Web-based Image Capture
Web-based Image Capture (WIC) enables a device to use DICOM RESTful API to send imaging objects to an Image Manager.
Summary
The Web-based Image Capture (WIC) Profile provides a simple, lightweight, mobile-friendly mechanism to encode and send DICOM encapsulated images, videos and evidence documents from the mobile device to the Image Manager so that these objects can be easily integrated into the rest of the imaging workflow.
Benefits
- Provides a mechanism to send fully DICOM compliant imaging objects using DICOM RESTful API (STOW-RS)
- Ease the adoption of non-traditional DICOM devices (e.g. mobile devices) to send imaging objects to the existing image sharing infrastructure (PACS, VNA, etc.)
- Support metadata enhancement and data conversion by the Image Manager for certain types of objects
Problem Statement
Details
Systems Affected
- Image Capturer (e.g. mobile tablet, medical camera, etc.) that captures imaging objects
- Image Manager (e.g. PACS, VNA) that receives imaging objects from Image Capturer via DICOM RESTful API and converts to DICOM object in binary format
Actors & Transactions:
Process Flow:
Image Upload to a New Study with PDQm Process Flow. Note that PDQm is not mandatory. Other means of obtaining proper patient demographics are also applicable.
Image Upload to an Existing Study Process Flow.
Examples:
Step 1: Fill in the required patient and study level metadata. In this example, it uses PDQm to query for patient demographics
Step 2: Capture the images and store the object to the Image Manager using STOW-RS
Step 2b: Alternatively, a viewer may be already viewing an image. So using the same patient and study context of the image currently display, store the markup to the Image Manager using STOW-RS
Specification
Profile Status: Trial Implementation
Documents:
Underlying Standards:
- DICOM PS3.18 STOW-RS
See Also
IHE Webinar
Consumer Information
Implementer Information
Reference Articles
This page is based on the Profile Overview Template