Title :
Advanced Radiology Information System
Author :
Kolovou, L. ; Vatousi, M. ; Lymperopoulos, D. ; Koukias, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Patras Univ.
Abstract :
The innovative features of an advanced radiology information system (RIS) are presented in this paper. The interoperability of RIS with the other intra-hospital information systems that interacts with, dealing with the compatibility and open architecture issues, are accomplished by two novel mechanisms. The first one is the particular message handling system that is applied for the exchange of information, according to the Health Level Seven (HL7) protocol´s specifications and serves the transfer of medical and administrative data among the RIS applications and data store unit. The same mechanism allows the secure and HL7-compatible interactions with the hospital information system (HIS) too. The second one implements the translation of information between the formats that HL7 and Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine (DICOM) protocols specify, providing the communication between RIS and Picture and Archive Communication System (PACS). The whole structure ensures the automation of the every-day procedures that the ´medical protocol´ specifies and provides its services through a friendly and easy to manage graphical user interface
Keywords :
PACS; diagnostic radiography; electronic data interchange; electronic messaging; graphical user interfaces; open systems; DICOM; Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine; Health Level Seven protocol; PACS; Picture and Archive Communication System; administrative data transfer; advanced radiology information system; graphical user interface; information exchange; information translation; interoperability; intrahospital information systems; medical data transfer; particular message handling system; Biomedical imaging; DICOM; Hospitals; Information systems; Laboratories; Medical services; Picture archiving and communication systems; Protocols; Radio spectrum management; Radiology; DICOM; HL7; Radiology; healthcare; information systems; interoperability; messaging service;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2005. IEEE-EMBS 2005. 27th Annual International Conference of the
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8741-4
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2005.1615718
