Report on Japanese Activities Makoto Suzuki JIRA 2008/Sep/05 Munich, Germany

1) workshop 2) publication 3) JJ1017 Expansion 4) PDI in Japan 5) New guidelines from Japanese government Contents

DICOM publicity(1) 1) Ｗｏｒｋｓｈｏｐ ( domestic ) - DICOM & IHE workshop IHE-J Yamagata 2008-May IHE-J Yokohama 2008-Aug IHE-J Tokyo 2008-Oct/27-31 IHE-J Kobe 2009-Jan IHE-J Shizuoka 2009-Mar JRC Yokohama 2009-Apr/17-19

DICOM publicity(2) 2) DICOM publication ( domestic ) - Refer JIRA home page for translated standards. - ‘DICOM Basics’ by Mr. Herman, Otech. -Full translation -Addition of 2-byte character handling -Published 2008/July ISBN JPY3990

JIRA DICOM committee activities (3) 3) JJ1017 expansion WG ( domestic ) - Sub-WG is now defining info tables for Rad. Therapy. - Other categories such as endoscopy / dental will be considered in the future.

JIRA committee activities (4) Supp 124 (parameters on display system ) An application of UPS ( Supp 96 ) Intensively discussed in WG06 now.

PDI in Japan (1) -PDI has been specified and recommended thru JIRA, IHE-J, etc. in Japan. -Some problems have been reported in handling PDI media at reception. - Physical problem ( can not read …) - Usage ( so many images, hidden files …) - Related organizations in Japan are discussing practical unified condition for using PDI.

New guidelines in Japan (1) mhlw ( Ministry of Health,labor and welfare ) is demanding all clinics/hospitals to claim treatment fees via internet by current : print-outs, 5” floppy 2010 ： FTH/CATV/ADSL, VPN, PKI mhlw also acknowledged that Medical data can be stored in commercial warehouse. ISMS(ISO/IEC 27001)

END JRC Yokohama 2009-Apr/17-19 WG-10 & Kyoto 2009-Apr/20-21