Paper Info
Title
System integration and DICOM image creation for PET-MR fusion.
Abstract
This article demonstrates a gateway system for converting image fusion results to digital imaging and communication in medicine (DICOM) objects. For the purpose of standardization and integration, we have followed the guidelines of the Integrated Healthcare Enterprise technical framework and developed a DICOM gateway. The gateway system combines data from hospital information system, image fusion results, and the information generated itself to constitute new DICOM objects. All the mandatory tags defined in standard DICOM object were generated in the gateway system. The gateway system will generate two series of SOP instances of each PET-MR fusion result; SOP (Service Object Pair) one for the reconstructed magnetic resonance (MR) images and the other for position emission tomography (PET) images. The size, resolution, spatial coordinates, and number of frames are the same in both series of SOP instances. Every new generated MR image exactly fits with one of the reconstructed PET images. Those DICOM images are stored to the picture archiving and communication system (PACS) server by means of standard DICOM protocols. When those images are retrieved and viewed by standard DICOM viewing systems, both images can be viewed at the same anatomy location. This system is useful for precise diagnosis and therapy.
Year
DOI
Venue
2005
10.1007/s10278-004-1024-4
Journal of Digital Imaging
Keywords
Field
DocType
DICOM gateway, image fusion, IHE
Vendor Neutral Archive,Computer vision,DICOM,Image fusion,Computer science,Picture archiving and communication system,Default gateway,Digital imaging,Artificial intelligence,Hospital information system,System integration
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
18
1
1618-727X
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.43
3
Authors
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Chia-Hung Hsiao11347.11
Tsair Kao21567.36
Yu-Hua Fang310.43
Jiunn-Kuen Wang430.90
Wan-Yuo Guo5194.66
Liang-Hsiao Chao610.43
Sang-Hue Yen752.42