(92)醫療資訊DICOM 標準推動計畫成果報告

141
行政院衛生署 九十二 年度委託研究計畫 92)醫療資訊 DICOM 標準推動計畫 執行機構:台灣醫療影像資訊標準協會 計畫主持人:蘇振隆 執行期限:九十二年七月二日至九十二年十一月三十日

Transcript of (92)醫療資訊DICOM 標準推動計畫成果報告

  • 92 DICOM

  • 1

    01

    03

    04

    07

    .........................................

    (1) DICOM.. 07

    (2) HIS DICOM................................. 08

    (3)............. 09

    (4)Free Viewer......... 10

    (5)............. 11

    DICOM...............

    (1) IHE ............ 11

    (2)............. 12

    (3) DICOM............. 13

    (4)............. 13

    .........

    (1) UID................ 14

    (2) DICOM............. 14

    (3) DICOM............. 15

    (4)DICOM.............. 16

    17

    18

  • 2

  • 3

    Digital Imaging and Communication MedicineDICOM

  • 4

  • 5

    DICOMDigital Imaging and Communication Medicine

    1.

    2.

    3.

    4.

    DICOM

  • 6

    ()

    1. DICOM CR(Computed Radiography)DX(Direct X Ray)MR(Magnetic Resonance)CT(Computed Tomography )US(Ultrasound )DICOM DICOM Part 10 DICOM Part 3, Basic Directory Information Object DefinitionDICOM DICOMDIR

    2. HIS DICOM IHE DICOM HL7 DICOM

    3.

    4.

    ()DICOM

    1. IHE

    IHE IHE DICOM

  • 7

    2.

    DICOM Viewer

    3. DICOMDICOM Tag viewerDICOM DICOM

    DICOM

    4. (modality console)(Image acquisition)

    ()

    1. UID DICOM (UID)UID UID UID

    2. DICOM

    3. DICOM DICOM()

    4. DICOM 2 3 DICOM DICOM

  • 8

    7 10

    8 15 9 5 10 3

    11 7

    DICOM()-DICOM HL7 IHE E-mail ()

    DICOM Part 3 CR (Computed Radiography)DX (Direct X Ray)MR (Magnetic Resonance)CT (Computed Tomography)US (Ultrasound)MG (Mammography)SC (Secondary Capture)VL (Visible light) IO (Intra-oral)RT (Radio Therapy)PET (Positron Emission Tomography)

    (1) DICOM

    DICOM (Patient)(Study)(Series)(Image) HISPACS

    DICOM(Modality Working List) DICOM

    DICOM

  • 9

    DICOM DICOM DIR()7/25 -DICOM() Minimal Requirement for TAGS for DICOM DIR building Minimal requirement for TAGS for DICOM Display TagsMust Option DICOMDICOMDIR DICOM

    DICOMDIR DICOM DICOM Directory DICOMDIRDICOMDIR DICOMDICOMDIR DICOMDIR DICOMDIR READ DICOM DIR

    DICOM DIR10/17-

    11/7 Minimal Requirement for TAGS for DICOM DIR building Minimal requirement for TAGS for DICOM Display

    DICOM DIR Patient LevelTag (0010,1010) Tag(0010,1010

    Tag(0010,0030) Tag(0008,0030)Minimal Requirement for TAGS for DICOM DIR building Patient Level Tag(0010,1010 Study LevelTag(0010,1010) DICOM DICOM DIR (2) HIS DICOM

    84DICOMHL7

  • 10

    DICOMHL7HISRISLISHL7HISHL7HL7Non-HL7Gateway

    HL7PACSHL7DICOM(Work List)PACSHL7HIS/RISPACSDICOMDICOM Basic Modality Worklist Service ClassMWLHIS/RIS (3)

    DICOM

    DICOM (DICOM Storage Network Connection Services)(DICOM Media Storage Services)(FTP, SMTP,HTTP..) DICOM PACS DICOM

    DICOM

    ACDSee, PhotoShop BMP, GIF

    DICOM DICOMDIR

    DICOMDIR DICOMDIR

    DICOMDIR CD modality DICOMDIR

  • 11

    DICOMDIR Viewer DICOMDIRTags PACS Image Viewer DICOMDIR

    Credit Valley HospitalAgfa

    GE

    GE DICOM DICOMDIR DICOMDIR Viewer DICOMDIR DICOM Viewer LargeMin PACS DICOMDIR HL712/11 DICOM imageDICOM MIME DICOMDIR (4) Free DICOM Viewer

    Free Viewer ViewerPACS DICOM DICOM

    1. Osirishttp://www.expasy.org/www/UIN/html1/projects/osiris/osiris.html

    OsirisThe OSIRIS imaging software DICOMDIR

    2. PiViewhttp://www.mediface.com

    Piview/

    100

    3. DICOM Eyehttp://www.etiam.com DICOM Eye ETIAMDICOMDIR 21

  • 12

    (5)

    DICOM DICOM

    (1) DICOM Part 15 DICOM

    (2) E-Mail DICOM

    (3) Web service

    ()DICOM

    (1) IHE

    IHE RSNA HIMSS IHEIHE HL7DICOM

    IHE Taiwan

  • 13

    8 2223 HL7

    IHE 11/8

    IHE Taiwan IHE () IHE Taiwan IHE (2)

    Free Software DICOM DICOM

    1. CTNCentral Test Node Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology RSNA

    DICOM

    2. DVTDICOM Validation Tool AGFA PHILIPHS

    DICOM( License Agreement)DVT DICOM DVT Windows NT/2000

    DICOM 3.0(Free-Software)

    View DICOM TagsDICOM Storage Service ClassDICOM Query/Retrieve Service Class DICOM Media Storage Service Class ( DICOMDIR )

  • 14

    (3) DICOM

    DICOM DICOM DICOM DICOM Tag Viewer

    (4)

    DICOM Part 3 CR (Computed Radiography)DX (Direct X Ray)MR (Magnetic Resonance)CT (Computed Tomography)RT (Radio Therapy)US (Ultrasound)MG (Mammography)VL (Visible light)SC (Secondary Capture) IO (Intra-oral)PET (Positron Emission Tomography)

    ( modality console )( Image acquisition )

    PACS

    PACS DICOM(Patient)(Study)(Series)(Image) DICOM Level Tags

  • 15

    CRT LCD

    Minimal Requirement Size of Some Common Medical Images

    Modality (Minimal Requirement)

    One Image (bits) One Image (bits)

    Nuclear Medicine(NM) 128 * 128 * 8 128 * 128 * 12

    Ultrasound (US) 512 * 512 * 6 (24) 512 * 512 * 8 (24)

    Computed Tomography (CT) 512 * 512 * 12 512 * 512 * 12

    Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) 256 * 256 * 12 256 * 256 * 12

    Digital subt. Angiography (DSA) 512 * 512 * 8 1024 * 1024 * 8

    Digitized Microscopy 512 * 512 * 8 (24) 512 * 512 * 8 (24)

    Digitized X-ray film (14 inches by 14 inches) 2048 * 2048 * 12 2048 * 2048 * 12

    Digital Fluoroscopy (DF) 1024 * 1024 * 8 1024 * 1024 * 8

    Digital Mammography 2048 * 2048 * 12 4000 * 5000 * 12

    Computed Radiography (CR) 2048 * 2048 * 10 2048 * 2048 * 12

    * ( ) For color images.

    CCD

    DICOM JPEG Image Compression, Run Length Encoding Compression, JPEG-LS Image Compression. JPEG 2000 Image Compression

  • 16

    . . . .

    SMPTE GSDF

    ()

    (1) UID

    OID UID UID 8 15 OID (2.16.886.101.20003.20014) OID 0Exp 0228712121 DICOM UID OID OID

    OID 0(Exp1)

    OID 2.16.886.101.20003.20014.10228712121 OID 1 0 OID

    (2) DICOM

    DICOM DICOM

  • 17

    A. Anthoula P. Anagnostaki, Sotiris Pavlopoulos*,Efthivoulos Kyriakou, and

    Dimitris Koutsouris, A novel codification scheme based on the VITAL and DICOM standards for telemedicine applications, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 49(12):1399-1411, 2002.

    B. Javier Pereira, Alfonso Castro, Dismer Ronda, Bernardino Arcay,and Alejandro Pazos name, Development of a System for Access to and Exploitation of Medical Images, Proceeding of the 15th IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS 2002).

    C. Catherine Kim Ly, SoftCopy Display Quality Assurance Program at Texas Children's Hospital, Journal of Digital Imaging Vol. 15, 33-40, 2002.

    D. Jose Manuel Vazquez-Naya, Javier Pereira Loureiro, Julian Dorado de la Calle, Jorge Teijeiro Vidal, and Alejandro Pazos Sierra, Necessary Security Mechanisms in a PACS DICOM Access System with Web Technology, Journal of Digital Imaging Vol. 15, 107-111, 2002.

    (3) DICOM

    DICOM 8/159/5 10/3

    DICOM

    192 8 15() 6 9 30

    - DICOM

    292 9 5() 4 30 6 30 - B1

    392 10 3() 5 30 6 30

  • 18

    2003 DICOM DICOM 11/29 117DICOM QC(92)

    DICOM()

    192 11 29() 8 30 5 30 - 117 2003 DICOM DICOM

    (4) DICOM

    DICOM 3.0 DICOM DICOM

    DICOM

    DICOM DICOM

    DICOM DICOM

  • 19

    3(1)

    (2) DICOM (3)

    1.

    2. DICOM

    3. DICOM

    DICOMDICOM

  • Minimal Requirement for TAGS for DICOM DIR building

    Minimal Requirement for TAGS for DICOM DIR building () ROOT Layer UID ( 2.16.886..) Transfer Syntax: 1.2.840.10008.1.2.1 For Basic Directory FileCharset: ISO_IR192

    1. Strict DICOMDIR application profile ! 2. Non strict DICOMDIR part 10 !

    Patient Level ( 00041430 directory record type : PATIENT) Tag Name VR VM

    00100020 Patient ID LO 1 00100010 Patients Name PN 1 00100040 Patients Sex CS 1 00100030 Patients Birth Date DA 1 00101000 Other Patient IDs() LO 1-n 00100021 Issuer of Patient ID LO 1 00104000 Patient Comments LO 1 00102154 Patients Telephone Number SH 1

    Study Level ( 00041430 directory record type : STUDY)

    00100020 Patient ID LO 1 00081030 Study Description LO 1 00080050 Accession Number SH 1 00080030 Study Time TM 1 00080020 Study Date DA 1 00080090 Referring Physicians Name PN 1 00101010 Patients Age AS 1

  • 00080061 Modalities in Study CS 1-n 0020000D Study Instance UID UID UI 1 00321033 Requesting Service LO 1 00200010 Study ID ID SH 1 00081080 Admitting Diagnoses Description LO 1-n

    Series Level ( 00041430 directory record type :SERIES)

    0020000E Series Instance UID UID UI 1 00180015 Body Part Examined CS 1 0008103E Series Description LO 1 00080060 Modality CS 1 00201209 Number of Series Related Instances IS 1 00200011 Series Number IS 1 00080080 Institution Name LO 1 00081050 Performing Physicians Name PN 1-n

    Instance Level ( 00041430 directory record type : IMAGE)

    00080018 SOP Instance UID SOP UID UI 1 00204000 Image Comments LT 1 00080008 Image Type CS 1-n 00082111 Derivation Description ST 1 00041500 Referenced File ID UID CS 1-8 00041510 Referenced SOP Class UID in File SOP UID UI 1 00041511 Referenced SOP Instance UID in File SOP UID UI 1

    00041512 Referenced Transfer Syntax UID in File SOP UID

    UI 1 modality ( PART11)

    00880200 Icon Image Sequence

    SQ 1XA

    ( 1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.70 )

    TAGS Application Profile , type 1, 2 !!

  • Minimal Requirement for TAGS for DICOM Display

    Minimal Requirement for TAGS for DICOM Display

    Patient Level ( 00041430 directory record type : PATIENT) M O Option

    Tag Name CT MR CR/DX XA/RF US/SC GENERAL

    00100020 Patient ID M M M M M M 00100010 Patients Name M M M M M M 00100040 Patients Sex M M M M M M 00100030 Patients Birth Date M M M M M M 00101010 Patients Age M M M M M M 00101000 Other Patient IDs( ) M M M M M M 00100021 Issuer of Patient ID M M M M M M 00104000 Patient Comments O O O O O O 00102154 Patients Telephone Number O O O O O O

    Study Level ( 00041430 directory record type : STUDY)

    00100020 Patient ID M M M M M M 00081030 Study Description M M M M M M 00080050 Accession Number M M M M M M 00080030 Study Time M M M M M M 00080020 Study Date M M M M M M 00101010 Patients Age M M M M M M 00080061 Modalities in Study M M M M M M 00321033 Requesting Service O O O O O O 00200010 Study ID ID O O O O O O

  • Series Level ( 00041430 directory record type : SERIES)

    00180015 Body Part Examined O O O O O O 0008103E Series Description O M O O O O 00080060 Modality M M M M M M 00200011 Series Number O O O O O O 00200060 Laterality O O O O O O

    Instance Level ( 00041430 directory record type : IMAGE)

    00204000 Image Comments O O O O O O 00082111 Derivation Description O O O O O O

    00180050 Slice Thickness O O O O O O

    00201041 Slice Location O O O O O O 00180060 KVP O O O O O O 00080033 Content Time O O O O O O 00080032 Acquisition Time O O O O O O 00200013 Instance Number O O O O O O 00281051 Window Width O O O O O O 00281050 Window Center O O O O O O 00280008 Number of Frames O O O O O O 00280009 Frame Increment Pointer O O O O O O 00200020 Patient Orientation O O O O O O 00200037 Image Orientation () O O O O O O 00180080 Repetition Time O O O O O O 00180081 Echo Time O O O O O O 00180082 Inversion Time O O O O O O 00180091 Echo Train Length O O O O O O 00181060 Trigger Time O O O O O O 00181314 Flip Angle O O O O O O 00280010 Rows O O O O O O 00280011 Columns O O O O O O

  • DICOM -

    92 10 17 ()

    1. modality file DICOM DIRLossless- check Site 11

    2. character set encoding

    Big -5 93 UTF-8 character set encoding DICOM CP-252

    3. minimal requirement for DICOM Display patient level

    study level 4. minimal requirement for DICOM DIR minimal requirement for

    DICOM Display 11

    5. VPN VPN spare DICOM Communication

    DICOM CommunicationVPN

  • HIS/RISDICOM

    HIS/RIS

    PACSDICOMDICOM Basic Modality Worklist Service ClassMWLHIS/RIS DICOMHIS/RISPACS

    DICOM Basic Modality Worklist Service ClassHIS/RISPACS Integrated Healthcare Enterprise (IHE)

    HL7DICOM (1) Modality Worklist Service

    DICOM Modality Worklist DICOMWorklistModality

    HIS/RISWorklist ServerWorklist ServerModality

    IHE HL7 DICOM Service Class HL7 DICOM

  • HL7 Field DICOM Tag

    Broker

    HL7 ADT/ORM DICOM Worklist Service Class

    HL7 DICOM

    [1]Data Types

    Data Type

    HL7 Field DICOM Tag HL7 DICOM

    Mapping DICOM Data Types to HL7 Data Types

    DICOM Data Types HL7 Data Types VR Full Name Symbol Full Name

    Comments

    AE Application Entity ST Character String AS Age String ST Character String AT Attribute Tag SET Set Need a conversion function CS Code String ST Character String DA Date TS Point in Time By omitting the hhmmss.uuuu partDS Decimal String REAL Real Number Need a conversion function DT Date Time TS Point in Time FL Floating Point Single REAL Real Number FD Floating Point Double REAL Real Number IS Integer String INT Integer Number Need a conversion function

  • Mapping DICOM Data Types to HL7 Data Types

    DICOM Data Types HL7 Data Types VR Full Name Symbol Full Name Comments

    LO Long String ST Character String LT Long Text ST Character String OB Other Byte String ST Character String Not good enough OW Other Word String ST Character String Nor good enough PN Person Name PN Person Name SH Short String ST Character String SL Signed Long INT Integer Number SQ Sequence of Items LIST Sequence SS Signed Short INT Integer Number ST Short Text ST Character String TM Time ?

    UI Unique Identifier (UID) II Instance Identifier

    UL Unsigned Long INT Integer Number UN Unknown ST Character String Not good enough US Unsigned Short INT Integer Number UT Unlimited Text ST Character String

    [1] PACS and Electronic Health Records, Simona Cohen, Flora Gilboa, Uri Shani

  • DICOMDIR

    DICOMDIR CD modality DICOMDIR DICOMDIR Viewer DICOMDIR Tags PACS Viewer DICOMDIR

    DICOMDIR DICOMDIRminimal requirements for building DICOMDIR Tags

    (1) DICOMDIR (2) (3) Tags (4)

    1. level 2. 3. tags minimal requirement 4.

    Viewer Free Viewer

    PiView RWCDV DICOMate Osiris DICOMEye

    DICOMDIR

    OK OK OK OK OK

    DICOMDIR level

    OK OK OK

    OK OK OK

    OK

  • Minimal Requirement for TAGS for DICOM DIR building

    Minimal Requirement for TAGS for DICOM DIR building () ROOT Layer UID ( 2.16.886..) Transfer Syntax: 1.2.840.10008.1.2.1 For Basic Directory FileCharset: ISO_IR192

    1. Strict DICOMDIR application profile ! 2. Non strict DICOMDIR part 10 !

    V field O field

    Patient Level ( 00041430 directory record type : PATIENT)

    Tag Name VR VM A B C D

    00100020 Patient ID LO 1 V V V 00100010 Patients Name PN 1 V V V 00100040 Patients Sex CS 1 V V V 00100030 Patients Birth Date DA 1 V V V 00101000 Other Patient IDs() LO 1-n V O 00100021 Issuer of Patient ID LO 1 00104000 Patient Comments LO 1 V V 00102154 Patients Telephone Number SH 1 V V

    Study Level ( 00041430 directory record type : STUDY)

    00100020 Patient ID LO 1 V V V V 00081030 Study Description LO 1 V V V O 00080050 Accession Number SH 1 V V V V 00080030 Study Time TM 1 V V V V 00080020 Study Date DA 1 V V V V 00080090 Referring Physicians Name PN 1 V V V V 00101010 Patients Age AS 1 V V V O

  • 00080061 Modalities in Study CS 1-n 0020000D Study Instance UID UID UI 1 O V V V 00321033 Requesting Service LO 1 V V V 00200010 Study ID ID SH 1 V V V V 00081080 Admitting Diagnoses Description LO 1-n V V V

    Series Level ( 00041430 directory record type :SERIES)

    0020000E Series Instance UID UID UI 1 V V V V 00180015 Body Part Examined CS 1 V O 0008103E Series Description LO 1 O O V O 00080060 Modality CS 1 V V V 00201209 Number of Series Related Instances IS 1 O 00200011 Series Number IS 1 V V V V 00080080 Institution Name LO 1 O V V V 00081050 Performing Physicians Name PN 1-n V

    Instance Level ( 00041430 directory record type : IMAGE)

    00080018 SOP Instance UID SOP UID UI 1 V V V V 00204000 Image Comments LT 1 V O 00080008 Image Type CS 1-n O V V V 00082111 Derivation Description ST 1 V O 00041500 Referenced File ID UID CS 1-8 00041510 Referenced SOP Class UID in File SOP UID UI 1 00041511 Referenced SOP Instance UID in File SOP UID UI 1

    00041512 Referenced Transfer Syntax UID in File SOP UID

    UI 1 modality ( PART11)

    00880200 Icon Image Sequence

    SQ 1XA

    ( 1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.70 )

    TAGS Application Profile , type 1, 2 !!

  • Minimal Requirement for TAGS for DICOM DIR building

    Minimal Requirement for TAGS for DICOM DIR building () ROOT Layer UID ( 2.16.886..) Transfer Syntax: 1.2.840.10008.1.2.1 For Basic Directory FileCharset: ISO_IR192

    1. Strict DICOMDIR application profile ! 2. Non strict DICOMDIR part 10 !

    V field O field

    Patient Level ( 00041430 directory record type : PATIENT)

    Tag Name VR VM A B C 00100020 Patient ID LO 1 V V V 00100010 Patients Name PN 1 V V V 00100040 Patients Sex CS 1 V V V 00100030 Patients Birth Date DA 1 V V V 00101000 Other Patient IDs() LO 1-n V 00100021 Issuer of Patient ID LO 1 00104000 Patient Comments LO 1 00102154 Patients Telephone Number SH 1

    Study Level ( 00041430 directory record type : STUDY)

    00100020 Patient ID LO 1 00081030 Study Description LO 1 O O V 00080050 Accession Number SH 1 V O V 00080030 Study Time TM 1 V V V 00080020 Study Date DA 1 V V V 00080090 Referring Physicians Name PN 1 V 00101010 Patients Age AS 1

  • 00080061 Modalities in Study CS 1-n 0020000D Study Instance UID UID UI 1 V V 00321033 Requesting Service LO 1 00200010 Study ID ID SH 1 V V 00081080 Admitting Diagnoses Description LO 1-n

    Series Level ( 00041430 directory record type :SERIES)

    0020000E Series Instance UID UID UI 1 V V V 00180015 Body Part Examined CS 1 V O 0008103E Series Description LO 1 V O 00080060 Modality CS 1 V V V 00201209 Number of Series Related Instances IS 1 00200011 Series Number IS 1 V V V 00080080 Institution Name LO 1 00081050 Performing Physicians Name PN 1-n

    Instance Level ( 00041430 directory record type : IMAGE)

    00080018 SOP Instance UID SOP UID UI 1 00204000 Image Comments LT 1 00080008 Image Type CS 1-n V V V 00082111 Derivation Description ST 1 00041500 Referenced File ID UID CS 1-8 V V V 00041510 Referenced SOP Class UID in File SOP UID UI 1 V V V 00041511 Referenced SOP Instance UID in File SOP UID UI 1 V V V

    00041512 Referenced Transfer Syntax UID in File SOP UID

    UI 1 modality ( PART11)

    00880200 Icon Image Sequence

    SQ 1XA

    ( 1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.70 )

    TAGS Application Profile , type 1, 2 !!

  • Minimal Requirement for TAGS for DICOM DIR building

    Minimal Requirement for TAGS for DICOM DIR building () ROOT Layer UID ( 2.16.886..) Transfer Syntax: 1.2.840.10008.1.2.1 For Basic Directory FileCharset: ISO_IR192

    1. Strict DICOMDIR application profile ! 2. Non strict DICOMDIR part 10 !

    V field O field

    Patient Level ( 00041430 directory record type : PATIENT)

    Tag Name VR VM A B C D

    00100020 Patient ID LO 1 V V V V 00100010 Patients Name PN 1 V V V V 00100040 Patients Sex CS 1 V V V 00100030 Patients Birth Date DA 1 V V V V 00101000 Other Patient IDs() LO 1-n V 00100021 Issuer of Patient ID LO 1 00104000 Patient Comments LO 1 V 00102154 Patients Telephone Number SH 1 V

    Study Level ( 00041430 directory record type : STUDY)

    00100020 Patient ID LO 1 V V V V 00081030 Study Description LO 1 V V V V 00080050 Accession Number SH 1 V V V V 00080030 Study Time TM 1 V V V V 00080020 Study Date DA 1 V V V V 00080090 Referring Physicians Name PN 1 V V 00101010 Patients Age AS 1 V

  • 00080061 Modalities in Study CS 1-n V 0020000D Study Instance UID UID UI 1 V V V 00321033 Requesting Service LO 1 00200010 Study ID ID SH 1 V V V V 00081080 Admitting Diagnoses Description LO 1-n V

    Series Level ( 00041430 directory record type :SERIES)

    0020000E Series Instance UID UID UI 1 V V V V 00180015 Body Part Examined CS 1 0008103E Series Description LO 1 V V 00080060 Modality CS 1 V V V V 00201209 Number of Series Related Instances IS 1 00200011 Series Number IS 1 V V V V 00080080 Institution Name LO 1 V 00081050 Performing Physicians Name PN 1-n V

    Instance Level ( 00041430 directory record type : IMAGE)

    00080018 SOP Instance UID SOP UID UI 1 V V 00204000 Image Comments LT 1 V 00080008 Image Type CS 1-n V V 00082111 Derivation Description ST 1 00041500 Referenced File ID UID CS 1-8 V V 00041510 Referenced SOP Class UID in File SOP UID UI 1 V V 00041511 Referenced SOP Instance UID in File SOP UID UI 1 V V

    00041512 Referenced Transfer Syntax UID in File SOP UID

    UI 1 modality ( PART11)

    00880200 Icon Image Sequence

    SQ 1XA

    ( 1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.70 )

    TAGS Application Profile , type 1, 2 !!

  • HL7 92 12 11 12

    HL7 Taiwan

    TAMI

    DICOM Taiwan FIC

    HL7

    1. HL7

    (1). RQA^I08/RPA^I08 (2). RQA^I08/RPA^I08

    Z segment

    2. DICOM image

    (1). DICOM MIME DICOMDIR (2). (3). V2.X

  • 1

    2

    3

    4

    5

    6

    7

    Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM)8

    9

    Supplement 54: DICOM MIME Type1011

    12

    13

    14

    15

    16

    17

    18

    19

    20

    Prepared by:21

    22

    DICOM Standards Committee23

    1300 N. 17th Street24

    Rosslyn, Virginia 22209 USA25

    26

    27

    VERSION: Final Text28

    March 10, 200229

  • Supplement 54: DICOM MIME TypePage i

    Table of Contents30

    Foreword.................................................................................................................................................................ii311 Supplement Scope and Field of Application........................................................................................... 132Part 11, Body Addendum...................................................................................................................................... 2334 Symbols and abbreviations ..................................................................................................................... 234Annex Y (Normative) - General Purpose MIME Interchange Profile................................................................... 235

    Y.1 PROFILE IDENTIFICATION ......................................................................................................... 236Y.2 CLINICAL CONTEXT .................................................................................................................... 337Y.2.1 ROLES AND SERVICE CLASS OPTIONS.................................................................................. 338

    Y.2.1.1 File Set Creator ................................................................................................................ 339Y.2.1.2 File Set Reader ................................................................................................................ 340

    Y.3 STD-GEN-MIME PROFILE ........................................................................................................... 341Y.3.1 SOP Classes and Transfer Syntaxes................................................................................. 342Y.3.2 Physical Medium and Medium Format ............................................................................... 443Y.3.3 Directory Information in DICOMDIR ................................................................................... 444

    Y.3.3.1 Additional Keys ................................................................................................................ 445Part 12, Body Addendum...................................................................................................................................... 5462 References ............................................................................................................................................... 547ANNEX X (Normative) DICOM MIME media ....................................................................................................... 548

    X.1 DICOM MAPPING TO MIME FORMATS ............................................................................................... 549X.1.1 DICOM File set............................................................................................................................... 550X.1.2 DICOM file ...................................................................................................................................... 551

    X.1.2.1 DICOMDIR ........................................................................................................................ 652X.3 LOGICAL FORMAT ................................................................................................................................. 653

    RFC 3240 Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) Application/dicom MIME Sub-54type Registration (Informative).............................................................................................................................. 755Example 1: Simple DICOM File MIME message (Informative) .....................................................................121456Example 2: DICOM File Set MIME message (Informative) ...........................................................................141657

    58

  • Supplement 54: DICOM MIME TypePage ii

    Foreword59

    The American College of Radiology (ACR) and the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA)60formed a joint committee to develop a standard for Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine61(DICOM). This DICOM Standard and the corresponding Supplements to the DICOM Standard were62developed according to the NEMA procedures.63

    DICOM is developed in liaison with other standardization organizations including CEN TC251 in Europe64and JIRA in Japan, with review also by other organizations including IEEE, HL7 and ANSI in the USA.65

    This document is a Supplement to the DICOM Standard. It is an extension to PS 3.11 and 3.12 of the66published DICOM Standard which consists of the following parts:67

    PS 3.1 Introduction and Overview68PS 3.2 Conformance69PS 3.3 Information Object Definitions70PS 3.4 Service Class Specifications71PS 3.5 Data Structures and Encoding72PS 3.6 Data Dictionary73PS 3.7 Message Exchange74PS 3.8 Network Communication Support for Message Exchange75PS 3.9 Point-to-Point Communication Support for Message Exchange76PS 3.10 Media Storage and File Format77PS 3.11 Media Storage Application Profiles78PS 3.12 Media Format and Physical Media for Media Interchange79PS 3.13 Print Management Point-to-Point Communication Support80PS 3.14 Grayscale Standard Display Function81PS 3.15 Security Profiles82PS 3.16 Content Mapping Resource83

    These parts are related but independent documents.84

    This Supplement includes the definition of DICOM MIME Type definition, which enables applications to85exchange DICOM objects with other applications that support communication by e-mail.86

  • Supplement 54: DICOM MIME TypePage 1

    1 Supplement Scope and Field of Application87

    This Supplement describes the DICOM MIME Type. MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension)88describes how to include attached files as parts into internet mail, these may be sent by protocols such89as SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol).90

    DICOM network protocols are widely used for applications that:91

    involve primary diagnosis and review,92 are used within a tightly integrated imaging department93 are used when there is controlled distribution of images (and other DICOM objects) to other94

    departments which also support DICOM protocols.95DICOM network protocols are less frequently used for applications in areas less amenable to tight96integration, such as:97

    hospital-to-doctor DICOM object distribution for reviewing or referral purposes98 exchange of DICOM objects for testing purposes99 DICOM object distribution for education, scientific cooperation and contract research100 interpretation by professionals at home (e.g. teleradiology)101

    These applications are characterized by:102

    greater desire to integrate with consumer desktop applications103 lower expectations of image quality, fidelity, reliability of delivery and conformance104 less centralized control over system setup and configuration105

    There has been an increasing demand for the ability to exchange DICOM objects by e-mail.106

    The DICOM MIME Type concept covers two levels:107

    the DICOM File level, using the Application/dicom MIME Type108 the DICOM File-set level, using the Multipart/mixed MIME Type with some constraints109

    (naming, parameters)110Note: No Image/dicom MIME type is proposed, because DICOM objects may also contain other information,111

    not only images.112Since this document proposes changes to existing Parts of DICOM the reader should have a working113understanding of the Standard.114

    After having introduced the interest of such an extension of DICOM, this document includes a number of115Addenda to existing Parts of DICOM:116

    PS 3.11 Addendum Annex XX: General Purpose MIME Interchange Profile117PS 3.12 Addendum Annex XX: DICOM MIME Type118

    In addition, it contains the official text of the RFC (Request for Comments) to be submitted to the Internet119Engineering Task Force (IETF) and defining the Application/dicom MIME Type. Once approved this120RFC text will be included as an appendix to Part 12.121

    Finally it presents two examples of e-mail messages that can be generated by using DICOM MIME Type.122

  • Supplement 54: DICOM MIME TypePage 2

    Part 11, Body Addendum123

    Add the following definitions to Section 4. Symbols and abbreviations.124

    4 Symbols and abbreviations125

    IETF Internet Engineering Task Force126MIME Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension127RFC Request for Comments128SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol129

    Add the following Annex at the end of the document.130

    Annex Y (Normative) - General Purpose MIME Interchange Profile131

    Y.1 PROFILE IDENTIFICATION132

    This Annex defines an Application Profile Class including all defined Media Storage SOP Classes. This133class is intended to be used for the interchange of Composite SOP Instances via e-mail for general134purpose applications.135

    Note: This Media Storage Application Profile Class is not intended to replace the more robust DICOM Storage136Service Class.137

    Objects from multiple modalities may be included on the same e-mail. A detailed list of the Media Storage138SOP Classes that may be supported is defined in PS 3.4.139

    Table Y.1-1140STD-GEN-MIME Profile141

    Application Profile Identifier DescriptionGeneral Purpose MIMEInterchange

    STD-GEN-MIME Handles interchange of Composite SOP Instances bye-mail.

    142

    The identifier for this General Purpose MIME Interchange profile shall be STD-GEN-MIME.143

    Equipment claiming conformance to this Application Profile shall list the subset of Media Storage SOP144Classes that it supports in its Conformance Statement.145

  • Supplement 54: DICOM MIME TypePage 3

    Note: Since it is not required to support all Media Storage Classes the user should carefully consider the146subset of supported Media Storage SOP Classes in the Conformance Statements of such equipment to147establish effective object interchange.148

    Y.2 CLINICAL CONTEXT149

    This Application Profile facilitates the interchange of images and related data through e-mail.150

    This profile is intended only for general purpose applications. It is not intended as a replacement for151specific Application Profiles that may be defined for a particular clinical context.152

    Note: The present Application Profile does not include any specific mechanism regarding privacy. However it is153highly recommended to use secure mechanisms (e.g. S/MIME) when using STD-GEN-MIME Application154Profile over networks that are not otherwise secured.155

    156

    Y.2.1 ROLES AND SERVICE CLASS OPTIONS157

    This Application Profile uses the Media Storage Service Class defined in PS3.4 with the Interchange158Option.159

    The Application Entity shall support one or two of the roles of File Set Creator (FSC) and File Set Reader160(FSR), defined in PS 3.10. Because the exchange of e-mail does not involve storage, the role of File Set161Updater (FSU) is not specified.162

    Y.2.1.1 File Set Creator163The role of File Set Creator may be used by Application Entities which generate a File Set under this164Interchange Class of Application Profiles.165

    File Set Creators may be able to generate the Basic Directory SOP Class in the DICOMDIR file with all the166subsidiary Directory Records related to the Image SOP Classes included in the File Set.167

    The Application Entity acting as a File Set Creator generates a File Set under the STD-GEN-MIME168Application Profile.169

    Note: A multiple volume (i.e. a logical volume that can cross multiple media) is not supported by this class of170Application profile. Because MIME is a virtual medium and since e-mail mechanisms include some way171of fragmenting MIME parts to be sent through limited size e-mail, there are no needs for multiple volume.172

    Y.2.1.2 File Set Reader173The role of File Set Reader shall be used by Application Entities which receive an exchanged File Set174under the Image Interchange Class of Application Profiles.175

    File Set Readers may be able to read the DICOMDIR directory file and shall be able to read all the SOP176Instance files defined for this Application Profile, using the Transfer Syntaxes specified in the Conformance177Statement.178

    Y.3 STD-GEN-MIME PROFILE179

    Y.3.1 SOP Classes and Transfer Syntaxes180This Application Profile is based on the Media Storage Service Class with the Interchange Option (see PS1813.4).182

  • Supplement 54: DICOM MIME TypePage 4

    Table Y.3-1183STD-GEN-MIME SOP Classes and Transfer Syntaxes184

    InformationObject Definition

    Service Object PairClass UID

    Transfer Syntax and UID FSCRequirement

    FSRRequirement

    Basic Directory 1.2.840.10008.1.3.10 Explicit VR Little EndianUncompressed

    1.2.840.10008.1.2.1

    Optional Optional

    Composite Image& Stand-aloneStorage

    Refer to: PS 3.4 forSOPs UID definitions

    Defined in ConformanceStatement

    Defined inConformanceStatement

    Defined inConformanceStatement

    185

    The SOP Classes and corresponding Transfer Syntax supported by this Application Profile are specified in186the Table Y.3-1. The supported Storage SOP Class(es) and Transfers Syntax(es) shall be listed in the187Conformance Statement using a table of the same form.188

    Y.3.2 Physical Medium and Medium Format189The STD-GEN-MIME application profile requires the DICOM MIME medium as defined in PS3.12.190

    Y.3.3 Directory Information in DICOMDIR191If the DICOMDIR is included, conformant Application Entities shall include in it the Basic Directory IOD192containing Directory Records at the Patient and the subsidiary Study and Series levels, appropriate to the193SOP Classes in the File Set.194

    All DICOM files in the File Set incorporating SOP Instances defined for the specific Application Profile shall195be referenced by Directory Records.196

    Note: 1. DICOMDIRs with no directory information are not allowed by this Application Profile.1972. In the DICOMDIR each object may be referenced by a referenced file ID (e.g. 000/000) which198contains multiple values corresponding to a path for physical system, since the MIME organization is flat.199There is no requirement that this path will be used by the receiving application to create file hierarchy.200

    There may only be one DICOMDIR file per File Set. The Patient ID at the patient level shall be unique for201each patient directory record in one File Set.202

    Y.3.3.1 Additional Keys203No additional keys are specified.204

  • Supplement 54: DICOM MIME TypePage 5

    Part 12, Body Addendum205

    Add the following definitions to Section 2. Normative References.206

    2 Normative References207

    RFC 3240, Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) - Application/dicom MIME208Sub-type Registration209

    210

    The concepts MIME, Media Type, MIME Entity, "MIME Part", Content-Type, Multipart/mixed,211Message/partial, Content-Transfer-Encoding, Content-ID and Application/xx are developed212in IETF Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions, or MIME, described in RFC (Request for Comments)213number 2045, 2046, 2047, 2048 and 2049 (see http://www.imc.org/rfc2045 and ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-214notes/rfc2045.txt).215

    Add the following Annex at the end of the document.216

    ANNEX X (Normative) DICOM MIME media217

    X.1 DICOM MAPPING TO MIME FORMATS218

    X.1.1 DICOM File set219One DICOM File set shall be contained in a MIME Multipart/mixed or Multipart/related Media220Type, called "DICOM File set" MIME Entity.221

    Notes: 1. It may be necessary to fragment a message by using the Message/partial Media Type format.2222. A "DICOM File set" MIME Entity may contain MIME Parts other than Application/dicom which223may be ignored by the DICOM application.224

    X.1.2 DICOM file225Each generic DICOM file shall be encoded as a MIME Application/dicom Media Type, called "DICOM226File" MIME Part, with the following parameters:227

    - id is constructed from the DICOM File ID. The total length is limited to 71 characters (to avoid that228the e-mail application splits the id string). Each component is limited to 8 characters. The delimiter is a229forward slash /. There is never a leading delimiter (i.e. this is not a traditional path from a root230directory).231For example: ROOTDIR/SUBDIR1/MRSCAN/A789FD07/19991024/ST00234/S00003/I00023232

  • Supplement 54: DICOM MIME TypePage 6

    - "name" is constructed from the last DICOM File ID component (that means the file name without233path information) and the extension ".dcm" (except for the DICOMDIR).234For example: I00023.dcm235Note: 1. Email clients typically use this parameter as the default name with which to save the file. If used for236

    only one "DICOM File" Part (versus one DICOM File set), the length of this parameter is not restricted237(unlike the id parameter).2382. This name can not be the same as the name inside the DICOMDIR where the file extension is239forbidden.240

    241

    The other fields of the header of this "DICOM File" MIME Part are respecting the general rules of MIME.242

    X.1.2.1 DICOMDIR243One and only one DICOMDIR File may be present in any "DICOM File set" MIME Entity. It is encoded as244the generic "DICOM File" MIME Part, with a DICOM File ID set to DICOMDIR and the id parameter set245to DICOMDIR.246

    X.3 LOGICAL FORMAT247

    The MIME logical format is used. The Content-Transfer-Encoding shall allow the transfer of binary248information (e.g. typically base64 if the higher level does not allow transfer of binary information).249

  • Supplement 54: DICOM MIME TypePage 7

    Add the following Annex at the end of the PS 3.12.250

    ANNEX Y (Informative) RFC 3240 Digital Imaging and Communications in251Medicine (DICOM) Application/dicom MIME Sub-type Registration252

    Network Working Group D. Clunie253Request for Comments: 3240 E. Cordonnier254Category: Informational DICOM Committee255 February 2002256

    257258

    Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) -259 Application/dicom MIME Sub-type Registration260

    261Status of this Memo262

    263 This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does264 not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this265 memo is unlimited.266

    267Copyright Notice268

    269 Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2002). All Rights Reserved.270

    271Abstract272

    273 This document describes the registration of the MIME sub-type274 application/dicom (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine).275 The baseline encoding is defined by the DICOM Standards Committee in276 "Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine".277

    2781. DICOM Definition279

    280 Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) specifies281 protocols and formats for the exchange of images, time-based282 waveforms, reports, and associated information for medical283 applications.284

    285 Individual DICOM objects (such as images) may be encapulsated in286 files and exchanged by e-mail using the Media Type defined herein.287 In addition, a set of DICOM files may be described by an index file,288 DICOMDIR, which may accompany the files that it references.289

    2902. IANA Registration291

    292 MIME media type name: Application293

    294 MIME subtype name: dicom295

    296Required parameters:297

  • Supplement 54: DICOM MIME TypePage 8

    298 "id" is constructed from a DICOM File ID (see DICOM PS3.11). The299 total length is limited to 71 characters. Each component is300 limited to 8 characters. The delimiter is a forward slash "/".301 There is never a leading delimiter (i.e., this is not a302 traditional path from a root directory).303

    304 If a DICOMDIR (which provides an index of files) is included, then305 it will refer to other DICOM files in the file set by use of this306 File ID. The File ID is not encoded within each DICOM file. If a307 DICOMDIR is not present, then the "id" parameter may be absent.308 Note that the DICOMDIR will also have a Media Type of309 application/dicom and is distinguished from other files by its ID310 of "DICOMDIR".311

    312 For example:313 "ROOTDIR/SUBDIR1/MRSCAN/A789FD07/19991024/ST00234/S00003/I00023"314

    315 Each component shall be character strings made of characters from316 a subset of the G0 repertoire of ISO 8859. This subset consists317 of uppercase alphabetic characters, numeric characters and318 underscore. The following characters are permissable:319

    320 A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V,321 W, X, Y, Z (uppercase)322 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0 and _ (underscore)323

    324 Optional parameters:325

    326 none327

    328 Encoding considerations:329

    330 The DICOM information is binary, therefore the encoding used shall331 support lossless transfer of binary information. Typically, the332 Content-Transfer-Encoding would be set to "Base64".333

    334 Multiple DICOM parts should be included as a Multipart/related335 entity [2387]. Receiving agents shall also support multiple parts336 as a Multipart/mixed entity. When multiple DICOM parts are337 included, one of the parts may be a DICOMDIR, in which case, all338 the files referred to by the DICOMDIR shall also be present. The339 DICOMDIR is not required to be the first Application/dicom part340 encoded in the message, in which case the optional "start"341 parameter should refer to the content-id of the part containing342 the DICOMDIR.343

    344 Multiple DICOM Application/dicom parts may be included with other345 types of parts as a Multipart/mixed entity.346

    347 Security considerations:348

    349 Application/dicom parts contain medical information, including350 individual demographic information. Accordingly, their exchange351 should be restricted to a secure network or within a secure352

  • Supplement 54: DICOM MIME TypePage 9

    wrapper that protects a patient's right to confidentiality353 according to local and national policy. The specific security354 mechanisms are outside the scope of this proposal. Such355 mechanisms as Secured MIME (S/MIME) [2633] or similar might be356 appropriate.357

    358 Interoperability considerations:359

    360 Because DICOM information is specific to the medical (imaging)361 domain, generic e-mail applications may not be able to interpret362 the information.363

    364 The Media Type has been designed in order to allow for365

    366 (i) DICOM aware applications to interoperate,367 (ii) generic applications to save the files in a form368 recognizable as DICOM files, that a DICOM application may369 subsequently use.370

    371 Published specification:372

    373 The Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM)374 Standard is a standard of the DICOM Standards Committee, published375 by the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA), 1300376 N. 17th Street, Rosslyn, Virginia 22209 USA,377 (http://medical.nema.org).378

    379 Applications which use this media:380

    381 Biomedical imaging applications.382

    383 Additional information:384

    385 1. Magic number(s): "DICM" after 128 byte preamble indicates DICOM386 PS 3.10 file387

    388 2. File extension(s): ".dcm" is recommended for files saved to389 disk (other than DICOMDIR)390

    391 3. Macintosh file type code: Macintosh File Type "DICM" is392 recommended393

    394 4. Object Identifiers: none395

    396 Person to contact for further information:397

    398 1. Name: Howard Clark399 2. E-mail: [email protected]

    401 Intended usage:402

    403 Common404

    405 Interchange of biomedical images.406

    407

  • Supplement 54: DICOM MIME TypePage 10

    Author/Change controller:408409

    DICOM Standards Committee410411

    3. References412413

    [DICOM] DICOM Standards Committee, "Digital Imaging and414 Communications in Medicine", 2001.415

    416 [2387] Levinson, E., "The MIME Multipart/Related Content-type", RFC417 2387, August 1998.418

    419 [2633] Ramsdell, B., "S/MIME Version 3 Message Specification", RFC420 2633, June 1999.421

    4224. Authors' Addresses423

    424 David Clunie425 RadPharm426 943 Heiden Road427 Bangor PA 18013428 USA429

    430 Phone: +1-570-897-7123431 Fax: +1-425-930-0171432 EMail: [email protected]

    434435

    Emmanuel Cordonnier436 Etiam437 20 rue du Pr J. Pecker438 35000 Rennes439 France440

    441 Phone: +33(0)299 14 33 88442 Fax: +33(0)299 14 33 80443 EMail: [email protected]

    4455. Full Copyright Statement446

    447 Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2002). All Rights Reserved.448

    449 This document and translations of it may be copied and furnished to450 others, and derivative works that comment on or otherwise explain it451 or assist in its implementation may be prepared, copied, published452 and distributed, in whole or in part, without restriction of any453 kind, provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are454 included on all such copies and derivative works. However, this455 document itself may not be modified in any way, such as by removing456 the copyright notice or references to the Internet Society or other457 Internet organizations, except as needed for the purpose of458 developing Internet standards in which case the procedures for459 copyrights defined in the Internet Standards process must be460 followed, or as required to translate it into languages other than461 English.462

  • Supplement 54: DICOM MIME TypePage 11

    463 The limited permissions granted above are perpetual and will not be464 revoked by the Internet Society or its successors or assigns.465

    466 This document and the information contained herein is provided on an467 "AS IS" basis and THE INTERNET SOCIETY AND THE INTERNET ENGINEERING468 TASK FORCE DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING469 BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTY THAT THE USE OF THE INFORMATION470 HEREIN WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY RIGHTS OR ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF471 MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.472

    473Acknowledgement474

    475 Funding for the RFC Editor function is currently provided by the476 Internet Society.477

  • Supplement 54: DICOM MIME TypePage 12

    Example 1: Simple DICOM File MIME message (Informative)478

    From: "Dr Smith" 479To: "Dr Johnson" 480Subject: test DICOM Mime Type481Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 15:15:35 +0100482MIME-Version: 1.0483Content-Type: Multipart/mixed;484

    boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0027_01BF27A0.9BE21980"485486

    This is a multi-part message in MIME format.487488

    ------=_NextPart_000_0027_01BF27A0.9BE21980489Content-Type: text/plain;490

    charset="iso-8859-1"491Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit492

    493Message text: this is a DICOM MIME Type example for DICOM File.494

    495------=_NextPart_000_0027_01BF27A0.9BE21980496Content-Type: Application/dicom;497

    id="i00023"; name="i00023.dcm"498Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64499

    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533

  • Supplement 54: DICOM MIME TypePage 13

    534------=_NextPart_000_0027_01BF27A0.9BE21980--535

  • Supplement 54: DICOM MIME TypePage 14

    Example 2: DICOM File Set MIME message (Informative)536

    From: "Dr Johnson" 537To: "Dr Smith" 538Subject: DICOM MIME sub-type file set example539Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2002 16:24:27 +0100540MIME-Version: 1.0541Content-Type: multipart/mixed;542

    boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0062_01C1C786.EA262CC0";543start="";544type="text/plain"545

    546This is a multi-part message in MIME format.547

    548------=_NextPart_000_0062_01C1C786.EA262CC0549Content-Type: text/plain;550

    charset="iso-8859-1"551Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit552Content-ID: ""553

    554This is an example message containing a DICOM file set encoded following the555DICOM MIME sub-type (RFC3240).556

    557558

    ------=_NextPart_000_0062_01C1C786.EA262CC0559Content-Type: text/plain;560

    name="header1.txt"561Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable562Content-Disposition: attachment;563

    filename="header1.txt"564Content-ID: ""565Content-Description: Header of the medical message566

    567This is the header part of the message, which contains:568- a first text document (letter1)569- a DICOM file set part (dicomfileset1) including an additional =570complementary note571This message was sent by Dr Johnson to Dr Smith.572It relates to the patient: DICOM Nema (M) 01/01/1993573------=_NextPart_000_0062_01C1C786.EA262CC0574Content-Type: multipart/related;575

    boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0062_01C1C786.EA262CC1_13487";576start="";577type="application/dicom"578

    579------=_NextPart_000_0062_01C1C786.EA262CC1_13487580Content-Type: text/plain;581

    name="dicomfileset1note1.txt"582Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit583Content-Disposition: attachment;584

    filename="dicomfileset1note1.txt"585Content-ID: ""586Content-Description: Note for the images use587

    588This is a simple note, for receivers who can not read images.589These images are DICOM 3.0 images and the DICOMDIR index related file.590Please use a DICOM compatible application.591

  • Supplement 54: DICOM MIME TypePage 15

    DICOM is a Standard Mark of Nema (www.nema.org).592------=_NextPart_000_0062_01C1C786.EA262CC1_13487593Content-Type: application/dicom;594

    id="DICOMDIR";595name="Dicomdir"596

    Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64597Content-Disposition: attachment;598

    filename="Dicomdir";599Content-ID: ""600Content-Description: Index of the images (DICOMDIR)601

    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623

    624------=_NextPart_000_0062_01C1C786.EA262CC1_13487625Content-Type: application/dicom;626

    id="SE0001/I0001";627name="I0001.dcm"628

    Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64629Content-Disposition: attachment;630

    filename="I0001.dcm"631Content-ID: ""632Content-Description: Color image633

    634635

    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

  • Supplement 54: DICOM MIME TypePage 16

    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

    662------=_NextPart_000_0062_01C1C786.EA262CC1_13487663Content-Type: application/dicom;664

    id="SE0001/I0002";665name="I0002.dcm"666

    Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64667Content-Disposition: attachment;668

    filename="I0002.dcm"669Content-ID: ""670Content-Description: B&W image671

    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701

    702------=_NextPart_000_0062_01C1C786.EA262CC1_13487--703------=_NextPart_000_0062_01C1C786.EA262CC0--704

    705

  • Free Viewer

    XCTMRI

    Free ViewerViewer PACS DICOMDICOM

    DICOM 3.0(Free-Software)

    1. Osirishttp://www.expasy.org/www/UIN/html1/projects/osiris/osiris.html OSIRISThe OSIRIS imaging softwareUniversity Hospital of Geneva 6 PACS

    OSIRIS

    2. PiViewhttp://www.mediface.com

    Piview/

    piview

    ///////////window level: // 100

    3. DICOM Eyehttp://www.etiam.com

    DICOM Eye ETIAM DICOMDIR 21

  • View DICOM TagsDICOM Storage Service ClassDICOM Query/Retrieve Service Class DICOM Media Storage Service Class(DICOMDIR)

    DicomWorks 1. DICOM 2. DICOMDIR 3. DICOM Tag

    http://dicom.online.fr/

    FP Image 1.View DICOM Tag http://www.fpimage.com/info.html

    JDICOM DICOM Service Class

    http://www.tiani.com/JDicom/

    Java Application DICOM Service Class AP

    DICOMScope

    1.DICOM Storage SCU/SCP 2.DICOM Print SCU/SCP 3.Secure Transport Connection Profiles

    and Digital Signature Profiles

    http://dicom.offis.de/dscope.php.en

    1. OFFIS

    Java Application for DICOM Viewer

    2.

  • 1

    (DICOM) 90

    (Health Certification Authority, HCA)92 IC

    IC

    HIPAA

    HIPAA (Administrative Procedure) (Physical Safeguards)(Technical Security Services)(Technical Security Mechanisms )

  • 2

    PKI

    (Confidentiality)(Integrity)(Non-Repudiation)(Authentication)(Access Control)(Auditing Trials)

    (Public Key algorithm)

    Public Key Infrastructure(Public Key) (Private Key)

    PKI

    (hash)(Hash Result)

  • 3

    (Trust Third Party,TTP)(Certification Authority,CA)

    ID

    CA

  • 4

    DICOM 15(Security Profiles)

    DICOM 2000 Part 15 Security Profiles Part 15

    DICOM Part 15

    (Public Key algorithm)

    DICOM Part 15

    DICOM Part 15(Secure Use Profile)(Secure Transport Connection Profile) (Digital Signature Profile) (Media Storage Security Profile)(Attribute Confidentiality Profile) DICOM Part 15 DICOM Secure Use Profile () SOP instance status

    DICOM DICOM Secure Transport Connection Profile () TLS(Transport Layer Security protocol Vision 1.0 protocol)

    ISCL(Integrated Secure Communication Layer,v1.00) DICOM Digital Signature Profile () RSA DIOCM

  • 5

    Media Storage Security Profile () DICOM

    (data origin authentication) Attribute Confidentiality Profile ()

    OSI(Application level) DICOM(Conformance) DICOM Part 15

    Part 3 Annex C.12.1.1.3 Digital Signatures MacroDICOM SupplementsSupplement 31(Secure Communication)Supplement 41(Base Digital Signature)Supplement 51(Media Exchange Security)Supplement 55(De-Identification)

    () PKI

    DICOM

    1. TLS

    TLS 1.0 1 TLS

    1TLS

    TLS

    RSA

    RSA

    SHA

    DESEDECBC

  • 6

    2. ISCL

    ISCL 1.00 ISCL 2

    2ISCL

    ISCL

    ()(ISO/IEC 9798-2)

    MD-5DESDES-MAC(ISO 8730)

    DES()

    RSA

    1. RSA Base RSA Digital Signature Profile

    DICOM RSA RSA RSA RIPEMD-160 MD-5 SHA-1 RSA RSARFC2437(PKCS#1)MAC DICOM(04000015) "RIPEMD- 160""MD5" SHA1"(04000110)"X509_1993_SIG"X.509

    2. RSA Creator RSA Digital Signature Profile

    DICOM SOP

    SOP RSA

  • 7

    (1) SOP UID

    (2) SOP

    (3) UID

    (4)

    (5)

    (6)

    (7) SR SR

    (8)

    RSA 3. RSA Authorization RSA Digital Signature Profile

    DICOM SOP SOP RSA RSA

    (1)SOP UID

    (2) UID

    (3)()

    (4)

    (5)

    (6) SR SR

    (7) DICOM

    1. DICOM

    DICOM

    PKI PKI

  • 8

    CA

    PKI CA

    (PACS) PKI PACS .. DICOM DICOM

    CA ( HCA , GCA, MOICA) DICOM

    DICOM DICOM

    PACSDICOM

    DICOM

    ( DICOM BIT-PRESERVING Digital Signatures Secure Use Profile) DICOM DICOM

    (Enveloped Signature) XMLEnveloped Signature(http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/REC-xmldsig-core-20020212/Overview.html )

  • 9

    MAC Parameters Sequence Digital Signatures Sequence MAC Parameters Sequence Digital Signatures Sequence( DICOM Part3 Annex C.12.1.1.3 Digital Signatures Macro)

    Sequence Sequence Item Item

    MAC Parameters Sequence Digital Signatures SequenceMAC Parameters Sequence Items Item Digital Signatures Sequence Item Item (04000005) MAC ID Number MAC Parameters Sequence MAC Parameters Sequence Digital Signatures Sequence Items Item MAC Parameters Sequence

    Digital Signatures Sequence

    MAC Parameters Sequence

    MAC Parameters Sequence

    Digital Signatures Sequence

    Item 1 Attributes

    MAC Parameters Sequence

    Digital Signatures Sequence

    Item 2 Attributes

    Pixel Data

    Sequence of Items

    Other Header Data

    Other Header Data

  • 10

    DICOM DICOM DICOM DICOM DICOM

    DICOM DICOM

    PACS DICOM(Modality) DICOM Storage(DICOM Viewer) DICOM Query/Retrieve

    DICOM Server Operations for Storage and Query/Retrieve DICOM

    (1) DICOM Storage service Storage Request DICOM Command Object

    (DCO) DICOM Data Object(DDO) DCODDO Request Response DCO DCO

  • 11

    (2) DICOM

    (3)(4)(6)(8)(9)

    (5) DICOM Query service Query RequestRequest DCO

    DDO Response DCOResponseDDO

    (7) DICOM Retrieve service Retrieve RequestRequest DCO

    DDO Response DCO Response DDO

    DICOM DICOM

  • 12

    DICOM Part 15 DICOM

    DICOM Part 15 The Basic TLS Secure Transport Connection ProfileDICOM StorageQueryRetrieve

    Client Server

    SSL or STL connection request Client ------------------------------------------->> Server

    Response Certificate of server

    Client Server

    Data transfer2

    Client > Server 1. Exchange the symmetric Key that is encrypted by the public Key in certificate 2. Data transfer is encrypted by the symmetric Key ServerClient

    SSL STL Client Client Client Server DICOM storageClient(SCU) DICOM Server (SCP)

    Client (SCU)

  • 13

    Client ClientDICOM Query/Retrieve ServerDICOMQuery/Retrieve DICOM Query/Retrieve SCU ClientDICOM Query

    DICOM Query/Retrieve DICOM Query/Retrieve SCU(Client)DICOM

    E-Mail DICOM

    DICOMSMTP(E-Mail)HTTP(Web)

    E-MailMail DICOM RFC 3240 - Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) - Application/dicom MIME Sub-type Registrationhttp://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc3240.html RFC Mail( DICOM files and DICOM Dir)DICOM Mail

    S/MIME(Security / Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) http://www.imc.org/ids.html Client--Server S/MIME (1)

    (2)

  • 14

    1.

    ()

    2. Mail(S/MIME Mail )

    3. Mail CA

    4. Mail

    5. Mail

    6. ()

    1

    2

    3()

    4(S/MIME )

    5

  • 15

    mail

    S/MIME (MS

    Outlookhttp://210.241.69.194/download/security_Email_920908.pdf Mail Mail S/MIME

    Mail S/MIME E-Mail

    E-Mail E-MailS/MIME DICOM

    MailMailMailMailMail

    1. (: ttp://islab.csie.thu.edu.tw/case/EHR/)

    2. ()

    3. (: Patient ID Student instance UIDSeries instance UIDImage instance UID)

  • 16

    4. Mail

    5. Mail

    6. Mail

    7. MailDICOM Retrieve

    8. MailMail

    9. E-Mail

    Mail

    ( Security Proxy ) Security Proxy Proxy

    Web service

    Mail Web HTTPSWeb HTTPS HTTPS SSL(SSL)Web Server HTTPS Client(Web Client) Client Web Client Server(Web Services)Web SOAP(Simple Object Access Protocol) SOAP HTTP HTTPS XML XMLHL7 V3 XML XML Web

  • 17

    XML (Base64 Encoding) XML DICOM XML XML HTTPS SOAPWeb Service

    (1) (Browser)(Web Server)

    (2) ()

    (3) (Patient IDStudent instance UID Series instance UIDImage instance UID) SOAP Client

    (4) Browser

    (5) SOAP Client(SOAP Server)

    (6) SOAP Server XML

    (7) SOAP Server XML DICOM Retrieve

    (8) SOAP ServerBase64( 1)XML(Browser)

    (9) Browser XML DICOM

    (10) Web Service

    Web SOAP

    Client(Browser) SOAP Server

  • 18

    Web service

    ( 1) Base64 Base64 XML Client Server (http://www.microsoft.com/taiwan/msdn/library/2003/Mar-2003/infoset_whitepaper.htm ) XMLWeb Service

  • IHE

    Gateway

    / (HIS)

    (RIS)

    ( Digitizer )

    ( )

    ( )

    ( MRI )

    HIS

    RIS

    Image

    Manager

    Image

    Display

  • IHE

    Modality /Gateway

    Image Display

    Image Manager

    Procedure Scheduled (O) Procedure Update (O)

    Modality Worklist Provided (R) Modality PPS in Progress (O) Modality PPS Completed (O)

    Modality Image Stored Modality PPS in Progress Modality PPS Completed

    Query / Retrieve Images

    Order Filler / DSS

    Modality / Gateway

    Image Display

    Image Manager

    Procedure Scheduled (O) Procedure Update (O)

    Modality Worklist Provided (R) Modality PPS in Progress (O) Modality PPS Completed (O)

    Modality Image Stored Modality PPS in Progress Modality PPS Completed

    Query / Retrieve Images

    Order Filler / DSS

  • Free Software

    DICOM DICOM 1. CTNCentral Test Node Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology RSNA

    DICOM ANSI C SUN Solaris 2.6, Red Hat

    Linux 6.2, Windows NT 4.0(ftp://dicomctn.wustl.edu/pub/)

    DICOM Service Classes 2. DVTDICOM Validation Tool AGFA PHILIPHS

    DICOM( License Agreement)DVT DICOMDVTWindows NT/2000

    DVT DICOMScripts(Scripts) DICOM DVT DVT DVT

  • DICOM Tag Viewer

    DICOM(data set)

    (data element)(field)(data element tag)(value length)(value field)(value representation)(explicit)

    (explicit VR)VR(implicit VR)VR

    (DICOM PS 3.5)

  • (Value Length)

    (DICOM PS 3.5)

    Tag VR Value Length Value

    Group Number

    Element Number

    VR Reserved Unsigned IntegerData element

    values

    2 bytes 2 bytes 2bytes 2 bytes 4 bytes

    (Value Length) (DICOM PS 3.5)

    Tag VR Value Length Value

    Group Number

    Element Number

    VR Unsigned IntegerData element

    values

    2 bytes 2 bytes 2bytes 2 bytes

    VR (DICOM PS 3.5)

    Tag Value Length Value

    Group

    Number

    Element

    Number Unsigned Integer Data element value

    2 bytes 2 bytes 4 bytes

    DICOM DICOM DICOMDICOM DICOM )(information entity)

  • 1

    (FFFE,E000)(FFFE,E00D)(FFFE,E0DD)(FFFE,E000)(FFFE,E00D)(FFFE,E0DD) 4

    (1) 4 00000000H

    (2) FFFFFFFFH FFFFFFFFH(FFFE,E000)(FFFE,E00D)(FFFE,E00D) 00000000H

  • (coded entry data)DICOM IOD(code sequence attribute) .(code sequence)(code scheme)(triplet code)(coding scheme designator), (the code value)(code meaning)(0008,0100)(0008,0102)(0008,0103)(0008,0102)(0008,0102)(0008,0103)(0008,0104) (Channel Source Sequence) (003A,0208) (Channel Sensitivity Units Sequence)(003A,0211)

    DICOM (DICOM content

    mapping resource) context group( ) (template)Context groupCID(context group identifiers)TID(template identifiers)

  • DICOM Tag ViewerDICOM

    DICOM DICOM

    Load DICOM File

    DICOM

  • DICOM

    DICOMSQ

  • (Item) Item DICOM

    DICOM Tag Viewer 1.

    2. DICOM viewer DICOM DICOM Viewer DICOM DICOM DICOM Viewer DICOM Tag Viewer DICOM DICOM DICOM viewer

  • modality consoleImage acquisition

    Quality controlQuality assuranceISO

    -PACS Picture Archiving and Communication System

    -DICOM Digital Communication in Medicine[1]serviceDICOM Modality WorkListPACSRIS RIS

    Barcode Reader

    RIS

    FDAQCCTnon-DICOMDICOMDICOM

    12

  • CTDICOMattribute tagImage Acquisition ContextIAC

    KVPX-ray Tube CurrentExposure Time

    point of study timemeasurement report

    attribute tags

    Type 1,Type 2 and Type 3 attribute tags []DICOM level 2 Server

    vendor specific/proprietary image formatmodality LUTHounsfield UnitHUDICOM or non-DICOMComputed RadiographyCRoptic densityOD( console )window center / window widthVOI value of interest VOI( window center/window width)

    Presentation lookup tablelung windowbone window

    DICOMPatient levelStudy levelSeries levelImage / instance levelDICOMseries levelinstance level

  • series mergingseries splittingimage sorting3

    standard digital display system? CRTTFT-LCD

    luminancecharacteristic curveambient light

    ( DICOM )( Grayscale monitor)Grayscale Standard Display Function [2]

    CIE-labGSDF Grayscale Standard Display FunctionBartens Curve [3]DICOMPhotometerBartens CurveBartens Curvelinear4perceptual5%95%JND: Just Noticeable Differences0-2000 CD/m2 candela per square meterBartens model

    4096

    25610244096 mapping10 bits 1021 grayscaleslimitation

  • DICOMformattransmission protocol2-3DICOM( IOD) Presentation StateModality Type: PR[45]

    DICOMPRtemplateCR5

    DICOM

    Digital RadiographyXModality Type: DXVOI LUT modulelookup tabledata elementlookup tableDDLdigital driving levelGamma correctionmid-tonePRX [] Type 1Type 2and Type 3 attribute tagsDICOM

    data elementtype 1VR; type 2 NULLtype 3NULLType 2CType 3CC conditional

  • Reference 1. NEMA Standards Publication PS 3.x, Digital Imaging and Communications in

    Medicine (DICOM), National Electrical Manufacturers Association, 2101 L Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 20037, 1992-2001.

    2. NEMA Standards Publication PS 3.14, Digital Imaging and Communications in

    Medicine (DICOM), Part 14: Grayscale Standard Display Function, National Electrical Manufacturers Association, 2101 L Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 20037, 1998-2001.

    3. Barten, PGJ, Physical model for the Contrast Sensitivity of the human eye,

    Proceedings SPIE 1666, 57-72 (1992). 4. Marco Eichelberga, Jrg Riesmeiera, Klaus Kleberb, Jrg Holsteinb, Herman

    Oosterwijkc, Peter Jenschd, Consistency of Softcopy and Hardcopy: Preliminary Experiences with the new DICOM Extensions for Image Display.

    5. Eichelberg M, Riesmeier J, Jensch P: Grayscale Softcopy Presentation States a new

    DICOM Service for Documenting Image Appearance in a Softcopy Environment, in: P. Rehak, H. Hutten: Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, Vol. 37, Supplement 2, pp. 1544-1545 (1999).

    1

  • DICOM HiQ, PlusMV-1000DICOMDICOMRadwork QC workstation VOIvalue of interestTagseries merging, splittingDICOM PRINT

    2a

    2b

  • (2a, 2b)

    3

    drap and drop

    4Barten

  • Bartens linearlookup tablepixel dataGSDF

    5Presentation State

    DICOMSCOPE 3.5.1 [4] OFFIS e.V., D-26121 Oldenburg, GermanyPR.I.O.D.

  • Introduction to Compression Related Issues in the DICOM Standard

    David Heaney, 31-Jan-2001

    The DICOM Standard currently supports the following types of image data compression: Run Length Encoding (RLE), JPEG Lossy compression, JPEG Lossless compression, and JPEG-LS compression. JPEG-LS compression can be either lossy or lossless depending on the particular Transfer Syntax specified. In addition to these existing types, a new compression standard is soon to be added to the DICOM Standard, JPEG 2000. This is a wavelet based type of lossy compression. Besides offering better compression ratios in general than JPEG Lossy compression, JPEG 2000 also supports the compression of 16 bit stored per sample image data. This is a big advantage over JPEG Lossy compression that only supports image data with up to 12 bits per sample. For this reason JPEG 2000 will probably be more widely implemented and supported than JPEG Lossy compression.

    The Ultrasound Work Group is also considering adding support for some type(s) of MPEG compression to the DICOM Standard. MPEG compression could prove very useful with really long ultrasound clips (such as those acquired for fetal cardio exams) as it should yield better compression ratios than the other lossy mechanisms. WG 12 however is concerned over the proliferation of allowed types of compression. Many archives still do not support JPEG Lossy compression so adding the requirement to support both JPEG 2000 and MPEG may prove unrealistic, especially when MPEG use will be limited to long ultrasound clips where individual image frame quality and consistency of quality is not so important. If the marketplace however demands MPEG support due to the support of MPEG clips by DVD recorders then we may have little choice but to add it.

  • UID

    DICOM Part 3 UID

    UID(Org Root)(Suffix)UID=.

    UID UID (UID)" . "Exp 2.16.886.101.20025UID " . " UID UID (Character)UID NULL(00E) UID(Character set) ISO646:19901.2.840.10008DICOM UID DICOM UID UID OID OID 2.16.886.101.20003.20014 OID

    Exp 2.16.886.101.20003.20014.20006 2.16.886.101.20003.20014.20011

    OID OID(2.16.886.101.20003.20014) OIDhttp://www.nhi.gov.tw/02hospital/hospital_7.htm

    0Exp 0228712121 DICOM UID OID OID OID 0 (Exp 1) OID 2.16.886.101.20003.20014.10228712121 OID 1 0 OID

  • A novel codification scheme based on the VITAL and DICOM standards for telemedicine applications

    VITALDICOM

    Anthoula P. Anagnostaki, Sotiris Pavlopoulos*, Efthivoulos Kyriakou, and Dimitris Koutsouris

    ()

    -- VITAL DICOM Sup. 30

    ()

    (3-lead SpO2)(UML)

    I.

    A.

  • [1],[2][3] SIDS

    [4]

    [5]

    [6],[7] 1996 GSM

    [8][10]

    [11],[12]

  • 1984 IEEE P1073 (MIB)[13][16][17],[18]

    RS232

    3.2 0.0510 EN ISO 9703-31998 ISO/OSI

    (CEN ENV13734 VITAL) [19] VITAL IEEE IEEE 1073

    B.

    ()

    TCP/IP3-lead ( NIBP )HR

  • -- VITALDICOM 30[21][23]

    VITAL-[24]European Commission-Directorate General Enterprise(ISIS) VITAL ENV 13 734 DICOM Supplement30 [21][23]

    VITAL DICOM /

    C . VITAL DICOM Supplement 30

    ( 1 ) VITAL VITAL ENV 13 734

    /

    (/ )

    ISO 1) (DIM) 2) 3) (MDIB) DIM

    VITAL

    (CMDISE) ISO/IEC 9595 (CMISE)

  • DIM (instantiations)

    (UI)MDIB

    ( 2 ) DICOM Supplement 30

    DICOM 1 DICOM DICOM Supplement

    WG1

    HL7 IEEE MIBDICOM

    DICOM

    II.

    A.

    (ECG)

    VITAL DICOM

  • B.

    CEN(ENV13735) [25]

    /

    CEN

    --

    EKG--

    ()

    -- NIBP -

    ----

    ()ECG

    (LANs)

  • RS-232 RS-232

    ECG 3 SpO2

    C .

    -- VITAL DICOM

    ( 1 ) VITAL DIM

    (MDS)(VMDs)ECG VMDNIBP VMD SpO2 VMD IEEE 1073[26] IEEE--(MDDL) 1073.1.x[27][29]

  • VITAL

    48

    ( 2 ) Coad Yourdon

    VITAL(UML) [30]UML [31](RAD) UML [32]

    UML

    1-3 UML 4. 98

    1

  • 2

    3

    4

  • UMLMDS(VMD)ECG VMDNIBP VMD SpO2 VMDECG VMD HR HR HR ECG ECG NIBP VMDNIBP NIBPSpO2 VMD PR SpO2

    ECG III III()()(c-tree)

    D.

    TCP/IP VITAL IEEE OSI ACSE OSI TCP/IPISO CMOT

    (CMDISE)

    (PDU)PDUs PDUs PDU PDU

    CPU

  • ISO 8824 1 (ASN.1) ISO 8825(BER) CEN/TC 251/PT35[25] VITALPDUs PDU

    E.

    DICOM 30

    DICOM

    DICOM 30

    DICOM

    5 DICOM

  • 5

    III.

    A.

    /(ECG) [33]

    () ( 1 )/ ( 2 )/

  • (PVSM) Johnson & Johnson CRITIKON DINAMAP PLUS 8700/9700[34] RS-232/(PC)

    [35]Windows 98 Intel PC

    6.

    6

    B.

    VITAL(GUI) [36]

    ECGSpO2NIBP HRPR 3 ECG ECG 12.5 25 50/ ECGPR ECG

  • PR SpO2PR PR

    NIBP

    PRPRSpO2SpO2NIBP NIBPNIBP NIBPNIBP NIBP ECGNIBP

    C.

    TCP/IP [37]

    RS-232 (PPP)PPP TCP IP

    Borland Delphi 4.0[39],[40]

    D.

    (DCS)

    DCS(CIF) 40 15 25

  • IV.

    CRITICON DINAMAP

    Windows 98 PC VITAL DICOM30

    ( 1 ) ( 2 ) ( 3 )ECGNIBP ( 4 ) PSTN ( 5 )

    7 PR

    40

    7 ID PR

  • /

    DICOM OO

    VITAL DICOM

    /

  • V.

    (HCMR) [43](FEF) [44]

    CEN/TC251/PT-40 (Revision 1.0, 29/11/1999)

    ENV 13 735(CEN)

    CEN IEEE

    [45]

    VITAL DICOM(W3C)(XML) XML

    CEN TC251 XML

    [1] J. Bai et al., A home electrocardiography and blood pressure telemonitoring system, J. Telemed. Telecare, vol. 3, Supp. 1, 1997.

    [2] P. Johnson et al., A telemonitoring network for remote vital signs monitoring in the home, J. Telemed. Telecare, vol. 2, Supp. 1, p. 123, 1996.

    [3] V. Barbaro et al., A portable unit for remote monitoring of pacemaker patients, J. Telemed. Telecare, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 96102, 1997.

  • [4] S. Strode, S. Gustke, and A. Allen, Technical and clinical progress in telemedicine, J. Amer. Med. Assoc., vol. 281, pp. 10661068, 1999.

    [5] T. Wheeler, Strategies for delivering telehome care-provider profiles, Telemed. Today, vol. 6, pp. 3740, 1998.

    [6] J. Bai, Y. Zhang, D. Shen, L. Wen, C. Ding, Z. Cui, F. Tian, B. Yu, B. Dai, and J. Dang, A portable ECG and blood pressure telemonitoring system, IEEE Eng. Med. Biol. Mag., vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 6370, July/Aug. 1999.

    [7] B. Morlion, Y. Verbandt, M. Paiva, M. Estenne, A. Michils, P. Sandron, C. Bawin, and P. Assis-Arantes, A telemanagement system for home follow-up of respiratory patients, IEEE Eng. Med. Biol. Mag., vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 7179, July/Aug. 1999.

    [8] S. Pavlopoulos, S. Dembeyiotis, G. Konnis, and D. Koutsouris, AMBULANCE Mobile unit for health care provision via telematics support, in Proc. IEEE Engineering Medicine and Biology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Oct. 1996.

    [9] S. Pavlopoulos, S. Dembeyiotis, and D. Koutsouris, An augmented reality system for health care provision via telematics support, in Proc. MMVR-97 Conf., San Diego, CA, 1997.

    [10] E. Kyriacou, S. Pavlopoulos, A. Bourka, A. Berler, and D. Koutsouris,Telemedicine in emergency care, in Proc. 6th Int. Conf. Medical Physics, Patras 99, Patras, Greece, Sept. 1999.

    [11] P. Norrie, Nurses time management in intensive care, Nursing Critical Care, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 121125, 1997.

    [12] A. J. Sims et al., An architecture for the automatic acquisition of vital signs by clinical information systems, IEEE Trans. Inform. Technol. Biomed., vol. 4, pp. 7475, Mar. 2000.

    [13] R. M. Gardner et al., Medical Information BusThe key to future integrated monitoring, Int. J. Clin. Monit. Comput., vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 205209, 1989.

    [14] R. J. Kennelly and J. Wittenber, New IEEE standard enables data collection for medical applications, J. Amer. Med. Inf. Assoc., vol. 55, pp. 531535, 1994.

    [15] R. J. Kennelly and R. M. Gardner, Perspectives on development of IEEE 1073: The Medical Information Bus standard, Int. J. Clin. Monit. Comput., vol. 14, pp. 143149, 1997.

    [16] IEEE 1073.3.1, Standard for Medical Device CommunicationsTransport ProfileConnection Mode: IEEE publications.

    [17] R. Ruiz et al., Development works on interoperability norms for bedside devices communication, in Proc. 5th Conf. ESEM, 1999, pp. 227228.

  • [18] AORTICS project [Online]. Available: http://www2.echo.lu/telematics/ health/aortics.html.

    [19] CEN/TC251/PT5-021, Health informaticsVital signs information representationVITAL,, CEN ENV13734, Final Draft, July 1999.

    [20] W. R. Stevens, TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume IThe Protocols, ser. Addison- Wesley, 1995.

    [21] ACR-NEMA, DICOM Supplement 30: Waveform Interchange, Revision 1.1 Document for Letter Ballot: NEMA Standard Pub., Feb. 1999.

    [22] ACR-NEMA, Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM), Parts 110 and Supplements 111: NEMA Standard Pub., 1996.

    [23] Philips Medical Systems, DICOM Cook Book for Implementations in Modalities: Philips Medical Systems Tech. Rep., Jan. 1999.

    [24] VITAL-Home project [Online].available: http://www.biomed.ntua.gr/vital_home. [25] CEN/TC 251/PT 35, Interoperability of patient connected medical devices,

    draft,, CEN ENV13735, May 1999. [26] IEEE 1073.1, Medical Device Data Language (MDDL) framework and

    overview, in Standard for Medical Device Communications, Apr. 1997. [27] IEEE 1073.1.6, Medical Device Data Language (MDDL) virtual medical device,

    specializedECG component, in Standard for Medical Device Communications, Dec. 1998.

    [28] IEEE 1073.1.3.7, Medical Device Data Language (MDDL) virtual medical device, specializedBlood pressure, in Standard for Medical Device Communications, Mar. 1999.

    [29] IEEE 1073.1.3.4, Medical Device Data Language (MDDL) virtual medical device, specializedPulse oximeter, in Standard for Medical Device Communications, Apr. 1999.

    [30] J. Rumbaugh, I. Jacobson, and G. Booch, The Unified Modeling Language Reference Manual, ser. Addison-Wesley, 1998.

    [31] I. Jacobson, Object-Oriented Software EngineeringA Use Case Driven Approach, ser. Addison-Wesley: ACM Press, 1996.

    [32] B. P. Douglass, Real-Time UML: Developing Efficient Objects for Embedded Systems, ser. Addison-Wesley Object Technology, 1998.

    [33] S. Pavlopoulos, E. Kyriacou, A. Berler, S. Dembeyiotis, and D. Koutsouris, A novel emergency telemedicine system based on wireless communication technologyAMBULANCE, IEEE Trans. Inform. Tech. Biomed., vol. 2, pp. 261267, Dec. 1998.

    [34] DINAMAP PLUS monitor host communications, CRITIKON Inc., USA, 776 591B, 1994.

  • [35] S. Pavlopoulos and A. Delopoulos, Designing and implementing the transition to a fully digital hospital, IEEE Trans. Inform. Tech. Biomed., vol. 3, pp. 619, Mar. 1999.

    [36] B. Shneiderman, Designing the User Interface. Reading, MA: Addison- Wesley. [37] J. J. McKee et al., Digital transmission of 12-lead electrocardiograms and

    duplex speech in the telephone bandwidth, J. T and T, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 4248, 1996.

    [38] F. Halsall, Data Communications, Computer Networks and Open Syst