Radiation Oncology

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IHE Radiation Oncology addresses information sharing, workflow, and patient care in radiation oncology.

IHE Radiation Oncology is sponsored by the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) and manages the Radiation Oncology Profiles and the Radiation Oncology Technical Framework.


Timeline : 2005-2007 Development Cycle

Timeframe Activity Scheduled Location
2006
? Informal Connectathon ? Fairfax, VA
2007
Aug. Formal Connectathon (NTPL-S) Aug 27-31 Fairfax, VA
Oct. Public Demonstration at ASTRO (NTPL-S) Oct 28 - Nov 1 Los Angeles, CA

Timeline : 2007-2008 Development Cycle

Timeframe Activity Scheduled Location
2007
Jan Profile Suggestions Reviewed / Selected (TC) Jan 22-25 Mountain View, CA
Apr. Selected Profiles Development Apr 16-18 Madison, WI
Jul. Profile Supplements Development Jul 26-27 Minneapolis, MN
Sep Supplements released for Public Comment
2008
Mar. Domain Pre-Testing (2008 Profiles) Mar 3-7 Munich, Germany
Aug. Test implementations at Connectathon (NTPL-S, MMR-RO) Aug 1-8 Houston, TX
Sep. Public Demonstration at ASTRO (NTPL-S, MMR-RO) Sep 21-25 Boston, MA

Timeline : 2008-2009 Development Cycle

Timeframe Activity Scheduled Location
2008
Aug. Discussions on potential Use Cases (PC) Aug 1 Houston, TX
Oct Use Case Development and Profile Review Meeting (PC & TC) Sep 21-25 ?? Boston, MA ?
2009
Jan. Proposed Profile Discussion Jan 22 Tele/Web-conference
Mar. Proposed Profile Development ? ?
Aug. Supplements released for Public Comment
Aug Test implentations at Connectathon (NTPL-S, MMR-RO, TRWF) TBD ?
? Public Demonstration at ASTRO (NTPL-S, MMR-RO, TRWF) TBD ?

Roadmap

The Radiation Oncology Roadmap will outline goals and plans over the next 5-10 years.


Current Activity

As of March, 2008, work was underway to develop documents for an ISO submission for IHE-RO domain by April 18, 2008. Click http://wiki.ihe.net/index.php?title=IHERO_ISO_Documentation to access the 5 draft documents and instructions for preparing them.

During the months of February and March, 2008, IHE-RO elected/appointed representatives to IHE committees. See IHERO Election of Representatives.

IHE Radiation Oncology held its first formal Connectathon (August 27-31, 2007, ASTRO HQ, Fairfax, VA) and subsequent Public Demonstration (October 28- November 1, 2007, Los Angeles, CA).

The following Supplements were released for Public Comment on August 20, 2007.

The Public Comment period ended on November 2, 2007. Comments may be submitted to: http://forums.rsna.org under the “IHE” forum. Select the “Radiation Oncology Technical Framework” sub-forum.

Profile Selection

The process for specifying, prioritizing and selecting profiles is described here, and templates are available for a Brief_Proposal_Template and Detailed_Proposal_Template. Please use the discussion tab for each Use Case to suggest and discuss changes.

2005-7 Development Cycle

A simple treatment planning use case (NTPL-S) was selected as the first profile to implement to illustrate basic functionality for transferring data between treatment planning systems.
These Brief Profile Proposals were submitted for the 2007-8 Development Cycle:

The workitems selected by the Technical Committee for the 2007-8 Cycle:

  • Multimodality Registration (MMR-RO)
  • Treatment Delivery Workflow (TRWF)

2007-8 Development Cycle

During the PC meetings of August 28 and October 29, 2007, the following Brief Profile Proposals were identified and submitted for consideration in the 2007-8 Development Cycle. At the PC meeting of October 29, 2007 the profiles where discussed and placed in the following rank of importance for discussion with the TC meeting of October 31, 2007.

  1. Prescription Automation
  2. Transfer of Anatomy/Aperture Data for Localization
  3. User Authentication and Authorization
  4. Registration Data Transfer - may already be covered in a current profile.
  5. Radiotherapy Planning and Treatment Record

2008-9 Development Cycle

During the PC meetings of August 1, the following Brief Profile Proposals were identified and submitted for consideration in the 2008-9 Development Cycle. At the PC meeting of TBC the profiles where discussed and placed in the following rank of importance for discussion with the TC meeting of TBC.

  1. Structure Template Creation, Import, and Export
  2. Brachytherapy
  3. Proton therapy
  4. TBD

After the TC meeting of TBD, the following Detailed Profiles were prepared:

  • Detailed Profile1
  • ...

Future Development Cycles

Please read the Profile_Proposal_Process, edit this section of the wiki to include new pages (using the above format) and use the Brief_Proposal_Template to create new Use Cases.


Demonstrations & Presentations

Date Location Event Details
2007.06.11-13 Chicago, IL IHE North America Workshop RT Objects Integration, Registration Profile, Workflow Profiles, 2008 Use Cases
2007.10.28-2007.11.1 Los Angeles, CA ASTRO 2007 Annual Meeting Public Demonstration: Basic Integration Profile

Supporters and Endorsements

IHE Radiation Oncology is supported or endorsed by the following vendors and professional organizations.

See Also

IHE Committees


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