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How to Author MIRC Teaching File Documents

How to Author MIRC Teaching File Documents. MIRC InfoRad Courses. How to Set Up a Personal Teaching File System. Tour of the MIRC Community Inside the RSNA MIRC Software How to Author MIRC Teaching File Documents How to Build a Database-driven MIRC Teaching File System. MIRC Objective.

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How to Author MIRC Teaching File Documents

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  1. How to Author MIRC Teaching File Documents

  2. MIRC InfoRad Courses • How to Set Up a Personal Teaching File System. • Tour of the MIRC Community • Inside the RSNA MIRC Software • How to Author MIRC Teaching File Documents • How to Build a Database-driven MIRC Teaching File System.

  3. MIRC Objective Support the production, storage, indexing and distribution of medical imaging resources: • Teaching files • Scientific & technical documentation • Research images & datasets • Clinical trials data

  4. MIRC Concepts The key concepts: • MIRC is a community of cooperating libraries on the Internet. • The libraries cooperate by supporting a common query mechanism. • The query mechanism allows users to find information wherever it is stored.

  5. MIRC supports all information storage formats. • Images: DICOM, GIF, JPEG, PNG • Hyperlinks to other web content. • Virtually any content that is displayable in a web browser. • Pointers to other files for downloading.

  6. The MIRC Schemas • MIRCdocument • Format for documents on the RSNA site. • Format for Index Cards on the RSNA site. • MIRCquery & MIRCqueryresponse • Format for communication between Query Services and Storage Service Indexes. • MIRCsiteindex • Format for remote site indexing.

  7. MIRC Server Components • Query Service An entry point into the MIRC community for a user on the Internet. • Storage Service A cooperating information library. • Index: the library’s card catalog. • Server: the library’s shelves.

  8. MIRC User Query Service MIRC site Index RSNA site Internet Server Index MIRC site Index Index Server Server Server MIRC site

  9. MIRCat • What is MIRCat? • MIRC authoring tool. • Features: • Can construct MIRC compatible teaching, research or reference documents. • Documents can be submitted to a MIRC compatible storage service for retrieval. • MIRCat supports for DICOM Q/R • MIRCat supports for DICOM SCP. • MIRCat supports ACR lexicon and RADLEX (soon!). • Is already feature packed! • A lot more is to come. • Feedback from YOU is essential!

  10. MIRC Authoring Tool • Java (100% pure) • Specific to the MIRCdocument schema • DICOM, GIF, JPEG, PNG formats • DICOM Q/R SCU + Storage SCP • Personal & departmental directories • Image annotation tool • Personal templates

  11. MIRCat Modalities PACS Author Department Network Cases Cases Cases Cases Cases Cases DICOM SCP MIRC DICOM SCP Dep. MIRC

  12. Where Do I get MIRCat? http://mirc.rsna.org/mircatsoftware

  13. MIRCat Download • Contains a release description of software (currently Beta-2) • Full documentation on installation and operation of software. • A link to download the software in a ZIP file. • Click the download link, save the ZIP file, and unzip the package on your desktop.

  14. Installation • Install Java 2 version 1.4 (or later) • run the installer you downloaded • add the <SDK directory>\bin directory to the Path environment variable • downloaded from the RSNA MIRC site (http://mirc.rsna.org/mirc/query) • Unpack the zip file onto a disk drive • MIRCat.jar

  15. MIRCat Directory • Data - DICOM images • Templates - directory for MIRC templates • MIRC files • MIRCat.jar main program • ImageEditor.jar image deditor • Mircacq.jar DICOM acquisition library • Dcm4che.jar DICOM support library • GIF.jar GIF support library • Log4.jar logger for DICOM functions • Getopt.jar configuration file reader • MIRCatProperites.cfg configuration file

  16. Configuration file reader. GIF image support library. The MIRCat application file Document Templates. DICOM utility function files Image Editor. The MIRCat Directory

  17. Menu Bar Button Bar for Common Menu Functions Tab Bar to Access Program Features The MIRCat Application Workspace

  18. How to Set Up Your MIRCat Configuration Settings

  19. MIRCat Preferences • DICOM Storage • DICOM Q/R • Shared Image Directory • Browser location • Preferred export site to post MIRC documents. • Location of MIRC root dir. • Which template to use as default.

  20. MIRCat Tab Tour

  21. Types of MIRC Documents • Five default templates come with MIRCat to help you build content: • Basic article • Basic case • Basic index card • Teaching File Case • MIRC Standard Teaching File Case • Three Standard MIRC display formats. • Page • Tab • MIRCtf

  22. Page Display

  23. Tabbed Display

  24. MIRC Teaching File Display

  25. Guidelines • The document types can be modified, that is, elements can be added or subtracted. • The document types provide basic structure to your content. • Decide which document type to use depending on the content type. • Pick the suitable display format for your content.

  26. Demonstration Let’s Build Our First TF Case

  27. Procedure • Launch MIRCat • Select from menu/icon for new document. • Default doc is MIRC TF • Begin to enter information into editor window • Select some images. • Modify images with editor • Drop images into document. • View on browser. • Submit when complete.

  28. Let’s Begin

  29. Palette and Image Insertion • Image palette supports annotation overlays on your images. • Using the Megasave option will save four versions of your image: • Original DICOM image • JPEG version • JPEG version with annotation • An thumbnail version of the image.

  30. Image HandlingMegasave • JPEG/GIF • Annotation image • Original image • Thumbnail image • DICOM image • Jpeg • Jpeg annotation • DICOM • Thumbnail

  31. Viewing Document in a Browser • Once you save the case in HTML you can open it in your default browser. • This will provide you with the exact “look” of the content before you upload to the MIRC server. • If you need to make changes, do so and resave the document and HTML. • Remember, you can re-open old submissions locally, make changes and resubmit the case (provided you delete the original on the server)

  32. DICOM Setup • Storage service • AE title • Port number • Q/R • AE title of client • AE title • Host name • Port number

  33. Exporting Documents • When you’re ready to export your content, select “export”. • You need to have set the address for a storage service in your preferences. • The case directory will be zipped and uploaded to your designated MIRC storage site. • Export to a local storage service • Export to selected storage service on another PC. • Export across the “net” to a remote storage service. • The case may be available for viewing immediately (depending upon the admin rules at the storage service)

  34. RSNA Forum • http://forums.rsna.org/ • Please become part of the MIRC community by using the MIRC forum • Please provide feedback!

  35. Thank You!

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