Seminaring about DICOM 17-Jan

After some random seminars , about using AI In Medicine , We Opened another Open Discussion about Medical Imaging and Scanning application in applied Informatics Development , so we decided to start over with the standards . ( DICOM ) .

What’s DICOM ?

DICOM ( Digital Imaging and Communication In Medicine ) , Is a set of Standards for dealing with Medical Imaging ( Scanning , Storing , Archiving , and Transmitting ) , These Standards designed by NEMA ( National Electrical Manufacturers Association ) : Its an association based in USA since 1926 , NEMA Designed Many Standards That Used in electric Industry ever since , including ( DICOM ) .

The First Time I Read about DICOM , was in my second year at the Med School , when i used to sneak out of the normal daily boring medical school duty to CT and MRI Rooms at The University Hospitals , and used to gather , write down any word that i notice , and seek it in the web later . the Technicians , were really helpful . and helping me a lot far as they know . but i still got the problem , almost all of the technicians are users , they moved from X-Ray section to CT and MRI , and do not know that much , from what that ( Geek / Kid ) Talking or asking about , so i have to start digging on my own .( The first Time i readed about it , was in a Manual of CT Scanning Device , Had to Copy It and Return it Back to the technician , who I am Thanking Gratefully now )

Why The DICOM Standards ?
The Need for DICOM Becomes More Needed , When CT and Other Radiological diagnostic Techniques were born , That’ll means many Manufactures , will be producing ( designing , developing and marketing ) their devices , so regarding the fear of incompatible Devices , running in the same hospital , or leaving the Manufactures to put , design their own rules , The NEMA , Set a joint committee in 1983 with The American Collage of Radiology 1983 , to design DICOM . DICOM Aimed To :

• Allow the creation of diagnostic information data bases that can be interrogated by a wide
  variety of devices distributed geographically.
• Facilitate the development and expansion of picture archiving and communication systems
  (PACS) that can also interface with other systems of hospital information
• Promote communication of digital image information, regardless of device manufacturer

P.s ( To That whom asked me , why i care more about the standards sometimes more than the system that working on that standards , here is my answer : The Standards Save Us Chaos ) .

Read more :

• Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine ( wikipedia )
• Medical imaging (wikpedia)
• National Electrical Manufacturers Association

Hamza E.e Mousa

Tags: Medical, Imagin , Scanning , DICOM , NEMA

HONmedia - Medical Images and Videos

HONmedia is an unique repository of over 6′800 medical images and videos, pertaining to 1,700 topics and themes. This peerless database has been created manually by HON and new image links are constantly being added from the world-wide Web. HON encourages users to make their own image links available via the “Submit an image” service.

Website : http://www.hon.ch/cgi-bin/HONmedia

French version : http://www.hon.ch/HONmedia/index_f.html

Moaaz

The Gastrointestinal Atlas

A high resolution video atlas of gastrointestinal endoscopy by Dr. Julio Murra-Saca, MD. from the Republic of El Salvador.

The atlas presently displays 2296 video clips ( more than 6.38 Gigabytes ) covering almost all areas of gastrointestinal pathology detectable by endoscopy.

This Atlas is the Recipient of “25th Annual Audiovisual Award 2005″ of the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.

Website :

English version : http://www.gastrointestinalatlas.com/English/english.html

Spanish version : http://www.gastrointestinalatlas.com/Espanol/espanol.html

Moaaz

The Connecticut Tutorials

http://www.conntutorials.com/video.html

Physical Exam Video tutorials, include :-

Emergency, Neurology, Cardiology, Pulmonary, Musculoskeletal, Abdominal, HEENT and Integrative medicine.

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NeuroExam

http://www.neuroexam.com/

An interactive online guide to the Neurologic Examination by Dr. Hal Blumenfeld,  M.D., Ph.D.

It is a companion to his book:- Neuroanatomy Through Clinical Cases ( 909 pages, 550 illustrations ).

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Pediatric Physical Exam Video

A 20 minute video detailing how to perform the physical exam can be viewed here.

There is also a reference material at the side bar.

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Practice of Medicine

http://www.med-ed.virginia.edu/courses/pom1/videos/index.cfm

A collection of instructional modules and videos demonstrating physical examination techniques.

They include :-

Upper extremities, Vital signs and Chest, HEENT, Cardiac, Abdomen, Lower extremities, Neurological examination, Complete history and physical module.

Moaaz

Cardiology Site

http://www.cardiologysite.com/

A great site includes instructional movies, 3-D animation, panoramic views, online quiz, interactive video-clips, interactive heart sounds & murmurs and interactive echocardiograms.

The sister site, Heartsite.com, provides extensive information about a multitude of different diagnostic tests and therapeutic procedures such as isotope stress testing, transesophageal echocardiography, Holter monitor, Head-up tilt tests, etc.

Moaaz

Updated Medical Podcasts by Medical informatics blog

Library of Medical Informatics Feeds added …by Chris Paton in Medical informatics blog

The Library classified to sections , with some medical categories but some categories still didn`t have any feeds yet ..

Resources :
The First Version of The Medical Podcasts Library feeds by
krafty librarian - link -
Medical Informatics blog Podcasts
Medical Podcasts Directory
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Hamza

Online Atlas of Surgery

The active section is Laparoscopy. Other sections are not available yet.

Laparoscopy section contains :

adrenalectomy - cholecystojejunostomy - gastrojejunostomy - heller myotomy - splenectomy.

Link : http://www.bgsm.edu/surg-sci/atlas/atlas.html

Moaaz