IHE Test Tool Information
Overview
This page contains information about test tools available for testing IHE Profiles. Several organization contribute to this set of tools; thus, the tools currently reside in different locations and have a variety of support models (jira, email lists). Not all IHE profiles have test tools. This can be a challenge for new implementors, but it is the current state of affairs.
These tools are commonly used in the context of an IHE Connectathon. In that case, the test management tool called 'Gazelle' gives you a customized list of tests to do based on the IHE profiles you support. The tools referenced on this page can be used outside of a Connectathon, but the information on this page assumes that Gazelle Test Management is helping to manage testing.
Index to IHE Test Tools
This table lists the tools available for testing IHE profiles, along with links to the tool & documentation.
Tool | Developed by | Type | Tool Location / Installation | User documentation & Training | Ready to use? | Support | Used for |
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CDA Validation tool | NIST | web-based or download | CDA Validation Tool | CDA Tool home page | Yes | CDA Validator contact | PCC: all CDA-based profiles except APE, TRS, ETS, ITS |
DICOM Central Archive | J4CARE | web-based | Central Archive @ IHE-E | Yes | |||
DICOMscope CPI Visualization tools | OFFIS | install/run locally | DICOMScope - IHE Display Consistency distribution page
Or, DICOMScope v. 3.6.4 for 64-bit Windows |
DICOMscope overview page | Yes | https://forum.dcmtk.org/ | RAD: CPI |
DVTk DICOM validator | Philips, ICT | access via External Validation Service Front-End, IHE-->DICOM | DVTk training & documentation | Yes | DVTk forum | various DICOM-based profiles | |
Edge Test Tool | HealthIT.gov | web-based | ETT Validators | Documentation | Yes | Help | ITI: XDM |
FHIR toolkit (MHD) v4.x.x | NIST | install/run locally | Toolkit download
or |
Installation Guide | Yes | MHD implementors google group | ITI: MHD |
Gazelle CDA Generator | IHE-Europe at Kereval | web-based | CDA Generator | CDA Generator info page | Yes | ||
Gazelle External Validation Services (EVS) aka "EVSClient" | IHE-Europe at Kereval | web-based | External Validation Service Front-End | Gazelle External Validation Services user guide | Yes | submit issues & questions to our Jira issue tracker | AP: APW, ARPH
CARD: CATH, ECHO, REWF, STRESS, CRC, RCS-C ITI: many; see here LAB: LAW, LBL, LCSD, LDA, LPOCT, LTW PCC: XBeR, XTHM PHARM: DIS, HMW, PADV, PRE, CMPD-WD QRPH: ADX RAD: XDS-I.b (Wado) |
Gazelle DSUB validator | IHE-Europe at Kereval | web-based | access via External Validation Service Front-End, IHE-->DSUB | DSUB validator info page | Yes | ITI: DSUB | |
Gazelle HPD validator & simulator | IHE-Europe at Kereval | web-based | access via External Validation Service Front-End, IHE-->Healthcare Provider Directory | HPD simulator info page | Yes | submit issues & questions to our Jira issue tracker | ITI: HPD |
Gazelle HL7 validator | IHE-Europe at Kereval | web-based | Gazelle HL7 validator | HL7 validator info | Yes | submit issues & questions to our Jira issue tracker | many |
Gazelle HMW simulator | IHE-Europe at Kereval | web-based | HMW Simulator | HMW simulator user guide | Yes | submit issues & questions to our Jira issue tracker | PHARM: HMW |
Gazelle LBL simulator | IHE-Europe at Kereval | web-based | LBL simulator | LBL simulator user guide | Yes | submit issues & questions to our Jira issue tracker | LAB: LBL |
Gazelle LCSD simulator | IHE-Europe at Kereval | web-based | LCSD Simulator | LCSD simulator user guide | Yes | submit issues & questions to our Jira issue tracker | LAB: LCSD |
Gazelle Order Manager simulator | IHE-Europe at Kereval | web-based | Order Manager application | Order Manager user guide | Yes | submit issues & questions to our Jira issue tracker | RAD, EYE, CARD: HL7 orders & DICOM MWL
LAB: LTW, LAW |
Gazelle PatientManager - PAM, XCPD, PIX* & PDQ* (HL7v2, v3, FHIR STU3), ADT simulator | IHE-Europe at Kereval | web-based | Patient Manager application | user guide | Yes | submit issues & questions to our Jira issue tracker | ITI: PAM, XCPD, PDQ*, PIX*, PDS for XDS
RAD, EYE, CARD: ADT actor |
Gazelle Proxy | IHE-Europe at Kereval | web-based | Gazelle proxy | Proxy user guide | Yes | submit issues & questions to our Jira issue tracker | proxy for non-TLS msgs |
Gazelle Security Suite (gss) | IHE-Europe at Kereval | web-based | http://gazelle.ihe.net/gss | ATNA pre-CAT test cases | Yes | submit issues & questions to our jira issue tracker | ITI: ATNA
RAD: SOLE |
Gazelle-STS SecurityToken Service (SAML) | IHE-Europe at Kereval | web-based | Service URL | pre-CAT test case | Yes | https://gazelle.ihe.net/jira/projects/STS/issues/STS-7?filter=allopenissues Jira issue tracker] | ITI: XUA, IUA (w/ SAML) |
Gazelle SVS simulator & validator | IHE-Europe at Kereval | web-based | Gazelle Sharing Value Set Simulator
access SVS msg validator via External Validation Service Front End, IHE--Sharing Value Sets |
SVS Simulator user guide | Yes | submit issues & questions to our Jira issue tracker | ITI: SVS |
Gazelle WADO validator | IHE-Europe at Kereval | web-based | access via External Validation Service Front-End, IHE-->Wado | WADO validator info page | Yes | RAD: XDS-I.b | |
Gazelle XD* (XD Star) Client Application | IHE-Europe at Kereval | web-based | Gazelle XD* Client Application | Introduction to XDStarClient | Yes | submit issues & questions to our Jira issue tracker | ITI: servers in XDS, XDR, XCA, MPQ, DSUB, XCPD, XCF
RAD: XDS-I, XCA-I |
Gazelle XDW validator | IHE-Europe at Kereval | web-based | access via External Validation Service Front-End, IHE-->XDW | XDW validation service info page | Yes | ITI: XDW
PCC: XBer-WD,XTHM-WD | |
Gazelle XUA assertion validator | IHE-Europe at Kereval | web-based | access via External Validation Service Front-End, IHE-->Assertions | Assertion validator info page | Yes | submit issues & questions to our Jira issue tracker | ITI: XUA |
HL7 v2.x Msg ValidationTool | NIST | NIST HL7v2.x Msg Validation Tool | Documentation | Yes | Contact us | QRPH: VRDR (2015), HW (2015) | |
MESA Tools | MIR | RETIRED as of Oct-2019 | Actor test plans (Note: These contain test cases that are still used w/o MESA tools.) | ||||
MRRT tool | MIR | RETIRED as of Oct-2019 | |||||
PCD Isolated & Instance testing | NIST | web-based | IHE-PCD Pre-Connectathon Test Tool | IHE-PCD Pre-Connectathon tool home page | Yes | NIST support team and join PCD testing google group | PCD: all profiles |
PDI Media Tester application | Northwestern | install/run locally | Test Cases and tool | Yes | RAD: PDI | ||
PIX / PDQ tool | NIST | web-based | IHE PIX and PDQ Pre-Connectathon Test Tool | PIX / PDQ Tool documentation | Yes | IHE PIX/PDQ google group | ITI: PDQ, PDQv3, PIX, PIXv3, XPID |
QIDO-RS Response validation tool | Kereval | web-based | https://gazelle.ihe.net/json/dicom/upload | View this demo | Yes | wia-feedback@kereval.com | RAD: AIR, WIA |
REM DoseUtility tool and DICOM SR validator | PixelMed | web-based or install locally | access via External Validation Service Front-End, IHE-->DICOM | how to use DoseUtility | Yes | RAD: REM | |
RFD Testing System | MIR | RETIRED as of Oct-2019 | |||||
RO Test Tool 2007 | DVTk | download | access via DVTk download page | Yes | IHE-RO | ||
Vital Records Tool | NIST | web-based | access via NIST VR Validation Tool | VR Tool Presentation | Yes | website admin | QRPH: VRDR HL7v2 |
XDS Public Registry Server (v4.x.x) | NIST | RETIRED as of May-2018 | |||||
XDS toolkit v7.x.x | NIST | install/run locally | XDS Toolkit download
or |
XDS Toolkit Release notes | Yes | XDS implementors google group | ITI: XDS.b, XDR, XCA, MPQ, RMD, RMU
RAD: XDS-I.b, XCA-I |
XUA Security Token Service (STS) | Kereval | web-based | STS info page | service URL | Yes | submit issues & questions to our Jira issue tracker | ITI: XUA, IUA w/ SAML |