tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086510872090494676.post4813978712862747776..comments2024-03-25T11:50:27.242-07:00Comments on DICOM is Easy: Reflectionronizahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00133919772972711462noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086510872090494676.post-25827152751899587602016-08-31T11:26:09.890-07:002016-08-31T11:26:09.890-07:00Great question. I noted to write about that but, i...Great question. I noted to write about that but, in two (dozens) words:<br />HL7 is widely used for many things that are not imaging. Patient registration, transfer and discharge, test results, scheduling, orders, reports and also bed side monitors, infusion pumps, and other devices. <br />VNA - carries the idea of 'let's put all documents together, not just radiology, in one big digital archive. Originally coined by players in the archiving world that didn't have DICOM support yet, this is now a driving force to levarge the investment in PACS to store other digital documents, like video ( e.g procedure recordings) visible light, scanned document and much more and also to add Other means for accessing the data in the PACS using web services (http/XML) RESTful API (http/json) and so on. <br />XDS - comes from IHE and address document sharing between organizations using mostly web Techoligy. <br />DICOM later versions address many of these issues with the introduction of WADO and imapping from DICOM to XML and json. <br />This is really a long story that is beyond technology. It has marketing, politics, culture and business aspects. Interesting. <br />The rise of EMR's changes the rules. There are some very big players that dominate the market and pose a threat to interoperability. <br />DICOM still dominate the imaging production floor but once the images are in the PACS it played a lesser role as Web Techoligy takes over. ronizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00133919772972711462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086510872090494676.post-72822654898681303392016-08-31T10:52:48.397-07:002016-08-31T10:52:48.397-07:00Roni, I have a question regarding other standard n...Roni, I have a question regarding other standard names I have heard. I understand DICOM and PACS and what they stand for, however what are HL7, VNA, and XDS in relation to those. Is HL7 a replacement for DICOM in some medical facilities and VNA, and XDS for PACS? And if some of those can be used for others, doesn't that defeat the whole purpose of having a "unified standard" for medical info to get shared/accessed/etc??!! Unless, communicating with VNA and XDS uses same IP addressing and protocols as PACS. Please shine some light on this when you got a chance :)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04424925345027389108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086510872090494676.post-58962271087097583642016-08-03T09:38:04.121-07:002016-08-03T09:38:04.121-07:00Haha, I'm Matt Zadeh. Not going to say the com...Haha, I'm Matt Zadeh. Not going to say the company name for confidentiality purposes. I'm a library user of yours and in fact we are going to put some new orders in soon. It's nearly impossible to read 3000 pages of DICOM info. So it has been very nice being able to read the conclusions of different chapters in your "dicom is easy" work instead. Also the library makes integration so much easier into my other c# codes I'm writing.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04424925345027389108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086510872090494676.post-70793300023563278822016-07-29T22:48:16.818-07:002016-07-29T22:48:16.818-07:00Thank you!
I enjoy writing these articles. I shou...Thank you! <br />I enjoy writing these articles. I should do it more often. But they're so much other things that keeps me busy that I don't get to it. <br />Now I'm curious. Reveal yourself "Unknown" :-)<br />Thanks,<br />Ronironizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00133919772972711462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086510872090494676.post-76373414088208426582016-07-29T16:03:08.175-07:002016-07-29T16:03:08.175-07:00As a current client of yours just wanted to say th...As a current client of yours just wanted to say that I have really enjoyed your useful articles and SOOO glad you are back at it again and writing more useful articles. I have followed most of your chapters and continue to do the same with your articles. Keep it up Roni!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04424925345027389108noreply@blogger.com