The RSNA Teaching File System (MIRC) John Perry

 MIRC Overview – Teaching Files  RSNA Clinical Trial and Research Software  Hands On: Using the RSNA Teaching File RSNA 2011 MIRC Courses

Support the production, storage, indexing and distribution of medical imaging resources:  Teaching files  Scientific & technical documentation  Research images & datasets  Clinical trial data MIRC Project Objective

The key concepts:  MIRC is a community of cooperating libraries on the Internet.  The libraries cooperate by supporting a common query mechanism.  The query mechanism allows users to find information wherever it is stored. MIRC Concepts

Library Index MIRC Sites Library Index RSNA User Library Index Internet MIRC Storage Service: - Document Authoring - Document Storage - Document Indexing - Web Server MIRC Query Service: - Access to the community MIRC Community

 Search interface  Storage libraries  Author services  DICOM services  Shared and private file cabinets  Shared and private conferences The RSNA MIRC Software

 Standard search form 31 defined fields: Free textClinical content Document attributesImage attributes Document contentPatient attributes  Links to other services  Queries a single site, selected sites, or the entire community Query Service

Simple Search

Select Libraries

Advanced Search

ConferencesConferences

Query Service

Two display formats for query results:  Standard  Title (hyperlink)  Author  Abstract  Case Navigator  Random or ordered Known and unknown presentations Query Results

Standard Query Results

Case Navigator

 Stores and indexes documents  One MIRC site can have multiple storage services  Teaching files for each department/specialty  Individual services for each clinical trial Storage Service

 Serves documents to users on the web  Transforms XML files to other formats  Multiple display formats (page, tab, mstf)  Exports documents and datasets to users  Provides access control for documents and sections  read/write/export by owner/groups/public XML Server

Page Format Page Format

Tab Format

MSTF Format

 Basic Author Tool (easy case authoring)  Advanced Author Tool (powerful case authoring)  DICOM Service (automatic case construction from DICOM transfers)  TCE Service (case authoring from PACS workstations)  Zip Service (automatic multi-case construction)  Submit Service (case submission from third-party author tools) Author Services

Admin Services

 Private file cabinets for each user  Files  Conferences  Access to MyRSNA  One shared file cabinet  Shared files  Shared conferences File Service

File Cabinets

FREE Search for ‘MIRC Viewer’ In the Apple App Store

 Runs on Windows, Mac, Linux, Solaris  Two components:  Java and CTP/MIRC (TFS)  All components are free  MIRC Users Meeting:  Monday, 11/28, from 3:00-4:15 in N128 The RSNA MIRC Software

 The MIRC Wiki   RSNA Forums   User Comments, Questions, & Answers  RSNA MIRC Software Announcements  MIRC Implementers Corner Questions/Answers & Help

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