1. IHE RAD Technical Committee Year 6 status RSNA 2003
“To be a visionary,
and to keep one’s feet on the ground”

2. Year 6 work items NM Image Profile Media Distribution Profile
Departmental Workflow
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3. NM Image Profile Done so far Desired end results Risks/issues
NM group organized
Initial draft NM Image Profile created
Desired end results
NM Image Profile or options in IHE RAD TF, with NM specific attribute support in storage SOPs, and required use of these for defined display purposes
Risks/issues
Get consensus on defined display purposes
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RSNA 2003

4. Media Distribution Profile
Done so far
Use cases and objectives defined:
Import for reading or use as relevant prior study
Import for review/ viewing by patient or patient’s primary care physician or other GP.
List of issues for further discussion
Desired end results
Goal is to have a single export format be capable of supporting all import use cases.
Risks/issues
Support for non-DICOM objects
Assumptions about capabilities reading device
Manual steps in IHE transaction, how to define
Lots of detail
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RSNA 2003

5. Departmental workflow
Done so far
Topic discussed, and reached consensus on what the scope and approach is, assigned owners for parts
Desired end results
Publish as a single supplement
Large portion of overall departmental workflow will be described in an Appendix A
Sections on SWF, PWF, RWF (/SINR) will each require ~1 page description of their relationship to DWF
Structure of Appendix:
High-level theory of workflow chaining
Examples and use cases
SWF to have an “external” view to description
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6. Departmental workflow
Risks/issues
Lowest priority topic topic tends to get bigger and bigger:
Appointment Notification transaction(s) [from IHE-F]
Order Filler in SINR (report export) [from IHE-F]
Image Availability Notification (discussion with DOCOM WG6)
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7. Planning
Telcons in December and second week January for each work item
Face to face meeting third week of January, produce draft PC
Face to face meeting third week of March, release TI version
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RSNA 2003