Integration of a Teaching File System into a PACS Environment

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Integration of a
Teaching File System into a PACS Environment
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Experiences from the Users Perspective

Y. Yang, G. Klos, C. Ahlers, P. Mildenberger
Mainz, Germany 2008
IHE TCE Integration Profile IHE Integrating
the Healthcare Enterprise TCE Teaching file and
Clinical Study Export based on different
DICOM definitions, esp. Structured
Reporting (SR) and Key Objects
(KO) Three actors for integration a teaching
file Export Selector marking and coding
images Export Manager anonymize and process
instances Receiver Actor image archive and
display Export Manager and Receiver provided
with MIRC (RSNA) Export Selector is missing in
most PACS-Solutions
"Mainz" - TCE Selector Tool Ope
n source software development (University Mainz
) Connection between PACS and MIRC Serves as
TCE-Export Selector to most Workstations view
and select images in PACS-Workstation DICOM
(e.g. SR and KO) send to TCE-Selector GUI for
categorization and some other contens
additional Funktionality pseudo-/
anonymisation processing DICOM contens
creating additional teaching file information
(ATFI) and TCE manifests Transmission the
DICOM-object together with ATFI and TCE
manifests to MIRC
E-learning content
Intranet
Internet
URL
TCESelector
Our TCE-Selectors special Features Easy to
use, streamlined workflow Provides graphical user
interface to add additional contents (e.g.
history, findings, abstract) for each teaching
file Provides user interface to enter the RadLex
tree for categorization Standardized terminology
for efficient searching and retrieving Possibly
in less than 5 min to create a new teaching file
during reporting
Image content
ZIPSubmit Service
Department MIRC
MIRC Medical Image Resource Center Public
teaching and reference database Taget Audiences
ILIAS Open source University e-Learning
Platform Provides infrastructure for courses and
online teaching, e-Exams and Community
features Superordinate educational concept
ILIAS MIRC Integration Merging complementary
functionality MIRC adds advanced viewing
functionality MIRC offers dedicated search and
retrieval functions ILIAS povides organizational
structure and additional interoperability
features (e.g. SCORM) ILIAS adds community and
communication features
Students Self study Course materials
Medical Scientists Reference database Continuing
education Image repository for
publications Research database
Technicians Reference database Continuing
education Troubleshooting
Essential Integrate MIRC with PACS using the
Mainz - TCE Selector Tool (open source
software) Create your teaching file with
additional informations during reporting Find
what you are looking for, using RadLex and MIRC
for search Merge MIRC and ILIAS to bring
advanced imaging features to an eLearing platform
Department of Diagnostic and Interventional
Radiology, University of Mainz, Germany 2008

mirc_at_radiologie.klinik.uni-mainz.de