A TECHNOLOGY BREAKTHROUGH FOR PATHOLOGY: CAP CONTRIBUTES TO DICOM SUPPLEMENT 145

Medical imaging standard extension for pathology will help advance health information interoperabilityNorthfield, Ill., Sept. 16, 2010 — The College of American Pathologists’ (CAP), a member of the Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) Standards Committee, contributed to the expansion of the DICOM medical image exchange standard Supplement 145—the first for pathology. The standard will enable electronic display, sharing, storage, and management of the image of the “entire microscope slide”—or large images usually associated with pathology. It will also allow health care