Rad Tech Minutes 2009.09.02

Attendees

• Chris Lindop - GE (co-chair)
• Ellie Avraham - Philips
• Brad Erickson - RSNA
• Lynn Felhofer - Tech Proj Mgr
• Kinson Ho - Agfa
• SL Kapoor - TSG Integrations
• Tim Krehl - Sorna
• Michael Planchart - Riverain Medical
• Koos Rommelse - Microsoft
• Antje Schroeder - Siemens
• Paul Seifert - Agfa
• Alexis Tzannes - Aware
• Jerry Wallis, MD, PhD - Mallinckrodt Inst.

Minutes

1) Evaluate Trial Implementation supplement readiness and

• FUSION

• Open Technical Issues that have not been brought to CP: requirements for spatial registration (especially with respect to hybrid systems)
• Incomplete testing at 2009 NA Connectathon; hampered by absence of spatial registration object
• Technical Cmte recommends that PC not advance to Final Text

• NM Image - Cardiac Option

• Open IHE CP:

• CP179 require frame-of-reference in data set; assigned to David Clunie

• Comments not brought to CP: Need to review frame-of-reference requirements for NM and display of common frame-of-reference in BIR
• No successful Connectathon testing in 2009

• Recommend that Planning Cmte not advance to Final Text; develop plan for encouraging adoption and testing

• Mammography Acquisition Workflow

• Two open IHE CPs:

• CP155: Include new attributes in code per DICOM CPs; in current ballot package - Christoph Dickmann
• CP140: Creator PSes not forwarded - assigned to Lynn Felhofer

• No known open comments remaining to be CP'ed
• No sucessful Connectathon testing
• Not to be advanced to Final Text this year
• Tech Cmte recommends to Planning Cmte to develop marketing plan to encourage adoption

• Radiation Exposure Monitoring

• No open IHE CPs
• Two open DICOM CPs:

• one a typo fix
• CP963: adds date-time started for event to projection x-ray systems; in ballot package, final text in Oct. 20009

• Significant comments that have not been put in CPs

• Dr. Steve Balter suggest requiring a standard set of reports for dose information reporter

• Significant successful testing in 2009 Connectathons, but relatively few Reporters or Registers

• No secondary feedback gathered via Connectathon questionnaire

• Tech Cmte recommends that Planning Cmte leave in TI status,

2) Assign volunteers for Volume Editor roles

• Since no profiles are likely to be advanced to Final Text, tasks will be limited to CPs and clean up editing
• Vol. I: Kinson Ho
• Vol. II: Ellie Avraham
• Vol. III: Chris Lindop
• Vol. IV: IHE NL is working on proposal to address national ID; IHE J may have additional extensions

3) Timeline for publishing Version 10

• Sept. 8: Current CP ballot closes
• Sept. 10: RSNA to circulate CP ballot comments

• Confirm quorum on ballot; send out reminder to Rad Tech with list of eligible members who haven't voted

• Sept. 14, 1-2:30pm CT: Teleconference to resolve CP ballot comments
• Sept. 25: Vol. editors submit updated draft of Final Text to Rad Tech mailing list with changes tracked

• RSNA to post tracked versions on ftp site

• Oct. 1: Final comments due from committee members and technical project manager

• RSNA to add updated front matter

• Oct. 15: RSNA publishes updated FT volumes on www.ihe.net

4) Review and discuss worker bandwidth and priorities for potential Year 12 cycle proposals

• Are there authors and reviewers capable of devoting time to develop proposed profiles?

• Institute requirement that each profile proposal have one experienced editor on editorial team?
• Review commitment to fund test development for each proposed new profile?
• Perform assessment of testing resources required as part of profile feasibility review?
• Bandwidth required to review and coordinate with work of other domains

• Raise these questions/issues in Planning Committee tcon tomorrow and develop an agenda item for discussion on Testing and Tools Committee and Domain Coordination Committee

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Radiology Technical Committee