DIFF FT Evaluation

MR Diffusion Imaging (DIFF) Final Text Evaluation

Reviewed by IHE RAD Tech on April 3, 2025

Proposal

The MR Diffusion Imaging profile has been nominated for advancement to Final Text. (Advocate: Wim Corbijn) Per the Final Text Process, Items in blue text below warrant Committee discussion.

Technical Committee Checklist

Decision:

• Are all significant CPs against the profile "closed"?
  • Currently no active CPs

• Are all significant CPs against the underlying standards "closed"?
  • Currently no active CPs,
  • A DICOM CP will be submitted to add ISOTROPIC is done and in the meantime changed by DICOM. This means Table 4.18.4.1.2.5-1. Image Type and Frame Type values needs update to align new method defined by DICOM. Shall also cover ADC.

• Have all significant comments been CP'd or rejected?
  • No open comments identified

• Have all open issues listed in the Supplement been closed?
  • No open issues, all issues are closed.

• Have all significant issues at Connectathon been dealt with?
  • not aware of any issues left from the Connectathons.

• Gather feedback from implementers. Your domain secretary has access to the contact information for vendors that have tested your profile at previous Connectathons and can help coordinate reaching out.
  • No further feedback identified. Latest testing done in 2014 and 2017 Connectathons.

• Has the Connectathon Project Manager been queried and significant issues addressed?
  • Yes

Technical Committee Consensus

• It is proposed that the profile ...

Planning Committee Checklist

• Has the profile been through a Connectathon in at least two regions?

• No. North America only.

• Has the profile been successfully tested with all actors at least at one Connectathon?

• Yes. NA Connectathon 2014

• Have different implementations of each actor in the profile been tested?

• Modality: Hitachi, 2 Philips Modalities
• Image Display: GE
• Image Manager: Karos, Dell, Tiani-Spirit

• Have all the options been tested successfully at at least one Connectathon?

• Profile does not define any options
• Evaluation of options

• N/A

• Are there IHE-provided software testing tools to address all aspects of the profile?

• No

• Have the standards underlying the profile been implemented? In similar use cases? In healthcare? In general IT?

• (Do you have concrete reason to believe that this works robustly in the Real World) / (Are any products available for purchase that implement the profile?)

• Have all issues that may have been raised about the profile been resolved?

• Has there been sufficient interest in the profile to generate a one-page overview of the profile