Access to Radiology Information

The Access to Radiology Information (ARI) integration profile describes the sharing of images, diagnostic reports, and related information inside a single network.

Summary

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The Access to Radiology Information Integration Profile specifies an interoperable way for providing access to radiology information, including images and related reports. Such access is useful both within the radiology department as well as between the radiology department and other departments such as pathology, surgery and oncology. Non-radiology information (such as lab reports) may also be accessed if made available in DICOM format.

This profile includes both enterprise-wide and radiology-department imaging and reporting systems such as:

• Review or diagnostics image softcopy display stations (stand-alone or integrated with a HIS, RIS, PACS or Modality)
• Reporting stations (stand-alone or integrated with a HIS, RIS, PACS or Modality)
• Image management and archiving systems (PACS)
• Report repositories (stand-alone or integrated with a HIS, RIS or PACS)

Benefits

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Details

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Systems Affected

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Actors & Transactions:

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Specification

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Documents:

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IHE Radiology Technical Framework:

• Vol. 1 - Section 5 documents the profile
• Vol. 2 - Sections 4.8 to 4.10, 4.14 to 4.19, and 4.23 document specific transactions
• Vol. 3 - Appendix E provides additional informative text

Underlying Standards:

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• DICOM
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See Also

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Related Profiles

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Consumer Information

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Implementer Information

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Reference Articles

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