Rad Plan Minutes 2008-09-03

Attendees

• David Clunie, MD - RadPharm
• Kevin O'Donnell - Toshiba
• John Paganini - Guardian Technologies
• Paul Seifert - Agfa
• Niki Wirsz, Phd - Siemens
• Joan McMillen - RSNA
• Nichole Drye-Mayo - RSNA
• Chris Carr - RSNA

Minutes

• Add detailed dates to 2008-2009 development timeline

• [Timeline] updated with new deadlines
• Action Item: Chris Carr will reissue call for Brief Profile Proposals with due date of Sept. 15
• Action Item: Schedule Technical Committee face-to-face in November at RSNA HQ

• Reviewed Brief Profile Proposals submitted thus far

• Basic Image Review

• Addresses demands for standardized baseline viewer by AMA, AANS, ACR, etc.
• Dovetails with PDI to allow access to images for referring physicians
• Profile would set baseline functional criteria and set some broad parameters for user interface
• Physician groups may still persist in seeking development of a mandatory baseline viewer
• Profile development challenge will be organizing participants and gaining satisfactory consensus (while avoiding "buttonology")
• Goal is to have event to evaluate viewers at AANS meeting in April
• David Clunie volunteers to help draft supplement
• Initial view is that this is a small to medium piece of work

• PDI Extensions

• Expands PDI to address other kinds of media--removable USB media and DVD
• Low to medium effort: may be set of CPs to PDI or new version of profile

• XDS-I Using XDS.b Technology

• Scope of current profile is limited to upgrading the technology for publishing and retrieving manifests from XDS.a-based to XDS.b
• DICOM WG10 is now working on Web services-based transfer protocols to be published in 2009
• Intent would be to replace the transfer protocol sections of XDS-I profile when the new DICOM Web services become available
• Question is whether security details ought to be included/referenced; eg, is XUA available for prime time
• Medium to large effort; definitely a distinct profile supplement rather than CPs

• Enhanced DICOM Image

• Enables interoperability of applications at a higher level; see 5 use cases defined
• IHE might specify display behavior that makes use of the new objects
• Important to get domain experts, including workstation vendors
• Medium-sized piece of work

• Missing Brief Proposals

• SWFII

• Chris Lindop may assume that the updated profile has a slot
• Action Item: Chris Carr will solicit a proposal from Chris Lindop for review

• Radiology Reporting

• RSNA committee in place to develop report templates for common radiology procedures
• At some point, this committee's work will need to be encoded in structured documents and addressed in radiology reporting workflow
• Action Item: Chris Carr will ask Drs. Kahn and Langlotz about their timeline plans and when to expect work that may need coordination with IHE Radiology

• Mammography Rad-Tech Communication

• Drs. Ellis and Zuley have suggested developing a white paper on bi-directional interface
• Action Item: Chris Carr will contact them and suggest that they submit a brief proposal on the topic

• Next Planning Cmte Tcon: Weds, Sept. 17, 8:30-9:30am CDT

Radiology Planning Committee