Radiation Oncology
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IHE Radiation Oncology addresses information sharing, workflow, and patient care in radiation oncology.
Use Case Selection
For an overview of submitting a Use Case for Radiation Oncology, please refer to this page.
Please read the Profile_Proposal_Process to understand the process for specifying, prioritizing and selecting profiles. Edit the following table to include new pages (using the above format) and use the Brief_Proposal_Template to create new Use Cases. The Detailed_Proposal_Template can be used later to provide full details. A high level Radiotherapy Process map provides a context for developing Use cases.
COMPLETED Use Cases and their Integration Profiles
| Year Introduced | Use Case | RFP Text | Year Finished |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Simple treatment planning use case (BRTO) illustrates basic functionality for transferring data between treatment planning systems. See [BRTO] Basic Radiation Therapy Objects | BRTO Profile Page | 2007 |
| 2006 | Image Fusion for Segmentation* and Image Fusion for Dose Review* See [MMRO] Multimodality Registration for Radiation Oncology | MMRO Profile Page | 2008 |
| 2007 | Advanced Radiation Therapy Objects Interoperability (ARTI), an extension of the BRTO profile. | ARTI Profile Page | 2014 |
| 2007 | Treatment Delivery Workflow* RT Treatment Workflow. The Transfer of Anatomy/Aperture Data for Localization Use case is partially included in TDW. | TDW Profile Page | 2012 |
| 2011 | Update to MMRO for DICOM standard changes. Also added links to images used in registration to address safety concerns. | MMRO-II Profile Page | 2012 |
Use Cases Being Developed into Integration Profiles
| Year Introduced | Use Case | Champion | Current Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Treatment Delivery Device Integration* | Colin Field, MS | ||
| 2015 | Authenication Authorization* | Peter Balter, Mike Bieda | ||
| 2015 | Radiation Oncology Workflow Exchange with HIS (ROWE)* | Bridget Koontz, MD | ||
| 2015 | Decubitus Patient Positioning in RT Workflow* | Scott Haldey, PhD | ||
| 2015 | User Case Anonymization * | Jim Chang, MD | ||
| 2015 | Brachytherapy* | Scott Hadley, PhD | ||
| 2015 | Off-line Review 3rd Party Imaging* | Scott Hadley, PhD | ||
| 2006
2006 |
Dose Compositing* Use Case development needed. In development. Testing hopefully during 2011 Connectathon.
Multi Modality Residual Dose Optimization This combines the two previous Use Cases Residual Dose Optimization and Brachytherapy. It overlaps with the Dose Compositing Use Case. |
2006 3 | PC 2009 #1 | |
| 2007 | Prescription Automation: Waiting for DICOM WG7 to develop standards. | Sha Chang, May Wahab | PC 2007 #1 | |
| 2008 | Structure Template Creation, Import, and Export: Waiting for development of standards. | Charles Able | PC 2009 #2 | |
| 2008 | Radiation Oncology Workflow Exchange with HIS PDF versions of a few slides are here. Status ? | Rishabh Kapoor | PC 2010 #1 |
Use Cases Tabled
| Year Introduced | Use Case | Champion(s) | Current Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | User Authentication and Authorization Brief Template or Detailed Template: No IHE-RO vendor interest, or IHE vendor interest. Encourage IHE-ITI to pick this up. | Colin Field | PC 2007 #3, PC 2009 #3 |
IHE-RO Demonstrations, Presentations and Publications
| 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 |
| 2008.09.21-2008.09.24 | Boston, MA | ASTRO 2008 Annual Meeting | Public Demonstration: Multi-Modality Registration Profile and the Basic Objects Integration Profile |
| 2008 | Sydney, Australia | RANZCR | Dr. Prabhakar Tripuraneni's IHE-RO RANZCR 2008 presentation (PPT) |
| 2010.09.24-2010.09.25 | Fairfax, VA | PC Focus Meeting | Bruce Curran's IHE-RO presentation for ASTRO staff (PPT) Slides from PC 24Sep2010 meeting (PPT) |
| 2010.10.31 | San Diego, CA | ASTRO 2010 Conversations | Bruce Curran and Dr. Ramesh Rengan talk about IHE-RO at the Resource Booth at ASTRO's 52nd Annual Meeting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVwOuEBkkOg |
| 2011.03.03 | Gainesville, FL | PC Focus Meeting on End User Deliverables | Slides from PC 03-04 Mar2011 meeting (PDF) |
| 2011.09.12 | Fairfax, VA | PC Meeting | Rishabh Kapoor's IHE-RO Helper tool presentation to the planning committee (PDF) |
| 2013.08.06 | Indianapolis, IN | AAPM Annual Meeting | Rishabh Kapoor's talk on IHE-RO on the educational session at AAPM Annual meeting http://client.blueskybroadcast.com/AAPM/annual13/aapm_an_13_56c/index.html |
ASTROnews and ASTROgrams
- A Clinical Challenge Addressed Through IHE-RO- Integrated TPS (Summer 2011 ASTRONews)
- Connection is Key to Safe, Effective Radiation Therapy (Spring 2011 ASTRONews)
- Patient safety requires correct connectivity in your practice, let IHE-RO help (February 3, 2011 ASTROgram)
- Recent NYT highlights need for connectivity solutions (January 12, 2011 ASTROgram)
- ASTRO hosts fourth annual Connectathon (Winter 2010 ASTRONews)
- IHE-RO Continues to Solve Interconnectivity Issues (2009-2010 ASTRO Annual Report)
- IHE-RO: Creating building blocks for the future (Fall 2010 ASTROnews)
- Radiation oncology vendors to solve connectivity issues this month (September 16, 2010, ASTROgram)
- Enhancing interconnectivity to improve patient care - time to plug and play using RPS
- ASTRO calls on Congress to implement patient safety plans (March 1, 2010 ASTRO Web Exclusive)
- IHE-RO seeking interoperability issues (February 5, 2010 ASTROgram)
- IHE-RO receives state of Florida grant (February 2, 2010 ASTRO Web Exclusive)
- Radiation therapy Equipment vendors unite at third annual IHE-RO connectathon (December 30, 2009 ASTROnews)
- Nine vendors pass as ASTRO hosts third IHE-RO connectathon (December 15, 2009 ASTRO Web Exclusive)
- 2009 IHE-RO Connectathon Being held in Fairfax, Va (September 12, 2009 ASTROgram)
- Leading healthcare lawmaker attends IHE-RO/Be a part of Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise - Radiation Oncology (October-December, 2008 ASTROnews)
- Other articles (ASTROnews)
Publications
- Radiation Therapy: Reintegrated (PDF of ACR Article, 2011)
- IHE-RO: Interoperable Data Standards for Radiation Oncology (PDF from Proceedings of XVIth ICCR, Amsterdam, 2010)
- IHE-RO: Use Cases from Conception to the Clinic (PDF from Proceedings of XVIth ICCR, Amsterdam, 2010)
- Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise in Radiation Oncology: Plug and Play - The Future of Radiation Oncology? (PDF from Int. J. Radiation Oncology Biol. Phys., Vol. 76, No. 2, pp. 333–336, 2010)
- What does Workflow Analysis bring the Information System in the Radiotherapy Department? Seamless Communication Proposed by Japanese IHE-RO (abstract in Int. J. Radiation Oncology Biol. Phys., Vol. 72, No. 1, Supplement 1, pp. S668-S669, 2008)
- Integrating the Healthcare Environment for Radiation Oncology (IHE-RO): Improving the Practice of Radiation Oncology Through Better Information Exchange (abstract in Int. J. Radiation Oncology Biol. Phys., Vol. 69, No. 3, Supplement 1, pp. S673-S674, 2007)
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