Informatics in radiology: IHE teaching file and clinical trial export integration profile: functional examples.
The digital revolution in radiology introduced the need for electronic export of medical images. However, the current export process is complicated and time consuming. In response to this continued difficulty, the Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) initiative published the Teaching File and Clinical Trial Export (TCE) integration profile. The IHE TCE profile describes a method for using existing standards to simplify the export of key medical images for education, research, and publication. This article reviews the authors' experience in implementing the TCE profile in the following three processes: (a) the retrieval of images for a typical teaching file application within a TCE-compliant picture archiving and communication system (PACS); (b) the export of images, independent of TCE compliance of the PACS, to a typical teaching file application; and (c) the TCE-compliant transfer of images for publication. These examples demonstrate methods with which the TCE profile can be implemented to ease the burden of collecting key medical images from the PACS.
Kamauu
Aaron W C
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Department of Methodology and Innovation, Roche Palo Alto, 3431 Hillview Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. aaron@akamauu.com
Whipple
Jeffrey J
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DuVall
Scott L
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Siddiqui
Khan M
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Siegel
Eliot L
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Avrin
David
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D027062:Amino Acid Transport System L; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D003628:Database Management Systems / Q000458:organization & administration; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods*; D011871:Radiology / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011873:Radiology Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States; D014584:User-Computer Interface
D027062:Amino Acid Transport System L