Radiation Oncology
IHE Radiation Oncology addresses information sharing, workflow, and patient care in radiation oncology.
Use Case
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 |
This page is based on the Domain Template.