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. 2003 Dec;16(4):331-6.
doi: 10.1007/s10278-003-1660-0. Epub 2004 Jan 30.

Medical Image Resource Center--making electronic teaching files from PACS

C C Tchoyoson Lim  1 , Guo Liang Yang, Wieslaw L Nowinski, Francis Hui
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Medical Image Resource Center--making electronic teaching files from PACS

C C Tchoyoson Lim et al. J Digit Imaging. 2003 Dec.

Abstract

A picture archive and communications system (PACS) is a rich source of images and data suitable for creating electronic teaching files (ETF). However, the potential for PACS to support nonclinical applications has not been fully realized: at present there is no mechanism for PACS to identify and store teaching files; neither is there a standardized method for sharing such teaching images. The Medical Image Resource Center (MIRC) is a new central image repository that defines standards for data exchange among different centers. We developed an ETF server that retrieves digital imaging and communication in medicine (DICOM) images from PACS, and enables users to create teaching files that conform to the new MIRC schema. We test-populated our ETF server with illustrative images from the clinical case load of the National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore. Together, PACS and MIRC have the potential to benefit radiology teaching and research.

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Figure 1
Schematic of ETF server components. PACS: picture archiving and communications system; DICOM: digital imaging and communication in medicine; ETF: electronic teaching file; MIRC: medical image resource center
Figure 2
Figure 2
PACS connection user interface. This screen allows users to query the PACS database.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Examples of data fields of DICOM and text. An anonymized record identification (arrow) is automatically generated when the images are retrieved from PACS.
Figure 4
Figure 4
Completed MIRC electronic teaching file displayed as an extensible markup language (XML) record.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

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