IHE Test Tool Information
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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 / Description | Type | Tool Location / Installation | User documentation & Training | Description | Support | Used for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDA Validation tool | NIST | web-based or download | CDA Validation Tool | CDA Tool home page | CDA Validator contact | PCC: all CDA-based profiles except APE, TRS, ETS, ITS | |
| DICOM Central Archive | J4CARE | web-based | Central Archive @ IHE-E | ||||
| 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 | Free DICOM viewer which can display uncompressed, monochrome DICOM images from all modalities; supports monitor calibration according to DICOM part 14 as well as presentation states. | https://forum.dcmtk.org/ | RAD: CPI (hardcopy & softcopy |
| DVTk DICOM validator | Philips, ICT | access via External Validation Service Front-End, menu IHE-->DICOM | DVTk training & documentation | DVTk forum | various DICOM-based profiles | ||
| Edge Test Tool | HealthIT.gov | web-based | ETT Validators | Documentation | Help | ITI: XDM | |
| FHIR toolkit (MHD) v4.x.x | NIST | install/run locally | Toolkit download | Installation Guide | MHD implementors google group | ITI: MHD | |
| Gazelle CDA Generator | IHE-Europe at Kereval | web-based | CDA Generator | CDA Generator info page | |||
| Gazelle External Validation Services (EVS) aka "EVSClient" | IHE-Europe at Kereval | web-based | External Validation Service Front-End | Gazelle External Validation Services user guide | 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, menu IHE-->DSUB Messages | DSUB validator info page | ITI: DSUB | ||
| Gazelle HPD validator & simulator | IHE-Europe at Kereval | web-based | access via External Validation Service Front-End, menu IHE-->HPD Messages | HPD simulator info page | 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 | submit issues & questions to our Jira issue tracker | many | |
| Gazelle HMW simulator | IHE-Europe at Kereval | web-based | HMW Simulator | HMW simulator user guide | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Preparatory test case | 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 validator via External Validation Service Front-End, menu IHE-->SVS messages |
SVS Simulator user guide | submit issues & questions to our Jira issue tracker | ITI: SVS | |
| Gazelle Test Management | IHE-Europe at Kereval | web-based | for EU: https://gazelle.ihe.net/gazelle | Gazelle TM User Manual | Test management software for Connectathons and Projectathons that includes facilities for integrating test simulators and use of proxies. | ||
| Gazelle WADO validator | IHE-Europe at Kereval | web-based | access via Gazelle External Validation Service Front-End, menu IHE-->RAD-55 WADO Request | WADO validator info page | RAD: XDS-I.b | ||
| Gazelle XD* (XD Star) Client Application | IHE-Europe at Kereval | web-based | Gazelle XD* Client Application | Introduction to XDStarClient | 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, menu IHE-->Workflow document (XDW) | XDW validation service info page | ITI: XDW
PCC: XBer-WD,XTHM-WD | ||
| Gazelle XUA assertion validator | IHE-Europe at Kereval | web-based | access via External Validation Service Front-End, menu IHE-->SAML Token (IHE XUA) | Assertion validator info page | submit issues & questions to our Jira issue tracker | ITI: XUA | |
| HL7 v2.x Msg ValidationTool | NIST | NIST HL7v2.x Msg Validation Tool | Documentation | 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 | NIST support team and join PCD testing google group | PCD: all profiles | |
| PDI Media Tester application | Northwestern | install/run locally | Test Cases and tool | The PDI media tester software is easy to use and provides sufficient information of any IHE PDI compliance violations. | RAD: PDI | ||
| PIX / PDQ tool | NIST | RETIRED as of Jan-2024 | ITI: PDQ, PDQv3, PIX, PIXv3, XPID | ||||
| QIDO-RS Response validation tool | Kereval | web-based | access via External Validation Service Front-End, menu IHE-->DICOM Web | View this demo | 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, menu IHE-->DICOM | how to use DoseUtility | RAD: REM | ||
| RFD Testing System | MIR | RETIRED as of Oct-2019 | |||||
| RO Test Tool 2007 | DVTk | download | access via DVTk download page | IHE-RO | |||
| Vital Records Tool | NIST | web-based | access via NIST VR Validation Tool | website admin | QRPH: VRDR HL7v2 | ||
| XDS toolkit v7.x.x | NIST | install/run locally | XDS Toolkit download | XDS Toolkit Release notes | A set of validation and simulation tools focusing on Cross-Enterprise Document Sharing (XDS) and related profiles | XDS implementors google group | ITI: XDS.b, XDR, XCA, MPQ, RMD, RMU |
| XDS-I Imaging Tools | NIST/WUSTL | install/run locally | XDS Toolkit download | XDS Toolkit Release notes | RAD: XDS-I.b, XCA-I | ||
| XDS Public Registry Server (v4.x.x) | NIST | RETIRED as of May-2018 | |||||
| XUA Security Token Service (STS) | Kereval | web-based | STS info page | service URL | submit issues & questions to our Jira issue tracker | ITI: XUA, IUA w/ SAML |