Dear PACS Insider,
We return this month to the hot topic of CT radiation dose monitoring, a challenging task that has spurred the development of a number of techniques for extracting dose data from legacy images.
While most new CT scanners support DICOM Radiation Dose Structured Reports, many older systems do not. And support for the Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) Radiation Exposure Monitoring integration profile continues to be a complicating factor.
Several researchers and developers were on hand at the recent Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) annual meeting in Washington, DC, to discuss their various methods for dealing with the problem. Our coverage of their presentations is the subject of this month's Insider Exclusive, which you can access before the rest of our AuntMinnie.com members.
Also be sure to check out our other current articles from SIIM, including coverage of a presentation by Dr. Steven Horii on reading room design. Developers of imaging informatics software will also be interested in associate editor Cynthia E. Keen's story on navigating the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's regulatory review process.
Find out how PACS audit data can unlock emergency department image viewing stats here and how automated calibrations may justify the price of medical-grade displays. Also, discover why social networks offer both opportunities and pitfalls for radiology.
In other articles we're featuring in this issue, you can learn more about a PACS text paging app for critical results notification and how informatics may be able to solve CT workflow dilemmas.
Do you have a topic you'd like to see covered in your PACS Digital Community, or are you interested in submitting an article to AuntMinnie.com? Please feel free to drop me a line.
