IHE Test Tool Information

Overview

This page contains information about test tools available for testing IHE Profiles. Several organization contribute to this set of tools; thus, the tools currently reside in different locations and have a variety of support models (jira, email lists). Not all IHE profiles have test tools. This can be a challenge for new implementors, but it is the current state of affairs.

These tools are commonly used in the context of an IHE Connectathon. In that case, the test management tool called 'Gazelle' gives you a customized list of tests to do based on the IHE profiles you support. The tools referenced on this page can be used outside of a Connectathon, but the information on this page assumes that Gazelle Test Management is helping to manage testing.

Index to IHE Test Tools

This table lists the tools available for testing IHE profiles, along with links to the tool & documentation.

Tool	Developed by / Description	Type	Tool Location / Installation	User documentation & Training	Description	Support	Used for
CDA Validation tool	NIST	web-based or download	CDA Validation Tool	CDA Tool home page		CDA Validator contact	PCC: all CDA-based profiles except APE, TRS, ETS, ITS
DICOM Central Archive	J4CARE	web-based	Central Archive @ IHE-E
DICOMscope CPI Visualization tools	OFFIS	install/run locally	DICOMScope - IHE Display Consistency distribution page Or, DICOMScope v. 3.6.4 for 64-bit Windows	DICOMscope overview page	Free DICOM viewer which can display uncompressed, monochrome DICOM images from all modalities; supports monitor calibration according to DICOM part 14 as well as presentation states.	https://forum.dcmtk.org/	RAD: CPI (hardcopy & softcopy
DVTk DICOM validator	Philips, ICT		access via External Validation Service Front-End, menu IHE-->DICOM	DVTk training & documentation		DVTk forum	various DICOM-based profiles
Edge Test Tool	HealthIT.gov	web-based	ETT Validators	Documentation		Help	ITI: XDM
FHIR toolkit (MHD) v4.x.x	NIST	install/run locally	Toolkit download	Installation Guide		MHD implementors google group	ITI: MHD
Gazelle CDA Generator	IHE-Europe at Kereval	web-based	CDA Generator	CDA Generator info page
Gazelle External Validation Services (EVS) aka "EVSClient"	IHE-Europe at Kereval	web-based	External Validation Service Front-End	Gazelle External Validation Services user guide		submit issues & questions to our Jira issue tracker	AP: APW, ARPH CARD: CATH, ECHO, REWF, STRESS, CRC, RCS-C ITI: many; see here LAB: LAW, LBL, LCSD, LDA, LPOCT, LTW PCC: XBeR, XTHM PHARM: DIS, HMW, PADV, PRE, CMPD-WD QRPH: ADX RAD: XDS-I.b (Wado)
Gazelle DSUB validator	IHE-Europe at Kereval	web-based	access via External Validation Service Front-End, menu IHE-->DSUB Messages	DSUB validator info page			ITI: DSUB
Gazelle HPD validator & simulator	IHE-Europe at Kereval	web-based	access via External Validation Service Front-End, menu IHE-->HPD Messages HPD Simulator	HPD simulator info page		submit issues & questions to our Jira issue tracker	ITI: HPD
Gazelle HL7 validator	IHE-Europe at Kereval	web-based	Gazelle HL7 validator	HL7 validator info		submit issues & questions to our Jira issue tracker	many
Gazelle HMW simulator	IHE-Europe at Kereval	web-based	HMW Simulator	HMW simulator user guide		submit issues & questions to our Jira issue tracker	PHARM: HMW
Gazelle LBL simulator	IHE-Europe at Kereval	web-based	LBL simulator	LBL simulator user guide		submit issues & questions to our Jira issue tracker	LAB: LBL
Gazelle LCSD simulator	IHE-Europe at Kereval	web-based	LCSD Simulator	LCSD simulator user guide		submit issues & questions to our Jira issue tracker	LAB: LCSD
Gazelle Order Manager simulator	IHE-Europe at Kereval	web-based	Order Manager application	Order Manager user guide		submit issues & questions to our Jira issue tracker	RAD, EYE, CARD: HL7 orders & DICOM MWL LAB: LTW, LAW
Gazelle PatientManager - PAM, XCPD, PIX* & PDQ* (HL7v2, v3, FHIR STU3), ADT simulator	IHE-Europe at Kereval	web-based	Patient Manager application	user guide		submit issues & questions to our Jira issue tracker	ITI: PAM, XCPD, PDQ*, PIX*, PDS for XDS RAD, EYE, CARD: ADT actor
Gazelle Proxy	IHE-Europe at Kereval	web-based	Gazelle proxy	Proxy user guide		submit issues & questions to our Jira issue tracker	proxy for non-TLS msgs
Gazelle Security Suite (gss)	IHE-Europe at Kereval	web-based	http://gazelle.ihe.net/gss	ATNA pre-CAT test cases User Guide		submit issues & questions to our jira issue tracker	ITI: ATNA RAD: SOLE
Gazelle-STS SecurityToken Service (SAML)	IHE-Europe at Kereval	web-based	Service URL	Preparatory test case User Guide		https://gazelle.ihe.net/jira/projects/STS/issues/STS-7?filter=allopenissues Jira issue tracker]	ITI: XUA, IUA (w/ SAML)
Gazelle SVS simulator & validator	IHE-Europe at Kereval	web-based	Gazelle Sharing Value Set Simulator access SVS validator via External Validation Service Front-End, menu IHE-->SVS messages	SVS Simulator user guide Value sets provided by the SVS Simulator		submit issues & questions to our Jira issue tracker	ITI: SVS
Gazelle Test Management	IHE-Europe at Kereval	web-based	for EU: https://gazelle.ihe.net/gazelle for NA: https://gazelle.iheusa.org/gazelle	Gazelle TM User Manual	Test management software for Connectathons and Projectathons that includes facilities for integrating test simulators and use of proxies.
Gazelle WADO validator	IHE-Europe at Kereval	web-based	access via Gazelle External Validation Service Front-End, menu IHE-->RAD-55 WADO Request	WADO validator info page			RAD: XDS-I.b
Gazelle XD* (XD Star) Client Application	IHE-Europe at Kereval	web-based	Gazelle XD* Client Application	Introduction to XDStarClient		submit issues & questions to our Jira issue tracker	ITI: servers in XDS, XDR, XCA, MPQ, DSUB, XCPD, XCF RAD: XDS-I, XCA-I
Gazelle XDW validator	IHE-Europe at Kereval	web-based	access via External Validation Service Front-End, menu IHE-->Workflow document (XDW)	XDW validation service info page			ITI: XDW PCC: XBer-WD,XTHM-WD
Gazelle XUA assertion validator	IHE-Europe at Kereval	web-based	access via External Validation Service Front-End, menu IHE-->SAML Token (IHE XUA)	Assertion validator info page		submit issues & questions to our Jira issue tracker	ITI: XUA
HL7 v2.x Msg ValidationTool	NIST		NIST HL7v2.x Msg Validation Tool	Documentation		Contact us	QRPH: VRDR (2015), HW (2015)
MESA Tools	MIR		RETIRED as of Oct-2019	Actor test plans (Note: These contain test cases that are still used w/o MESA tools.)
MRRT tool	MIR		RETIRED as of Oct-2019
PCD Isolated & Instance testing	NIST	web-based	IHE-PCD Pre-Connectathon Test Tool	IHE-PCD Pre-Connectathon tool home page		NIST support team and join PCD testing google group	PCD: all profiles
PDI Media Tester application	Northwestern	install/run locally	Test Cases and tool		The PDI media tester software is easy to use and provides sufficient information of any IHE PDI compliance violations.		RAD: PDI
PIX / PDQ tool	NIST		RETIRED as of Jan-2024				ITI: PDQ, PDQv3, PIX, PIXv3, XPID
QIDO-RS Response validation tool	Kereval	web-based	access via External Validation Service Front-End, menu IHE-->DICOM Web	View this demo		wia-feedback@kereval.com	RAD: AIR, WIA
REM DoseUtility tool and DICOM SR validator	PixelMed	web-based or install locally	access via External Validation Service Front-End, menu IHE-->DICOM	how to use DoseUtility			RAD: REM
RFD Testing System	MIR		RETIRED as of Oct-2019
RO Test Tool 2007	DVTk	download	access via DVTk download page				IHE-RO
Vital Records Tool	NIST	web-based	access via NIST VR Validation Tool			website admin	QRPH: VRDR HL7v2
XDS toolkit v7.x.x	NIST	install/run locally	XDS Toolkit download	XDS Toolkit Release notes Documentation	A set of validation and simulation tools focusing on Cross-Enterprise Document Sharing (XDS) and related profiles	XDS implementors google group	ITI: XDS.b, XDR, XCA, MPQ, RMD, RMU
XDS-I Imaging Tools	NIST/WUSTL		RETIRED as of June-2023				RAD: XDS-I.b, XCA-I
XDS Public Registry Server (v4.x.x)	NIST		RETIRED as of May-2018
XUA Security Token Service (STS)	Kereval	web-based	STS info page	service URL		submit issues & questions to our Jira issue tracker	ITI: XUA, IUA w/ SAML

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