EuroPACS Board Meeting

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EuroPACS Board Meeting
Image Exchange with DICOM-CDs

• Peter Mildenberger

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Status

• Imaging more an more digital
• Film based communication declines
• CD as substitute (when Teleradiology is not
  available)
• Definition for CD-use in DICOM (Part 10) and
  IHE-PDI
• Digital available studies could be integrated in
  PACS-workflow

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Status II

• Very often in use
• Usability restricted by organisational and
  technical problems
• E.g. machine readability
• Workflow integration (physician time for data
  handling)
• Different contents
• Limited quality of viewers
• Not usable 5 10

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Consequences

• German Roentgen Association started an initiative
  in 2005
• Together with OFFIS
• Goals
• Specifications for Products
• Recommandations
• Certificate

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Why a new initiative?

• Standards free available
• BUT often not correct and complete implemented
• Many often small- companies
• IHE-PDE at the moment only in some solutions
• Testing of real products

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Results
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Results II
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Results III

• Specifications for Products
• Recommandations for use
• Test tools
• More information
• www.dicom-cd.de