Radiation Dose Profile - Brief Proposal

IHE Profile Proposal (Brief)

1. Proposed Profile: Radiation Dose Profile

• Proposal Editor: Joel Chabriais/Bernard Aubert/Kevin O'Donnell
• Date: N/A (Wiki keeps history)
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• Domain: Radiology (SFR, ACR, AAPM, IRSN, RSNA, FDA)

2. The Problem

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Tracking radiation dose delivered to patients for medical purposes is gathering increasing attention from both professional groups (ACR Dose Whitepaper) and regulatory groups (European directive Euratom 97/43, Japanese regulations).

Such tracking requires coordinated use of standard protocols by the multiple systems that schedule studies (RIS), administer radiation (modalities, and therapy systems), and store and report the results (PACS?, HIS?, EHR?), possibly across multiple institutions. There have also been calls for collecting population data in national registries.

While standards exist for encoding such information (DICOM SR Dose objects, some attributes in DICOM IOD’s and MPPS), the work to knit the pieces together into a big picture has not been done. There is also the usual chicken-and-egg problem of getting systems to produce and consume the data.

3. Key Use Case

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4. Standards & Systems

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5. Discussion

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