Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) Supplement 56: Ultrasound Waveform DICOM Standards Committee, Working Group 12 - Ultrasound 1300 N. 17 th Street, Suite 1847 Rosslyn, Virginia 22209 USA VERSION: 1.0 (First Draft) 11 May 1999 This is a draft document. Please send comments to Rich Eaton, Working Group 17
TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 TABLE OF CONTENTS...II INTRODUCTION...1 DOMAIN OF APPLICATION...1 PART 3: INFORMATION OBJECT DEFINITIONS...2 A.J WAVEFORM INFORMATION OBJECT DEFINITIONS...3 A.j.z Ultrasound Waveform Information Object Definition...3 A.j.z.1 Ultrasound Waveform IOD Description...3 A.j.z.2 Ultrasound Waveform IOD Entity-Relationship Model...3 A.j.z.3 Ultrasound Waveform IOD Module Table...3 A.j.z.4 Ultrasound Waveform IOD Content Constraints...3 C.7.3.1 General Series Module...5 C.8.4.9 US Image Module...5 PART 4: SERVICE CLASS SPECIFICATIONS...6 B.5 STANDARD SOP CLASSES...7 I.4 MEDIA STORAGE STANDARD SOP CLASSES...7 PART 6: DATA DICTIONARY...8 ANNEX A REGISTRY OF DICOM UNIQUE IDENTIFIERS (UID)...9 PART 11: MEDIA STORAGE APPLICATION PROFILES...10 ANNEX X (NORMATIVE) - WAVEFORM INTERCHANGE PROFILE...11 X.1 PROFILE IDENTIFICATION...11 DICOM Supplement Z Ultrasound Waveform page ii
22 Introduction 24 DICOM Working Group 12 - Ultrasound has proposed this DICOM Supplement to support the exchange of ultrasound waveform data in DICOM based upon DICOM's general waveform interchange modules. DOMAIN OF APPLICATION 26 DICOM Supplement Z Ultrasound Waveform page 1
28 30 32 Changes to: 34 NEMA Standards Publication PS 3.3-1999 Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) 36 Part 3: Information Object Definitions DICOM Supplement Z Ultrasound Waveform page 2
1. Add Section A.J to provide the Ultrasound Waveform IOD 38 40 42 44 46 48 A.J WAVEFORM INFORMATION OBJECT DEFINITIONS A.j.z Ultrasound Waveform Information Object Definition A.j.z.1 Ultrasound Waveform IOD Description This IOD is the specification of digitized sound acquired or created by ultrasound modality acquisition processes. Typical uses include Doppler audio, waveforms derived from Doppler audio, high resolution audio, and related phono input. A.j.z.2 Ultrasound Waveform IOD Entity-Relationship Model The E-R Model in Section A.j.1 of this Part applies to the Ultrasound Waveform IOD. A.j.z.3 Ultrasound Waveform IOD Module Table Table A.j.z-1 Ultrasound Waveform IOD Modules IE Module Reference Usage Patient Patient C.7.1.1 M Study General Study C.7.2.1 M Patient Study C.7.2.2 U Series General Series C.7.3.1 M Frame of Reference Synchronization C.7.4.2 U Equipment General Equipment C.7.5.1 M Waveform Waveform Identification C.10.4 M Waveform C.10.5 M Acquisition Context C.7.6.14 U Waveform Annotation C.10.6 U SOP Common C.12.1 M 50 52 54 56 58 60 A.j.z.4 Ultrasound Waveform IOD Content Constraints A.j.z.4.1 Modality The value of Modality (0008,0060) shall be USWV. A.j.z.4.2 Acquisition Context Module TBD. A.j.z.4.3 Waveform Sequence The number of Waveform Sequence (5400,0100) Items shall be one or more. A.j.2.4.4 Number of Channels The value of the Number of Channels (003A,0005) in each item of the Waveform Sequence Item shall be 1 or more. A.j.2.4.5 Sampling Frequency The value of the Sampling Frequency (003A,001A) in the Waveform Sequence Item shall not exceed 48KHz. DICOM Supplement Z Ultrasound Waveform page 3
62 64 66 68 A.j.2.4.7 Channel Source Channel Source Sequence (003A,0208) and Channel Source Modifiers Sequence (003A,0209) are TBD. Doppler can be real/imaginary components or audio separated by positive or negative frequency. Need defined terms for: each Doppler channel. Derived traces: mean, max, etc. Add terms for audio: dictation, phonocardiogram, etc. A.j.2.4.7 Waveform Sample Interpretation The value of the Waveform Sample Interpretation (5400,1006) in the Waveform Sequence Item shall be TBD : SB, SS, UB, MB, or AB. DICOM Supplement Z Ultrasound Waveform page 4
70 72 74 2. Modify Section C.7.3.1 General Series Module to define Waveform Modalities C.7.3.1 General Series Module C.7.3.1.1.1 Modality... Defined Terms for the Modality (0008,0060) are: 76... USWV - Ultrasound Waveform 78 3. Modify Note in Section C.8.5.6 to rename the Image Date and Time attributes 80 82 C.8.4.9 US Image Module Note: Ultrasound IOD's synchronize with other ultrasound IOD's using Acquisition Datetime (0008,002A). DICOM Supplement Z Ultrasound Waveform page 5
84 86 88 90 Changes to: NEMA Standards Publication PS 3.4-1999 92 Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) Part 4: Service Class Specifications 94 DICOM Supplement Z Ultrasound Waveform page 6
96 4.Modify Section B.5 to define Waveform SOP Classes for Network B.5 STANDARD SOP CLASSES 98 The SOP Classes in the Storage Service Class identify the Composite IODs to be stored. Table B.5-1 identifies Standard SOP Classes. 00 SOP Class Name Ultrasound Waveform Table B.5-1 Standard SOP Classes SOP Class UID 1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.9.Z 02 5.Modify Section I.4 to define Waveform SOP Classes for Media 04 06 08 I.4 MEDIA STORAGE STANDARD SOP CLASSES The SOP Classes in the Media Storage Service Class identify the Composite and Normalized IODs to be stored. Table I.4-1 identifies Standard SOP Classes. Table I.4-1 Media Storage Standard SOP Classes SOP Class Name SOP Class UID IOD Specification Ultrasound Waveform 1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.9.Z IOD defined in PS 3.3... 10 DICOM Supplement Z Ultrasound Waveform page 7
12 14 16 18 Changes to: NEMA Standards Publication PS 3.6-1999 20 Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) Part 6: Data Dictionary 22 DICOM Supplement Z Ultrasound Waveform page 8
24 6. Add new SOP Classes to Table A-1 Annex A Registry of DICOM unique identifiers (UID) 26 28 Table A-1 UID VALUES UID Value UID NAME UID TYPE Part Ultrasound Waveform 1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.9.Z SOP Class PS 3.4 DICOM Supplement Z Ultrasound Waveform page 9
30 32 34 36 Changes to: NEMA Standards Publication PS 3.11-1999 38 Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) Part 11: Media Storage Application Profiles 40 DICOM Supplement Z Ultrasound Waveform page 10
42 7. Add new Annex for waveform on TBD Annex X (Normative) - Waveform Interchange Profile 44 X.1 PROFILE IDENTIFICATION TBD DICOM Supplement Z Ultrasound Waveform page 11