image Access Service (CIAS) RFP.  See:
> http://www.omg.org/cgi-bin/doclist.pl
> 
> All the best,
> 
> 
> At 12:39 PM 7/30/98 -0400, David R.R Webber wrote:
> >Dean,
> >
> >OK, I see what is going on now.
> >
> >The problem is that you cannot say:
> >
> >   <IMG SRC="xray-image.dicom" ALIGN="MIDDLE" BORDER="0">
> >
> >since the http tools do not speak dicom. (The server can
> >potentially handle this, the client will not process it
> >accurately).
> >
> >The solution I see is to persuade one of the DICOM vendors
> >to implement a DLL for server / client use as a plug-in.
> >
> >This is the traditional approach.
> >
> >Trying to make XML itself embed dicom binaries hidden within
> >the body of the text is not where sane men want to go!
> >
> >Thanks, DW.  
> >
> >
> >
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