IHERO UseCase 2011 InformationFlow Mika

1. Proposed Workitem: Information Flow

• Proposal Editor: Mika Miettinen, mika.miettinen@varian.com, +1 650 799 7665
• Editor: Sidrah Abdul/Rishabh Kapoor on behalf of Mika Miettinen
• Date: N/A (Wiki keeps history)
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• Domain: Radiation Oncology

2. The Problem

<Summarize the integration problem. What doesn’t work, or what needs to work.>

No data compatibility between treatment planning, OIS/Treatment Management and treatment delivery system (machine) has been demonstrated in IHE-RO.

3. Key Use Case

<Describe a short use case scenario from the user perspective. The use case should demonstrate the integration/workflow problem.>

With the help of the use cases (Compatibility problems) solved in the last couple of years by IHE-RO, good compatibility between different treatment planning systems have been demonstrated. This includes Plan Exchange, Contour exchange, Dose display and exchange and multi-modality Image registration information exhange between treatment planning systems. Also with treatment delivery workflow profile in IHE-RO there some compatibility between OIS and treatment delivery device.

But in a conventional workflow in a radiation oncology clinic, the information flows between the treatment planning system (TPS) to OIS / treatment management system / R & V to the Treatment delivery device (Linac etc.). This is one of the most important clinical uses cases.

4. Standards & Systems

<List existing systems that are/could be involved in the problem/solution.>

<If known, list standards which might be relevant to the solution>

5. Discussion

<Include additional discussion or consider a few details which might be useful for the detailed proposal>

<Why IHE would be a good venue to solve the problem and what you think IHE should do to solve it.>

<What might the IHE technical approach be? Existing Actors? New Transactions? Additional Profiles?>

<What are some of the risks or open issues to be addressed?>

<This is the brief proposal. Try to keep it to 1 or at most 2 pages>