To develop DICOM objects and services related to image guided surgery (IGS). Disseminate knowledge gained following the roadmap through workshops, conferences and special seminars.

Short Term Goals

• Working on Image-Guided Surgery (IGS) related work items (see below)
• Work item “Visual Light related multi-modal sensor and computed structured data”:
• CP-2161 “Photogrammetric Model Enhancement of VL IODs”
  

Current Status

• Work item “Visual Light related multi-modal sensor and computed structured data” was accepted by the DSC. Supplements derived from this work item:
• VL Photogrammetric Camera Module

Work Items in Preparation

The following entities are discussed with respect to their relevance as DICOM work items:

• Support for surgical reports by DICOM Structured Reports (title tbd)
• Patient Outcome Trajectory / 3D Volume Interaction (title tbd)

Completed Supplements

• Supp 131 Bone Mounted Implant Description Storage SOP Class
• Supp 132 Surface Segmentation Storage SOP Class
• Supp 134 Implantation Plan SR Document Storage SOP Class
• Supp 138 Crestal Implant Storage SOP Class (jointly with DICOM WG 23 Dentitry)
• Supp 154 Optical Surface Scanner Storage SOP Class

Challenges

• The meeting at CARS was a bit to short due to the restrictions of the conference, but draw some attention by interested individuals and industry.

Opportunities

• The digital operating room (DOR) is becoming a reality. The market potential for those institutions which bring into the OR digital systems (e.g. a surgical PACS) which conform to Standards, such as a suitable DICOM extension, is extremely high.
• Patients will benefit from every step taken towards an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) which is embedded in a standard DOR infrastructure.
• Surgeries are becoming more standardized, therefore intra-operative support of surgeons is easier to accomplish.
  

Relationship to other Standards and Standards Bodies

• Geometric models (stl, vtk, …)
• Electronic patient record (HL7, FHIR)
• ISO 182 /SC2 Robots and Robotic Devices in Surgery and Medicine
• IHE
• SDC
• OR.NET e.V.

Miscellaneous

Any comments referring to the Strategic Summary of WG-24 should be e-mailed to the general chair of WG-24.

Future Roadmap and Objectives (Committee Direction):

• None.
  

Past Work:

• The last finished work was Supp 154: Optical Surface Scanner Storage SOP Class, 2011.