Activities of DICOM WG of MISAT in Taiwan

Jenn-Lung Su, Ph.D.Medical Image Standards Association of Taiwan (MISAT)Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, TaiwanChicago, DICOM Standards Committee , 11DICOM Standards Committee , 11/30/2006

Routine ActivityRoutine Activity Held 4 DICOM workshops on 5/20, 7/10,

9/08/ , and 11/25 this year. Attended DICOM SC meetings, in meetings, in Yokohama,

Barcelona, and Chicago. MISAT: 30+ individual members and 10+

group members. Continue to promote more members to joint MISAT

Update the activity information for DICOM/Taiwan website (www.dicom.org.tw).

DICOM/IHE promotions in 2006

Held workshops in four areas:

Northern (Taipei 台北 on 5/20), Eastern (Yilan 宜蘭 on 7/10), , Southern (Tainan 台南 on 9/08), and Middle ( Chunhwa 彰化 on 11/25) Taiwan. (~300+ people)

IHE success implement story in hospital, Introduction of DICOM, IHE panel discussion

Lecture presented byDr. Yang of Kaoshiung V.A. Hospital

IHE Panel Discussion

IHE promotion in Taiwan Success PACS/IHE implementation

stories for Tri-Service General Hospital, Kaoshiung V.A. Hospital, Chi-Zi Hospital, and Sin-Lau Hospital

WADO application in Medical Informatics Systems

Compression, Image Display Function,

Security…..

DICOM Promotion Help National Health Insurance Bureau (NHI) to

implement the Internet Pre-Operation Insurance Claim System with DICOM/HL-7 standard

PKI for Secure Inter-Hospital Information Exchange

Mechanism of Digital Signature and Encryption for DICOM Object Security Profile

Popularize the UTF-8 Chinese characters of DICOM standard BSMI (Bureau of Standards, Metrology and

Inspection ) supports this project.

Proposed Work Items (2007) Prepare and announce IHE Taiwan(2007)

TF draft for public comment thru internet. Local product venders (Software and LCD

display) and international product venders IHE Connect_A_thon and Demonstration

will be held on March 2007 conjunction with RSROC Annual Meeting during

03/24~03/26 at V.A. General Hospital in Taipei )

Prepare for DICOM WG10 and SC Meeting during 03/22~03/23, and maybe IHE-AO or other WG Meeting ?)

DICOM Training Notes Editing: Lecture Notes collected from local

DICOM conference and Workshop Provide some sugestions to

government in the application of DICOM standards.

DICOM workshop and conference in 2007:1. Introduction of DICOM-2006 and

application examples 2. Dicom-dir for Inter-Hospital

Information Exchange 3. Digital Signature and Encryption 4. Dicom Implementation in Hospital

Proposed Work Items

In Spring 2003 We were there even bothered with SARS

Welcome to Taiwan http://taiwan.net.tw

Taipei

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Shihlin night market

(MRT)

Danshui(MRT)

Kending(THSR)

Welcome to Taiwan http://taiwan.net.tw

Taipei

101Taroko Gorge

National Palace Museum

More places to go:

CKS Memorial Hall

YangmingShan-- Beitou Hot Spring

Sun Moon Lake---Alishan

Snack Food—Many places

台灣醫療影像資訊標準協會－MISAT

website: http://www.dicom.org.tw

Thanks for Your Attention