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PACS/Computers

Gentili A.^1,2; Hughes T.¹; Chung C.B.^1,2; 1. Radiology, UCSD, La Jolla, CA; 2. Radiology, San Diego VA Medical Center, La Jolla, CA.

Address correspondence to A. Gentili (agentili{at}ucsd.edu)

Background: The MIRC server software can be used to share teaching files or clinical trial data over the Internet.

Key Issues: This exhibit reviews how we have used the clinical trial service to automatically generate teaching file cases directly from PACS. The advantage of using the clinical trial service over the authoring service is the need for minimal user intervention, as data already present in the DICOM heading can be automatically inserted into teaching file cases. In our setting, while reading a case on PACS, the Radiologist needs only to select the images for the teaching file case, write the diagnosis in the "iBox", usually used for wet readings, and send the case to the MIRC server directly from PACS. The MIRC server automatically fills the modified teaching file template using the data in the DICOM header (patient age, patient sex, clinical history, diagnosis, imaging modality, organ system) and creates a simple teaching file. If desired, this teaching file case can be edited at a later time.

Format: This is a didactic exhibit. It describes step by step how to use the clinical trial service to automatically create teaching file cases.

Teaching Points: How to use the MIRC DICOM Service for Clinical Trials to automatically create teaching file cases from PACS. How to modify a MIRC Templates for the DICOM Service to create teaching files.

E326. A User-defined, Dynamic and Free Online Annotation and Image Editing Program to Create Interactive Presentations and Teaching Files

Talanow R.¹; Grunewald M.²; 1. Radiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH; 2. Radiologie, Nuklearmedizinische Klinik Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.

Address correspondence to R. Talanow (roland{at}talanow.info)

Background: At this time there is no image annotation and presentation program available which creates interactive annotations in real-time, is free of charge, accessible from every computer worldwide and is user tailored.

Key Issues: We developed the multilingual online program Annotate, which allows to create easily interactive image annotations and presentations at no charge. It is available over the internet and accessible worldwide from every computer with internet connection. The author does not need to have programming experience. The image edition as well as the linking and the source code are created automatically by the program. A special code algorithm creates automatically multiple quiz modes for every case which may be activated by the author. The created website is immediately available worldwide over the internet. The author can change the annotations and presentations at any time and the changes will be done in real-time. There is no need for a file transfer after each change. The program can be tailored for the individual user's needs.

Format: This program is divided into five sections, the editorial, image editing, presentation, preferences and the viewing section. The editorial section allows the user to create, edit and delete cases and it's interactive annotations. The cases may be seen in a preview in this section. In the image editing section the user may edit the uploaded images for optimizing appearance. The presentation section allows the user to collect multiple cases into a presentation. The preferences area allows the user to change a variety of functions in the editorial and viewing sections (more than 50) and gives the user most possible flexibility to present the cases. The viewing section presents the cases in a user-specified mode on the internet.

Teaching Points: Annotate is an image annotation and presentation program which is available anytime and from every computer, for creating and changing interactive annotations and presentations in real-time. It is user tailored, easy to use and free of charge. There are no programming skills and no additional program file downloads necessary. The user's learning experience may be enhanced by offering multiple modes of presentation.

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