Radiology Technical Committee

The Radiology Technical Committee performs the technical work of the IHE Radiology Domain.

Current Activities

The following profile is being developed in 2007-2008. (See Meeting List below).

Radiation Dose Profile Development

• Input - Radiation Dose Use Cases
• Strawman for IHE face-to-face - [Radiation Dose Profile Draft]
• [Radiation Dose Presentation by Steve Balter]
• Reprint Articles on Radiation Dose provided by Steve Balter
  • Dose Indices of Radiation to Skin in Fluoroscopically Guided Invasive Cardiology Procedures
  • Entrances Skin Dose Distribution Maps for Interventional Neuroradiological Procedures: A Preliminary Study
  • Central Dose Data Management and Analysis in IT-Driven Radiation Protection Strategies
  • The UK National Patient Dose Database: now and in the Future

 Additional development work is occurring in the following areas:

Scheduled Workflow II Use Case and Technology Development

• Scheduled_Workflow_II_Development
  • Input - [Differences HL7v231 vs v25 for SWFII.xls]
  • Input - [PAM vs SWF.xls]
  • Input - [Rough Notes PAM Discussion.doc]
  • Input - SWF 2 Use Cases 2008 02 06.doc]
• Invitation to participate in Use Case and Technology Discussions: GoogleGroups_email

Mammography Acquisition Workflow using the current SWF

• New as of 2/25/08: Draft Mammography Acquisition Workflow Profile
• Mammography_Development
  • Input - [Current Mammography RIS for Siemens]
  • Input - Use Case Workflow and Error Reconciliation
  • Input - Folder of Collected Mammography Codes by David Clunie Individual Files may be viewed as an anonymous User.
  • Input - Attributes for Display Hanging Protocol in Mammography

Review of PDI and use with large datasets

• PDI_DVD_Preliminary-Evaluation
• OFFIS Requirements Specification for Exchange Media Containing Patient Information Edition 2006
• [SSD proposal for PDI v1.doc] Solid State Proposal for PDI - input from IHE Australia
• Preliminary Results of DVD Evaluation as of 3-Feb-08: Media:DVD_eval_results-2008-02-03-prelim2.xls
• NEW 2/6/08 - IHE Radiology PDI Options for DVD and USB Media

Current Meetings

Some key meetings are shown here for convenience. See the IHE Calendar for the official listing of all T-Cons and meetings.

Meeting notifications and reminders are sent to the Committee Mailing list. T-Cons may be added or re-scheduled periodically.

Dates and Times are Central Time (Chicago UTC-0600)

Date	Time	Location	Topic	Agenda	Minutes
2008.03.31-04.02	All Day	Chicago - RSNA	Reconcilation of Public Comments for 2007-2008 Profile Development	Agenda	-
2008.03.19	1000-1200	T-Con	Scheduled Workflow II Use Case Development	Agenda	-
2008.03.12	1000-1200	T-Con	Scheduled Workflow II Use Case Development	Agenda	-
2008.03.11	1000-1200	T-Con	Rad Tech CP Review	Agenda	-
2008.03.04	1100-1200	T-Con	Rad Tech CP Review	Agenda	-
2008.02.26	1400-1600	T-Con	Portable Data for Imaging Profile - DVD/USB Options	Agenda	-
2008.02.26	1100-1200	T-Con	Mammography Acquisition Workflow	Agenda	Minutes
2008.02.21	1000-1200	T-Con	Radiation Dose Profile	Agenda	Minutes
2008.02.19	1100-1200	T-Con	Mammography Acquisition Workflow	Agenda	Minutes
2008.02.04-07	All Day	Chicago -RSNA	Finalization of 2007-2008 Profiles for Public Comment	Agenda	Minutes
2008.01.23	1100-1300	T-Con	Schedule Workflow II	Agenda	Minutes
2008.01.22	1100-1200	T-Con	Mammography Acquisition Workflow	Agenda	Minutes
2008.01.17	1100-1300	T-Con	Technical Framework Change Proposal Review	CP Tracking Doc	Minutes
2008.01.16	1000-1200	T-Con	Scheduled Workflow Use Case Development	Agenda	Minutes
2008.01.15	1100-1200	T-Con	Mammography Acquisition Workflow	-	Minutes
2008.01.09	1000-1200	T-Con	Radiation Dose Profile	Agenda	Minutes
2008.01.09	0800-0900	T-Con	Scheduled Workflow Use Case Development	Cancelled	N/A
2008.01.08	1100-1200	T-Con	Mammography Acquisition Workflow	Agenda	Minutes
2007.12.19	0700-0900	T-Con	Scheduled Workflow Use Case Development	Agenda	Minutes
2007.12.18	1100-1200	T-Con	Mammography Acquisition Workflow Development	Agenda	Minutes
2007.12.11	1100-1200	T-Con	Mammography Acquisition Workflow Development	Agenda	Minutes
2007.12.04	1100-1200	T-Con	Mammography Acquisition Workflow Development	Cancelled	N/A
2007.11.28	0830-1030	Chicago - McCormick (Room?)	Radiology Joint PC-TC Breakfast Mtg	Agenda	Minutes
2007.11.19	1100-1200	T-Con	Mammography Acquisition Workflow Development	Agenda	Minutes
2007.11.5-7	All day	Chicago - RSNA and Webex	Kick-off Profile Development 2007-2008	Agenda	Minutes Meeting Notes
2007.10.16	-	T-Con	Detailed Profile Estimates	-	Minutes
2007.10.04	-	T-Con	Detailed Profile Estimates	-	Minutes
2007.09.26	-	T-Con	Detailed Profile Estimates	-	Minutes

Older meetings are listed here.

Roster

Representatives with Voting Privileges (shown in the table below as Voting = Yes) may vote and count towards quorum.

Voting Privileges are based on the Roster Role and attendance of the Member Organization for this committee.

Attendance is recorded for the last three meetings. + Present, - Absent, p Proxy (Report errors to the Secretary and/or Cochairs)

NOTE: New Member Organizations are granted Voting Privileges at the start of their second consecutive meeting.

IHE Member Organizations	Representative Name	Role	Voting	Mar 4	Feb 21	Feb 26	Feb 26
						(9am)	(2pm)
	<vacant>	Co-chair		-	-	-	-
Merge Healthcare	Cindy Levy	Co-chair	Yes	+	+	+	+
RSNA (Sponsor)	Chris Carr	Secretary		+	+	+	+
Agfa	Ron Hitzelberger	Alternate		-	-	+	-
Agfa HealthCare	Paul Seifert	Primary	Yes	+	+	+	+
Aspyra	<vacant>	Primary		-	-	-	-
Candelis	Jamie Ma	Primary		-	-	+	-
Fuji Medical	Paul Morgan	Primary		-	-	+	-
GE Healthcare	Chris Lindop	Primary	Yes	-	+	-	-
GE Healthcare	Tony Palmer	Alternate		-	-	-	-
GE Healthcare	Guillaume Peter	Alternate		-	-	+	-
Guardian Systems	John Paganini	Primary		-	-	+	-
Hologic	Carolyn Reynolds	Primary		-	-	-	-
Hologic	Nikos GKanatsios	Alternate		-	-	-	-
iCAD	Topher Gedeon	Primary		-	-	+	-
iCAD	Telford Berkey	Alternate		-	-	-	-
iCAD	Julie Rose	Alternate		-	-	-	-
McKesson Medical Imaging Group	David Heaney	Primary		-	-	+	-
Philips Healthcare	Dick Donker	Primary	Yes	+	-	+	+
RadPharm	David Clunie	Primary	Yes	-	-	-	-
RSNA (Clinical)	Dr. David Channin	Voting		-	-	-	-
Siemens Medical Solutions	Christoph Dickmann	Primary	Yes	+	+	+	+
Siemens Medical Solutions	Renate Hoecker	Alternate		-	-	+	-
Toshiba Medical Systems	Kevin O'Donnell	Primary	Yes	+	+	-	+
Pending Organization Membership
Central Data Networks	Rick Gell	Primary		-		+	+
Cerner	David Robaska	Primary		-	-	-	+
IHE-J	Hitoshi Yoshimura	Liaison		-	-	-	-
Krucom AB	Jonathan Kruger	Primary		-	-	-	p

If your organization is an IHE Member and you would like to be added to this roster, please provide the name of your voting representative (and optionally, alternates) to the Committee Secretary.

If your status needs to be adjusted, please contact the Committee Secretary and or a Cochair.

See Also

The Radiology Domain Page

The Main Committees Page

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