CP-1821 AcquisitionDuration need not be mandatory for WSI Status Assigned Date of Last Update 2018/06/04 Person Assigned David Clunie Submitter Name David Clunie Submission Date 2018/04/14 Correction Number CP-1821 Log Summary: AcquisitionDuration need not be mandatory for WSI Name of Standard PS3.3 Rationale for Correction: AcquisitionDuration in WSI is Type 1 but adds little value and is often unknown if converting proprietary images. Make it optional. Correction Wording: <informaltable rules="all" frame="box"> <tr> <td> <para><emphasis role="italic">Amend DICOM PS3.3 as follows (changes to existing text are bold and <emphasis role="bold"><emphasis role="underline">underlined</emphasis></emphasis> for additions and <emphasis role="bold"><emphasis role="strikethrough">struckthrough</emphasis></emphasis> for removals):</emphasis></para> </td> </tr> </informaltable> <section label="C.8.12.4" status="4" xml:id="sect_C.8.12.4"> <title>Whole Slide Microscopy Image Module
Whole Slide Microscopy Image Module Attributes
Attribute Name Tag Type Attribute Description
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Acquisition DateTime (0008,002A) 1 The date and time that the acquisition of data that resulted in this image started.
Acquisition Duration (0018,9073) 13 Duration of the image acquisition in seconds.