Integration of implant planning workflows into the PACS infrastructure

Michael Gessat; Gero Strauß M.D.; Oliver Burgert

doi:10.1117/12.768217

13 March 2008 Integration of implant planning workflows into the PACS infrastructure

Michael Gessat, Gero Strauß M.D., Oliver Burgert

Proceedings Volume 6919, Medical Imaging 2008: PACS and Imaging Informatics; 69190V (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.768217
Event: Medical Imaging, 2008, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The integration of imaging devices, diagnostic workstations, and image servers into Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) has had an enormous effect on the efficiency of radiology workflows. The standardization of the information exchange between the devices with the DICOM standard has been an essential precondition for that development. For surgical procedures, no such infrastructure exists. With the increasingly important role computerized planning and assistance systems play in the surgical domain, an infrastructure that unifies the communication between devices becomes necessary. In recent publications, the need for a modularized system design has been established. A reference architecture for a Therapy Imaging and Model Management System (TIMMS) has been proposed. It was accepted by the DICOM Working Group 6 as the reference architecture for DICOM developments for surgery. In this paper we propose the inclusion of implant planning systems into the PACS infrastructure. We propose a generic information model for the patient specific selection and positioning of implants from a repository according to patient image data. The information models are based on clinical workflows from ENT, cardiac, and orthopedic surgery as well as technical requirements derived from different use cases and systems. We show an exemplary implementation of the model for application in ENT surgery: the selection and positioning of an ossicular implant in the middle ear. An implant repository is stored in the PACS. It makes use of an experimental implementation of the Surface Mesh Module that is currently being developed as extension to the DICOM standard.

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Michael Gessat, Gero Strauß M.D., and Oliver Burgert "Integration of implant planning workflows into the PACS infrastructure", Proc. SPIE 6919, Medical Imaging 2008: PACS and Imaging Informatics, 69190V (13 March 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.768217

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Picture Archiving and Communication System

Data modeling

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