Report on Japanese Activities Makoto Suzuki / JIRA Megumi Kondoh / JAHIS 2012/NOV/29 RSNA,Chicago,USA

1) Contribution to DICOM Standards 2) Domestic Activities 3) Connectathon-J 4) JAHIS Standardization (domestic) Contents

１ ) Contribution to DICOM Standards All requested votes successfully made. – Some were forwarded to local professional groups for better decision Teeth: Japan Dental Trade Association ( also closely contacting WG-22 for a new CP) eye: Japan Ophthalmic Instruments Association Supp124 : Steady progress. – A new team assembled due to core member resignment

JIRA (J Medical Imaging and Radiological Systems Industries Association ) and JAHIS (J Association of Healthcare Information System Industry ) are now working closely with Japan’s JRS ( J Radiological Society ) Radiologists JSRT ( J Society of Radiological Tachnology ) Tech’s JRC ( J Radiology Congress ) vendor consortium JAMI ( J Association for Medical Informatics ) med informatics IHE-J ( Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise -J ) and MORE besides these parts of government Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication SO-MU Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry KEISAN Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare KO-RO- ２ ) Domestic Activities

Collaborative works with groups above – Seminars, Tutorials, workshops – New Proposals DICOM CP’s IHE profiles – Textbooks, Guidelines, Whitepapers Sample Headers Sample DICOM files Practical problems and Solutions DICOM Basics JJ1017 Extension Tag usage and more

２ ) Domestic Activities Recent topics Inquiries about Radiation Exposure – 3.11 Nuc. Plant aftermath – exposure on medical exams – request for clear/safe MAX/guidelines

2) IHE-J workshop IHE Hakodate Jun IHE Nagoya Jun IHE Tokyo Jul IHE workshop Tokyo Aug IHE workshop Tokyo Sep IHE workshop Osaka Sep IHE workshop Osaka Oct IHE Tutorial Niigara Nov IHE workshop Kumamoto Dec And Connectathon2012

3) Connectathon-J 2012 OCT-29 – NOV-02 Tokyo 42 companies 76 systems First year to use Gazelle ( was KUDU ) ( thanks to IHE-EU for on-site support) Transaction Monitor/Validator on Gaselle Local modifications remain to accept commercial products sold in Japan. Results will be posted by 2012 Christmas.

3) Connectathon-J

4) JAHIS Standardization Pathology domain - DICOM Image guideline Ver.2.0 : Working - WSI (Whole Slide Imaging) will be supported sample.dcm file will be available Endoscopy domain - DICOM Image guideline : Working - JAHIS guideline on DICOM image for local vendors

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