SimpleDICOM Suite: Personal Productivity Tools for Managing DICOM Objects

Branstetter, Barton F.; Uttecht, Steven D.; Lionetti, David M.; Chang, Paul

doi:10.1148/rg.275065139

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“…Freely available software—the SimpleDICOM Suite, has been developed to allow importation of nonradiologic images into the PACS [7]. The key element of their approach is that the VL images require an additional workflow step and the patient must be assigned a mock event within the Radiology Information System to represent the additional images in the PACS; the VL images are thus not integrated with the radiologic images and are not part of one study.…”

Section: Implementation Strategies: Clinical Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

Integrating Patient Digital Photographs with Medical Imaging Examinations

et al. 2013

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We introduce the concept, benefits, and general architecture for acquiring, storing, and displaying digital photographs along with medical imaging examinations. We also discuss a specific implementation built around an Android-based system for simultaneously acquiring digital photographs along with portable radiographs. By an innovative application of radiofrequency identification technology to radiographic cassettes, the system is able to maintain a tight relationship between these photographs and the radiographs within the picture archiving and communications system (PACS) environment. We provide a cost analysis demonstrating the economic feasibility of this technology. Since our architecture naturally integrates with patient identification methods, we also address patient privacy issues.

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Section: Implementation Strategies: Clinical Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

Integrating Patient Digital Photographs with Medical Imaging Examinations

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“…On-call PACS simulators were developed to help prepare new residents for the rigors of reading emergent imaging independently and to enhance their proficiency when using PACS in these situations [12]. Another study describes the launch of "SimpleDICOM suite," designed to enhance the functionality of commercially available PACS [13]. One group analyzed six different user interface devices ranging from a five-button mouse to a gaming joystick, to see if any device provided a superior user experience or improved efficiency when using PACS [14].…”

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PACS Used While On-Call: A National Survey of Radiology Program Directors and Chief Residents

2014

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The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of different diagnostic image viewing platforms used by radiologists while on-call, and to assess the opinions and preferences of radiology program directors and chief residents regarding their use. An online survey was sent electronically to radiology residency program directors and chief residents via the Association of University Radiologists. Forty-two radiology program directors and 25 chief residents completed the survey, yielding response rates of 24.9 and 8.5 %, respectively. From the survey results, 10 different Picture Archiving Communications Systems (PACS) were identified; GE (25 %), Philips (17 %), and Agfa Impax (15 %) were the most prevalent. Interestingly, only 5 % of all respondents use a secondary "Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine" viewer for oncall studies. Perceptions of PACS functionality were generally neutral to weakly positive. Most respondents strongly agreed that it is important to have a single integrated PACS for viewing oncall studies and agreed that the PACS should be integrated into the Electronic Medical Records (EMR). The overwhelming majority of respondents use their institution's PACS while oncall. The results show there is still a wide variety of PACS platforms used by different institutions; however, GE, Phillips, and Agfa were some of the most prevalent. Most radiologists surveyed have neutral to slightly positive perceptions about the functionality and ease of use of their PACS. Finally, while radiologists agree that PACS should be integrated with EMR, only 53 % of respondents currently have this arrangement.

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“…At a technical level, the field of diagnostic imaging has benefited from a long historical investment in the Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) standard by equipment manufacturers and devoted personnel in the professional radiological societies [8]. In the context of image sharing, DICOM Working Group 18 has recently developed Supplement 142 (ftp://medical.nema.org/medical/dicom/final/ sup142_ft.pdf, accessed 28 February 2011) that provides important guidance for de-identification of images and related data objects.…”

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Image Data Sharing for Biomedical Research—Meeting HIPAA Requirements for De-identification

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Data sharing is increasingly recognized as critical to cross-disciplinary research and to assuring scientific validity. Despite National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation policies encouraging data sharing by grantees, little data sharing of clinical data has in fact occurred. A principal reason often given is the potential of inadvertent violation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act privacy regulations. While regulations specify the components of private health information that should be protected, there are no commonly accepted methods to de-identify clinical data objects such as images. This leads institutions to take conservative risk-averse positions on data sharing. In imaging trials, where images are coded according to the Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) standard, the complexity of the data objects and the flexibility of the DICOM standard have made it especially difficult to meet privacy protection objectives. The recent release of DICOM Supplement 142 on image de-identification has removed much of this impediment. This article describes the development of an open-source software suite that implements DICOM Supplement 142 as part of the National Biomedical Imaging Archive (NBIA). It also describes the lessons learned by the authors as NBIA has acquired more than 20 image collections encompassing over 30 million images.

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SimpleDICOM Suite: Personal Productivity Tools for Managing DICOM Objects

Cited by 3 publications

References 4 publications

Integrating Patient Digital Photographs with Medical Imaging Examinations

Integrating Patient Digital Photographs with Medical Imaging Examinations

PACS Used While On-Call: A National Survey of Radiology Program Directors and Chief Residents

Image Data Sharing for Biomedical Research—Meeting HIPAA Requirements for De-identification

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