CP-1428 Use Pixel Measures in Enhanced US Volume <informaltable rules="all" frame="box"> <tr> <td rowspan="1" colspan="1" valign="top"> <para>STATUS</para> </td> <td rowspan="1" colspan="1" valign="top"> <para>Assigned</para> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" colspan="1" valign="top"> <para>Date of Last Update</para> </td> <td rowspan="1" colspan="1" valign="top"> <para>2014/09/09</para> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" colspan="1" valign="top"> <para>Person Assigned</para> </td> <td rowspan="1" colspan="1" valign="top"> <para>David Clunie</para> <para><link xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="mailto:dclunie@dclunie.com"/></para> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" colspan="1" valign="top"> <para>Submitter Name</para> </td> <td rowspan="1" colspan="1" valign="top"> <para>David Clunie</para> <para><link xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="mailto:dclunie@dclunie.com"/></para> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" colspan="1" valign="top"> <para>Submission Date</para> </td> <td rowspan="1" colspan="1" valign="top"> <para>2014/09/02</para> </td> </tr> </informaltable> <informaltable rules="all" frame="box"> <tr> <td rowspan="1" colspan="1" valign="top"> <para>Correction Number CP-1428</para> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" colspan="1" valign="top"> <para>Log Summary: Use Pixel Measures in Enhanced US Volume</para> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" colspan="1" valign="top"> <para>Name of Standard</para> <para>PS3.3 2014b</para> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" colspan="1" valign="top"><para>Rationale for Correction:</para> <para>The Enhanced US Volume IOD failed to use the Pixel Measures functional group that is used by all other enhanced family IODs to describe the Pixel Spacing. There is no reason for this gratuitous inconsistency.</para> <para>Add it as a required functional group.</para> <para>Currently Pixel Spacing is Type 1 in the Enhanced US Image Module. Remove it.</para> <para>Since the Enhanced US Volume IOD has not yet been widely adopted, it is reasonable to make these changes to mandatory attributes at this time.</para></td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" colspan="1" valign="top">Correction Wording:</td> </tr> </informaltable> </chapter> <chapter> <title/> <section> <title/> <informaltable rules="all" frame="box"> <tr> <td> <para><emphasis role="italic">Amend DICOM PS3.3 as follows:</emphasis></para> </td> </tr> </informaltable> </section> <section label="A.59.4" status="3" xml:id="sect_A.59.4"> <title>Enhanced US Volume Functional Group Macros specifies the use of the Functional Group Macros used in the Multi-frame Functional Groups Module for the Enhanced US Volume IOD.
Enhanced US Volume Functional Group Macros
Functional Group Macro Section Usage
Frame Content M - May not be used as a Shared Functional Group.
Pixel Measures M
Plane Position (Patient) U
Plane Orientation (Patient) U
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Plane Position (Volume) M - May not be used as a Shared Functional Group. See .
Plane Orientation (Volume) M - May not be used as a Per-Frame Functional Group. See .
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Enhanced US Image Module Attributes
Attribute Name Tag Type Attribute Description
Pixel Spacing (0028,0030) 1 Physical distance in the patient between the centers of adjacent pixels, specified by a numeric pair - adjacent row spacing (delimiter) adjacent column spacing, in mm. See for further explanation of the value order.