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Title | ||
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Characterization of the Stakeholders of Medical Imaging Based on an Image Repository. |
Abstract | ||
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Background: The optimization of the performance of medical imaging departments should be supported by the quality of the available information, namely the characterization of the involved stakeholders. Objective: The study reported in this paper aimed to assess the quality of Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine (DICOM) metadata related to the characterization of the stakeholders of medical imaging, particularly in terms of the availability of the attributes and their usage trends. Methods: The authors analysed the DICOM metadata related to all the imaging studies carried out by all medical imaging modalities and stored in the PACS of a medium size hospital during one year period (i.e. 5153870 images, corresponding to 97612 studies performed on 61256 patients). Results: It was identified a considerable variation in terms of the number of DICOM attributes available for each medical imaging modality (between 10 and 20), and how these attributes are used to characterize medical imaging stakeholders. Conclusion: A better use of DICOM metadata can be achieved, namely to characterize the stakeholders of medical imaging and to promote the communication between them. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2017 | 10.1007/978-3-319-56538-5_81 | RECENT ADVANCES IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES, VOL 2 |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
DICOM metadata,Stakeholders of medical imaging,Radiology,Information quality | Modalities,Metadata,Computer vision,DICOM,Medical imaging,Computer science,Medical physics,Artificial intelligence,Digital imaging,Information quality | Conference |
Volume | ISSN | Citations |
570 | 2194-5357 | 1 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
0.36 | 4 | 3 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Santos | 1 | 14 | 4.87 |
| Augusto Silva | 2 | 45 | 6.53 |
| Nelson Pacheco Da Rocha | 3 | 61 | 15.69 |