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DICOM Prefetch Quick access to priors

DICOM Prefetch Quick access to priors. Kishan Harwalkar Philips Healthcare Sr. Domain Specialist - Interoperability Bangalore, India. DICOM Prefetch. Introduction DICOM Prefetch Challenges Conclusions. Introduction . Prefetch

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DICOM Prefetch Quick access to priors

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  1. DICOM PrefetchQuick access to priors Kishan Harwalkar Philips Healthcare Sr. Domain Specialist - InteroperabilityBangalore, India

  2. DICOM Prefetch • Introduction • DICOM Prefetch • Challenges • Conclusions DICOM Prefetch

  3. Introduction • Prefetch Workflow automation mechanism, for fetching relevant prior studies of the Patient from Image Archives (PACS, VNA etc) • Why Prefetch Required for diagnostic scenarios which need comparison of studies acquired over time Fetching prior studies manually will mean more waiting time for the Radiologist, specially when the number of images is high Required by systems like PACS, Advanced Visualization Workstations, Scanners which are used for planning & analysis DICOM Prefetch

  4. Prefetch in IHE Scheduled Workflow Picture from IHE Scheduled Workflow (www.ihe.net) DICOM Prefetch

  5. Prefetch in PACS & VNA domain Pull Push Workstation RIS RIS VNA Receive orders via HL7 Receive orders via HL7 Push priors via DICOM Store Pull priors via DICOM Q/R PACS PACS DICOM Prefetch

  6. DICOM Prefetch (1/2) • Need • Required for DICOM based systems providing diagnostic & analysis applications • Needed in Oncology & Cardiology domain and for applications like Tumor Tracking & Analysis • Approach 1 • Periodically pull the scheduled orders from RIS • Fetch the corresponding priors from PACS • Usage Limitations • Can be used only when scheduling is done on RIS • Solution will not work in markets where RIS is not commonly implemented (e.g. emerging markets) Prefetch using MWL PACS RIS Fetch MWL Pull priors via DICOM Q/R Workstation DICOM Prefetch

  7. DICOM Prefetch (2/2) • Approach 2 • Push scanned studies from scanners to Workstation via DICOM Store • Fetch corresponding priors from PACS using DICOM Q/R • Usage • Require workflow tuning in the field to send the images directly to workstation as well Prefetch via Study Arrival PACS Scanner Push New Study Pull priors via DICOM Q/R Workstation DICOM Prefetch

  8. Prefetch Settings • Identifying Priors: Two steps 1. Identify Studies which need priors • - Not all studies require priors 2. Identify the right set of priors on PACS • - Not all priors are the right priors • Parameters for Identifying right studies - Modality - Scan Protocol - Body Part Examined - Study Description - Study Date Range DICOM Prefetch

  9. Challenges in Deployment (1/2) • MWL Query No consistent way of mapping RIS/Scan codes to DICOM Study information Needs site specific customization of RIS queries as the protocols used are different Some RIS systems do not support querying for exams scheduled on the Modality field Interval for fetching MWL varies from site to site (once per minute to once every day) DICOM Prefetch

  10. Challenges in Deployment (2/2)PACS Query Querying for priors based on DICOM Patient ID & Name may not result in any priors due to Patient demographic reconciliation on PACS Not all PACS support matching/returning optional query parameters like StudyDescription, ModalitiesInStudy, BodyPartExamined etc A study of 15 PACS at Connectathon revealed that 40% do not return Protocol and 30% for ModalitiesInStudy Free text fields like StudyDescription are not consistently filled at sites. Implementations have to consider multiple values/synonyms Some PACS support only single Association per node. When Prefetch is in progress manual Q/R by users will be blocked. DICOM Prefetch

  11. Conclusion • Workflow automation is an important aspect of patient care, which increases the overall throughput for Radiologists and Physicians • Its possible to implement workflow automations using existing DICOM Services • Implementations have to be flexible to address - Varied implementations and interpretations of the standard in the field - Legacy systems in the field which may not support the latest editions to standards IHE profiles like PAWF, MIMA, IOCM will help in identifying and prefetching the right prior studies DICOM Prefetch

  12. References http://dicom.nema.org/ http://www.HL7.org/ http://www.IHE.net/ Title of Presentation (may abbreviate but identify the presentation.)

  13. Author Contacts • Kishan Harwalkar • Philips Innovation Campus • Bangalore-560045 Kishan.Harwalkar@philips.com Thank you for your attention ! Title of Presentation (may abbreviate but identify the presentation.)

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