Rad Tech Minutes 2025-03-31-04-04

Meeting Notes for IHE Radiology Technical Committee Face-to-Face Meeting March 31 - April 4, 2025, RSNA Headquarters

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  • Meeting link: https://rsna-org.zoom.us/j/87843427564?pwd=GI7MEkeaXd9kLRMcyAIFiOKuNXaRZz.1
• Agenda for this meeting is here: https://wiki.ihe.net/index.php/Rad_Tech_Agenda_2025-03-31-04-04
• Working folder for IHE RAD Tech 2024-25 cycle: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/198UThyCJQvL2vAjDaa-q3slp3Zcmi6rh

• AI Result Approval for Imaging AIRAI (Full 28%)
• POCUS EBIW Extensions (Full 41%)
• Cross-Community Access for Imaging XCA-I.b (Full 20%)

Monday, March 31, 2025

Attendees:: Wim Corbijn (Philips), David Kwan (IHE Canada), Harald Zachmann (Merge Healthcare), Antje Schroeder (Siemens), Khaled Younis (SIIM), Andrei Leontiev (Visage), Kevin O'Donnell (Canon), Matt Blackmon (Sequoia), Marc Kämmerer (VISUS), Steve Nichols (GE Healthcare), TeRhonda McGee, Jamie Dulkowski (RSNA), Lynn Felhofer (IHE RAD TPM)

Add'l attendees for POCUS session: Allan Bottemiller, Rob Ferre, Jason Olio

Add'l attendees for XC-WIA session: Griffin Fairchok (Epic)

• A1: 8:45am-9:00am Administrative Time
  • Introductions (Name and IHE Member Organization)
  • IHE Radiology Technical Committee Roster
  • IHE International Member Organizations
  • IHE Patent Disclosure Statement
  • Current Patent Disclosure Statements
• S1: 9:00am-11:00am: AI Results Assessment for Imaging (AIRAI)
  • Resolve public comments in Vol 1 with focus on Actor Requirements section.
• S2: 11:15am-12:15pm: Maintenance - CP Ballot 2025 results review
  • CP Ballot 2025A Folder in Google Drive
  • Ballot Response Google Sheet
    • CPs with comments resolved, now Final Text:
      • CP-RAD-364 Clarify IID
      • CP-RAD-432 One inconsistent actor name in EBIW
      • CP-RAD-495 AIR: Fix typo in RAD-136
      • CP-RAD-511 Fix Template Identifier for Result Trees in AIR
      • CP-RAD-512 AIR: Updates to Result Tree Node specification
      • CP-RAD-513 SWF.b: Clarify Intermittently Modality behavior in RAD-10
      • CP-RAD-536 Add missing audit triggers for RAD-107 and RAD-129
      • CP-RAD-537 Misleading definition for “Instances-stored” Audit Trigger
      • CP-RAD-541 HL7 Order Messages - editorial fixes
      • CP-RAD-542 Typo in the Table 4.20-2
      • CP-RAD-547 Update Radiology Audit Trail Option text for clarity
      • CP-RAD-548 Inconsistencies in grouping rqmts for PDI profile
      • CP-RAD-551 Clarify links from BIR profile to Vol.2 sections
    • CPs still open:
      • CP-RAD-423 - Add specificity to IOCM (unreject) - Comments to be resolved in a small group (Steve, Andrei, Lynn Kinson) with the results brought back to IHE RAD Tech
      • CP-RAD-546 - Refactor RAD-30 and RAD-31 for easier reuse - Some subsections in RAD-31 were not updated by this CP; lynn to complete those and bring back to RAD Tech to determine whether this CP needs to be reballoted or not
• A2: 1:00pm-1:30pm: Administrative Time
  • Review / update IHE Radiology Domain report to DCC (Wim)
• S3: 1:30pm-3:00pm: POCUS EBIW Extensions (POCUS)
  • Resolve public comments
• S4: 3:15pm-4:45pm: Cross-Community Web-Based Image Access (XC-WIA)
  • Resolve public comments with focus on whether to specify retrieve mechanisms within initiating / responding community, or just between the IIG and RIG.
• A3: 4:45pm-5:00pm: Administrative Time

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Attendees:: Wim Corbijn, David Kwan, Harald Zachmann, Antje Schroeder, Andrei Leontiev , Kevin O'Donnell , Matt Blackmon, Marc Kämmerer, Khaled Younis, Steve Nichols, TeRhonda McGee, Jamie Dulkowski, Chris Carr, Lynn Felhofer

Add'l attendees for POCUS session: Allan Bottemiller, Jason Nomura, Frank F

Add'l attendees for XC-WIA session: Griffin Fairchok (Epic), Charles Parisot

• A1: 8:45am-9:00am Administrative Time
  • Introductions (Name and IHE Member Organization)
• S1: 9:00am-10:30am: AI Results Assessment for Imaging (AIRAI)
  • Continue processing Vol 1 comments including extended discussion of structure of assessment classes in concept Section X.4.1.7
• S2: 10:45am-12:15pm: POCUS EBIW Extensions (POCUS)
  • Continue processing public comment; detailed review of RAD-132 and POCUS-option customization of that profile
• S2.5: 1:00pm-1:30pm: XC-WIA
  • Andrei presented 7 high-level issues that represent categories of the submitted public comments. Concluded that the profile would not mandate use of RAD-107 for Gateways to retrieve from within initiating and responding communities. Also decided to restrict RAD-107 retrieves to instances (i.e., not rendered, metadata...)
• S3: 1:30pm-3:00pm: AI Results Assessment for Imaging (AIRAI)
  • Continue processing public comment; finish Vol 1 comments; start Vol 3
• S4: 3:15pm-4:45pm: POCUS EBIW Extensions (POCUS)
  • Continue processing public comment;
• A3: 4:45pm-5:00pm: Administrative Time

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Attendees:: Wim Corbijn, David Kwan, Harald Zachmann, Antje Schroeder, Andrei Leontiev , Kevin O'Donnell, Marc Kämmerer, Khaled Younis, Steve Nichols, Griffin Fairchok, TeRhonda McGee, Jamie Dulkowski, Lynn Felhofer

Add'l attendees for POCUS session: Allan Bottemiller, Rob Ferre, Jason Nomura, Matt Flanigan

Add'l attendees for XC-WIA session: Griffin Fairchok

• A1: 8:45am-9:00am Administrative Time
• S1: 9:00am-10:30am: AI Results Assessment for Imaging (AIRAI)
• S2: 10:45am-12:15pm: AI Results Assessment for Imaging (AIRAI)
  • Finish processing public comments on Vol 3; review Kevin's updated test for Report Creator rqmts in Vol 1
  • Start reviewing Open Issues section
• A2: 1:00pm-1:30pm: Administrative Time
  • Group photo
  • Toronto Connect-a-thon report(David K and Lynn)
  • RAD testing scope for Vienna Connect-a-thon (Lynn)
• S3: 1:30pm-2:45pm: POCUS EBIW Extensions (POCUS) - Clinical Consult
  • Process comments, focus on RAD-130 (MWL)
• S4: 3:00pm-4:00pm: POCUS EBIW Extensions (POCUS)
  • Finish processing public comments; review open issues
• S5: 4:00pm-4:30pm: XC-WIA
• S6: 4:30pm-5:00pm: Maintenance
  • Assign Section and transaction numbers for new supplements
  • Review Assessment of RAD profiles sheet to finalize list of profiles for promotion or deprecation in this publication cycle.
  • Process newly Submitted CPs

Thursday, April 3, 2025

Attendees:: Wim Corbijn, David Kwan, Harald Zachmann, Andrei Leontiev, Kevin O'Donnell, Steve Nichols, Griffin Fairchok, TeRhonda McGee, Chris Carr, Jamie Dulkowski, Lynn Felhofer

Guests for XC-WIA session: Charles Parisot, Sylvia Winkler

• A1: 8:45am-9:00am Administrative Time
• S1: 9:00am-10:30am: Cross-Community Web-Based Image Access (XC-WIA)
  • Discussion of structure of actors / grouping / option and transaction requirements in Vol 1.
• S2: 10:45am-12:15pm: Maintenance
  • Finalize list of Profiles to Promote to Final Text. Or Deprecate/retire.
    • DIFF Final Text Evaluation
      • Reviewed evaluation details. RAD Tech does not recommend promoting for Final Text now. Needs resolution of DICOM issue identified in the Evaluation first.
    • PERF Final Text Evaluation
      • Reviewed evaluation details. RAD Tech recommends promoting to Final Text.
    • IID Final Text Evaluation
      • Reviewed evaluation details. RAD Tech recommends promoting to Final Text.
      • See Kinson's update to CP-RAD-474 to create a new transaction to remove IMR's dependence on IID's RAD-106 Invoke Image Display transaction.
  • Process Submitted CPs to get CP numbers assigned
    • CP-RAD-xxx-LF-editorial updates -
      • now CP-RAD-552. Approved this editorial CP as Final Text.
    • CP-RAD-xxx-refactor RAD-14 Query images for reuse -
      • now CP-RAD-554; assigned to Lynn.
    • CP-RAD-xxx-refactor RAD-44 45 Query RetrieveEvDocs for reuse -
      • now CP-RAD-555; assigned to Lynn.
    • CP-RAD-xxx-LF-inaccuratNoteinIOCM -
      • now CP-RAD-553. Approved this editorial CP as Final Text.
• A2: 1:00pm-1:30pm: Start POCUS EBIW Extensions (POCUS) - including POCUS_TI_Checkpoint_Assessment
  • Start working through assessment rows
• S3: 1:30pm-3:00pm: Cross-Community Web-Based Image Access (XC-WIA) - including Checkpoint assessment
  • Come to consensus structure of actors and transaction flows
  • Decided on name of proposal: Cross-Community - Web-based Access to DICOM Objects (XC-WADO)
• S4: 3:15-4:45pm Two topics:
  • EBIW/POCUS
    • Finished POCUS_TI_Checkpoint_Assessment
    • Continued processing Open Issues
  • Continue with Maintenance
    • TF Maintenance 2025 - assign editors/reviewers for Final Text CP integration into RAD TF docs. See Republication Plan.
    • Review/finalize Lynn's add'l changes to ballot CP-RAD-546 (refactor RAD-30/31)
      • CP is approved for Final Text
    • Continue CP processing listed in the Maintenance portion of the agenda (top ten & assigned)
      • CP-RAD-474 Extensions to RAD-106 for IMR (Kinson) (Top Ten)
      • CP-RAD-539-01 - IOCM Issue 7 (Kinson)
      • CP-RAD-478-01 - Out-of-Date DICOM References (Lynn)
      • CP is approved for Final Text
    • CPs approved for cancellation
      • CP-RAD-477 - NMI Card Supplement out-of-date - NMI Card now in the Framework
      • CP-RAD-482 - MAWF out of date for RAD-13 - MAWF is now retired

• A3: 4:45pm-5:00pm: Administrative Time

Friday, April 4, 2025

Attendees: Wim Corbijn, Harald Zachmann, David Kwan, Marc Kämmerer, Antje Schroeder, Andrei Leontiev, Kevin O'Donnell, Steve Nichols, TeRhonda McGee, Lynn Felhofer

• A1: 8:45am-9:00am Administrative Time
• S1: 9:00am-10:15am Finish Results Assessment for Imaging (AIRAI) - including AIRAI_Checkpoint_Assessment
• A1: 10:15am-11:15 Administrative Time
  • Tcon scheduling, including RAD Retrospective, including Planning Cmte approval of Final Text promotions, November meeting, resolution of public comment on CP-RAD-423 Add specificity to IOCM - unreject (Steve, Lynn, Andrei, Kinson)
• S2: 11;15am-1:00pm Maintenance
  • Look at EBIW assigned CPs
    • CP-RAD-439 EBIW – RAD-132 Issuer of Accession Number clarification
    • CP-RAD-440 EBIW – RAD-130 return and matching keys
    • CP-RAD-464 EBIW MWL Message semantics behavior
  • Cancel?
    • CP-RAD-530 Implementation of WADO-RS for XCA-I
  • Continue processing assigned CPs
    • CP-RAD-539-01 - IOCM Issue 7 (Kinson)
    • CP-RAD-474 Add Series and Instance level Display for IMR (Kinson)
    • CP-RAD-554-refactor RAD-14 Query images for reuse (Lynn)
    • CP-RAD-555-refactor RAD-44 45 for reuse QR EvDocs(Lynn)
    • CP-RAD-550-refactor RAD-50 Store Instances for reuse (Lynn)