International Telecommunication Union
Success of DICOM
standard
Cor Loef
Industry Co-Chair
DICOM Strategic Advisory Committee
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Success of DICOM standard
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Mission and goal of the DICOM standard
Some recent new developments
View on the future of DICOM
Summary
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Mission and goal of DICOM
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o Mission of DICOM
• Create and maintain international standards
for communication of
bio-medical diagnostic and therapeutic
information
o Goals of DICOM
• Achieve interoperability and improve
workflow efficiency between imaging
systems and other information systems
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Some recent new developments
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o 16 parts of official DICOM 2003 edition
available at: http://medical.nema.org
o Security
• De-identification, Clinical Trials
o Applications of structured reporting
(DICOM SR) – Evidence documents:
• Chest CAD
• Cath Lab Reporting
• OB-GYN, Vascular US, Echocardiography
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Some recent new developments
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o New Media
• DVD-R, E-mail attachments, large capacity
MODs
o New Objects
• Multi-frame MR
• New CT, XA, VL
o JPEG 2000
o Configuration Management
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Multi-frame MR
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o New object definition supporting latest
advancements in MR technology
o Support for very large data sets, split of an
acquisition between several multi-frame
objects
o New concepts – functional groups
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Ultrasound Procedure Reporting
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o A number of supplements covering
different areas of US procedure reporting:
• OB-GYN
• Vascular
• Echocardiography
o Further advances the concept of
Evidence Documents –
objects generated by machine, that are not
images but are carrying the supplemental coded
information for the procedure to aid in diagnosis
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DICOM Object Access via Net
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o In addition to the e-mail distribution of
DICOM objects, DICOM recently spearheaded
a joint Work Item with ISO TC215 – WADO
Web Access to DICOM Persistent Objects
• In currently prototype phase
• Will allow for web-access to images in
different formats utilizing standardized URL
(HTTP-GET)
• In conjunction with standardized MIME type
allows for access using a Web Browser
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Charter of Strategic Advisory
Committee
o To develop and maintain the long-term strategic
plan of the DICOM Standards Committee;
o To review standards and technology trends in
healthcare, biomedical imaging, commerce,
telecommunications, and informatics;
o To consider issues and opportunities related to the
strategic evolution of DICOM;
o To provide liaison to other standards developing
organizations: ISO, HL7, JIRA, CEN.
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Quality of care improved by
information and IT
All relevant information the care giver
and patient need,
anywhere and anytime,
for the best clinical decisions,
through one common and simple user
interface, adapted for the task.
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All relevant info accessible
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Trends in Imaging-IT
o Horizontal Integration
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o Vertical Integration
o Active workflow
Other
Clinical
System
Cardiology
PACS
HIS
RIS
Radiology
PACS
o Data explosion
o Web based PACS
VL, US, NM
PACS
Web distribution
At the desktop
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Vertical Integration
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HIS
ADT
Patient Registration
IMAGING:
• PACS / Archives
Patient Registration
• Workstations
Image Creator
• Modalities
Order Placer
New Order
Image Display
The Healthcare Enterprise
Q /R
Images
Department
System Scheduler
– Order Filler –
Proced
ure Sch
Image Archive
eduled
Image Manager
PPS
In-Progress
/ Completed
RIS
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Storage
Commit
Images
Stored
Acquisition
Modality
Modality Worklist
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Active Workflow
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Workflow in Radiology
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Registration
Preparation
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Image Distribution
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Demonstration
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Digital
Radiology
Reviewing
Referral
Archiving
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Post Examination
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User’s default display protocol
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Paradigm shift in PACS:
Clinical Applications to PACS
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Multi-slice CT: 1000+ images
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Post-processing everywhere
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o Viewing and Advanced Image Processing:
• clinical SW packages
• move towards modalities, PACS and web
3D
Spine
Endo3D
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Post-processing everywhere
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o Analysis tools to enhance clinical decisions:
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Echo measurements & calculations
Left Ventricular Analysis
Quantitative Coronary Analysis
Vascular X-Ray Analysis
Vascular X-Ray Post-Processing
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Horizontal Integration
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Hospital Information System, Master Person Index
Radiology
workflow
Cardiology
workflow
Ultrasound
workflow
Pathology
workflow
Radiology
PACS
Cardiology
PACS
Ultrasound
PACS
Visible Light
PACS
One Image Management Infrastructure
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Horizontal Integration
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o Image (information) management system supports
archiving/retrieving of all types of clinical objects
(incl. visible light) and Structured Reports
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DICOM SR Creation - Example Radiology
RIS data
Header:
Report Type:
Report Creator
application
Findings:
Image data from PACS
Thorax
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Mass
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Conclusions:
Image Refs.: (Pointer)
select
Report Templates
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Diam.
Infiltr..
Infiltr
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(DICOM) SR Object
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Coding Schemes
behind pop-up menus
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Web based PACS
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Web Viewer
Webserver
PACS Viewing
Station
At Modality
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Web and Security
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Web Viewer
Webserver
Security
PACS Viewing
Station
At Modality
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“Electronic Health Record”
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o Image Management system and Departmental
Information Systems must be EHR-prepared
(Query/Retrieve)
o EHR: emphasis today on visual integration on the
desktop, will become the integrated, secure,
patient centric, source of health information
o Need for coded vocabularies to represent medical
knowledge and the patient’s health condition
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“Electronic Health Record”
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o Web front-end:
• viewing not only of images but also
waveforms, measurements, reports, lab
results, etc
• need the capability to access the original
medical images
• Support for (DICOM) Structured Reporting
• XML and XML Schema for the exchange of
clinical documents
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EHR: Visual Integation
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Clinical
Information
System
Back-Office
messages
Efficiency
Clinical
Information
System
Integrated
Clinical Viewing
at the desktop
Front Office
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Summary
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o DICOM is well positioned to continue to
serve integration needs of medical imaging,
including workflow, evidence information
recording, effective access to imaging
results in the enterprise
o Active cooperation with other standards
assures DICOM objects integration into
future EHR – whether by reference, or
through well-defined trans-coding
mechanisms.
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