Activities of DICOM WG of MISAT in Taiwan Jenn-Lung Su, Ph.D. Medical Image Standards Association of Taiwan (MISAT) Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan DICOM Standards Committee, 11 Chicago, DICOM Standards Committee, 11/30/2006

Routine Activity Held 4 DICOM workshops on 5/20, 7/10, 9/08/, and 11/25 this year. meetings, in Attended DICOM SC meetings, in Yokohama, Barcelona, and Chicago. MISAT: 30+ individual members and 10+ group members. Continue to promote more members to joint MISAT Update the activity information for DICOM/Taiwan website (

DICOM/IHE promotions in 2006 Held workshops in four areas: Northern (Taipei 台北 on 5/20), Eastern (Yilan 宜蘭 on 7/10),, Southern (Tainan 台南 on 9/08), and Middle ( Chunhwa 彰 化 on 11/25) Taiwan. (~300+ people) IHE success implement story in hospital, Introduction of DICOM, IHE panel discussion

Lecture presented by Dr. Yang of Kaoshiung V.A. Hospital IHE Panel Discussion

IHE promotion in Taiwan Success PACS/IHE implementation stories for Tri-Service General Hospital, Kaoshiung V.A. Hospital, Chi-Zi Hospital, and Sin-Lau Hospital WADO application in Medical Informatics Systems Compression, Image Display Function, Security …..

DICOM Promotion Help National Health Insurance Bureau (NHI) to implement the Internet Pre-Operation Insurance Claim System with DICOM/HL-7 standard PKI for Secure Inter-Hospital Information Exchange Mechanism of Digital Signature and Encryption for DICOM Object Security Profile Popularize the UTF-8 Chinese characters of DICOM standard BSMI (Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection ) supports this project.

Proposed Work Items (2007) Prepare and announce IHE Taiwan(2007) TF draft for public comment thru internet. Local product venders (Software and LCD display) and international product venders IHE Connect_A_thon and Demonstration will be held on March 2007 conjunction with RSROC Annual Meeting during 03/24~03/26 at V.A. General Hospital in Taipei ) Prepare for DICOM WG10 and SC Meeting during 03/22~03/23, and maybe IHE-AO or other WG Meeting ?)

DICOM Training Notes Editing: Lecture Notes collected from local DICOM conference and Workshop Provide some sugestions to government in the application of DICOM standards. DICOM workshop and conference in 2007: 1. Introduction of DICOM-2006 and application examples 2. Dicom-dir for Inter-Hospital Information Exchange 3. Digital Signature and Encryption 4. Dicom Implementation in Hospital Proposed Work Items

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Welcome to Taiwan Taipei 101 Shihlin night market (MRT) Danshui (MRT) Kending (THSR)

Welcome to Taiwan Taipei 101 Taroko Gorge National Palace Museum More places to go: CKS Memorial Hall YangmingShan-- Beitou Hot Spring Sun Moon Lake---Alishan Snack Food — Many places

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