Radiation Oncology
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IHE Radiation Oncology addresses information sharing, workflow, and patient care in radiation oncology.
IHE Radiation Oncology is sponsored by the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) and manages the Radiation Oncology Profiles and the Radiation Oncology Technical Framework.
Timeline : 2012-2013 Development Cycle Milestones
The Timeline shows the main milestones of the development cycle, the Timeframe when they are typically expected to happen each year, and the actual date/time/location they have been Scheduled for this year. Specific meetings and their agendas and minutes are generally listed on the page of the relevant Committee.
| Timeframe | Activity | Location | Scheduled |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | |||
| Jan | Develop focus for new Use Cases | PC meeting | by mid-January |
| Jan | Request new Use Cases | ASTROgram; Wiki; email to TC and PC; ListServs (see IHERO_listservs) |
by end of January article in Jan ASTROgram; templates on wiki; emails |
| Feb | Publicize Deadline for Submitting Use Cases | Astrogram, email, Wiki | email out by Feb 01 |
| Mar | Deadline to Submit Use Cases | Wiki | submission on wiki or by email to ihe-ro@astro.org by Fri, March 30 |
| Mar | Assign/Identify Use Case Champions | email from PC co-chairs | TBD |
| May | Deadline for Champions to flesh out Use Cases and provide 3-5 slides per user case (as PDF) | Wiki | Information on wiki.ihe.net by Friday, June 10, TCON June 13 |
| May | Discussions on potential Use Cases (PC) | Tele/Web-conference | TBD |
| Jun | Update Use Case information | Wiki | Updated information on wiki.ihe.net by TBD |
| Jun | Use Case Prioritization. IHE-RO PC members only. | Doodle.com ? | votes must be in by TBD |
| Jul | Generation of detailed profiles for top 3 selected Use Cases. Update detailed profiles for any 'tabled' Use Cases. | Wiki | by TBD |
| Aug | Rank top 3 new use cases with 'tabled' use cases | by | TBD |
| Sept | Review top 3 selected Use Cases | PC focus meeting, Fairfax, VA ??? | TBD |
| Oct | Detailed Profile Review Meeting (PC & TC) | Boston, MA | Oct 28-31, 2012 (during ASTRO Annual Meeting) |
| 2013 | |||
| Jan. | TC Profile development kickoff | ||
| Feb | TC Finalizes profile supplements for public comment | ||
| Mar. | Publication of Public Comment Supplements | www.ihe.net | |
| Apr. | Deadline for submission of public comments on supplements | www.ihe.net | |
| May | Publication of Trial Implementation Supplements | www.ihe.net | |
| Sep | (Test implementations at North American Connectathon) | ||
Timeline : Previous Development Cycles
- 2005-2007 Development Cycle
- 2007-2008 Development Cycle
- 2008-2009 Development Cycle
- 2009-2010 Development Cycle
- 2010-2011 Development Cycle
- 2011-2012 Development Cycle
- 2012-2013 Development Cycle
Roadmap
The Radiation Oncology Roadmap will outline goals and plans over the next 5-10 years.
Current Activity
The Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise - Radiation Oncology (IHE-RO) is soliciting use cases from the radiation oncology community. A use case is a description of how end users will accomplish a goal by performing a task or a series of tasks using systems (or software) and includes the responses of the systems (or software) to user actions. IHE-RO use cases should focus on interoperability issues. If you are aware of an interoperability issue in radiation oncology, please prepare a one-page summary of the use case one of the following ways:
1.Scroll to the bottom of “Use_Case_Wish_List”, click on one of the "add your own" templates and fill in the content.
2.For the more "wiki savvy", use the template at “Brief_Proposal_Template”, fill it out and insert it in the Use Case Wish List table.
These use cases need to be submitted by Friday, May 28, 2010 for consideration in the 2010-2011 development cycle.
Job Jar
The creation of a 'job jar' to collect tasks, prioritize them, and solicit volunteers. Click here to access the wiki version of the job jar.
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 (NTPL-S) illustrates basic functionality for transferring data between treatment planning systems. See [NTPL-S] Normal Treatment Planning-Simple | NTPL-S RFP | 2007 |
| 2006 | Image Fusion for Segmentation* and Image Fusion for Dose Review* See [MMR-RO] Multimodality Registration for Radiation Oncology | MMR-RO RFP | 2008 |
| 2006 | Advanced Interoperability of Treatment Planning Systems (AITPS), an extension of the NTPL-S profile. Use Case development needed. | Advanced RT Objects RFP | 2009 |
| 2006 | Treatment Delivery Workflow* In development. See [TRWF] RT Treatment Workflow. The Transfer of Anatomy/Aperture Data for Localization Use case is partially included in TRWF. | Treatment Delivery Workflow RFP | 2010 |
Use Cases Being Developed into Integration Profiles
| Year Introduced | Use Case | Champion | Current Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Current Use Case Short List
Previous Use Cases
| Year Introduced | Use Case | Champion(s) | Current Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Isocenter coordinates transfer to lasers (prepared from Dan Schifter request). Slides are available at ftp://ftp.ihe.net/RadiationOncology/IHE-RO_PC2011/Presentations/LaserPositioning_Linton_2011.ppt | Nick Linton, Rishabh Kapoor - extension of previous use case | PC 2011 #5 |
| 2011 | In Vivo Patient Dosimetry Slides are available at ftp://ftp.ihe.net/RadiationOncology/IHE-RO_PC2011/Presentations/InVivoDos_CeliZChang_2011.ppt | Juan Carlos, Zheng Chang | PC 2011 #5 |
| 2011 | CT study and Reference Point transfer (prepared from Aaron Phillips request). Slides are available at ftp://ftp.ihe.net/RadiationOncology/IHE-RO_PC2011/Presentations/CTLocalization_Linton_2011.ppt | Nick Linton - to check against existing NTPS integration profile | PC 2011 #7 |
| 2006 | Anonymization. PDF versions of a few slides are here. | Charles Able | PC 2010 #3 |
| 2010 | Radiation Oncology Patient Portal (ROPP). PDF versions of a few slides are here. | Alan DaCosta, Danny Armstrong, Martin Pellinat | PC 2010 #4 |
| 2010 | Deformable Registration. Use Case development needed. PDF versions of a few slides are here. | Prabhakar Tripuraneni, Colin Field | PC 2010 #4 |
| 2006 | Instance-level Query Retrieve* Use Case development needed. PDF versions of a few slides are here. | Rishabh Kapoor | PC 2010 #6 |
| 2006 | Off-line Image Review* Use Case development needed | ||
| 2006 | Configuration Management* Use Case development needed | ||
| 2006 | Clinical Trials Submission. This Use Case has been superceded by the Anonymization and the Structure Template Creation, Import, and Export use cases. | n/a | |
| 2007 | Radiotherapy Planning and Treatment Record, see "Advanced Interoperability of Treatment Planning Systems" (AITPS). This Use Case is the IHERO 'Holy Grail'.
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| 2008 | Brachytherapy. Combined into Multi Modality Residual Dose Optimization (as of 18-Aug-2009 PC TCON). | n/a | |
| 2008 | Integration with Proton therapy. Use Case development needed | ||
| 2008 | Bronchoscopy position data transfer. Use Case development needed | ||
| 2008 | Radiation Oncology Enterprise Schedule Integration (ESI). Under development by IHE-J RO | Stuart Swerdloff | |
| 2010 | Curves and Beam Aperture Contours (BACs) for DRR's, kV and fluoro. Use Case development needed. | ||
| 2010 | Plan QA. Use Case development needed. | ||
| 2010 | Dicubitus_Structure_import. Use Case development needed. | ||
| 2010 | Copying fusion results between CT and CT-PET. Use Case development needed. | n/a | covered by multi-modality registration |
| 2010 | Documentation of Shifts. Use Case development needed. | ||
| 2012 | Click on the link add your own. After you've filled in the use case information, edit this page and change "add your own" to an appropriate name. |
* Extracted from August 8, 2006 Technical Committee meeting (posted on AAPM BBS)
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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Supporters and Endorsements
IHE Radiation Oncology is supported or endorsed by the following vendors and professional organizations.
- Advanced Technology Consortium (ATC)
- American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)
- American College of Radiology (ACR)
- Association of Radiation Oncologists of India (AROI)
- Canadian Association of Radiation Oncology (CARO)
- Chinese Society of Radiation Oncology (CSRO)
- Egyptian Cancer Society - Radiation Oncology
- European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ESTRO)
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- Japanese Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (JASTRO)
- Spanish Medical Physics Society (SEFM)
- Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA-NEMA)
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
See Also
IHE Committees
IHE Mailing Lists
Other IHE-RO resources:
- AAPM bulletin board system: www.aapm.org/bbs/
- IHE web page: www.ihe.net
- IHE wiki: wiki.ihe.net
- RTAnswers page: RTAnswers
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