DICOM INTERNATIONALCONFERENCE & SEMINAR

Oct 9-11, 2010 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Going Digital: Using the DICOM Standard in Dental Imaging

Dr.Nielsen S. Pereira

Luiz Gaspar França dos Santos

PACS Quality Informática Ltda

Brazilian Dental Market

Distribution Total

Dentists 232.208

Radiologists 4.356

Clinics 1.650*

Faculties 191

Federal Council of Odontology - 2009

www.cfo.org.br

*estimated

Going Digital – Options

DR CR

Going Digital – Difficulties and Obstacles

• Correct network layout • Proprietary and incompatible image formats• Multiples independent entries and DB• Storage/Query/Retrieve• Incompatibility with dry-printers• X-ray images indexing• RIS/HIS/PACS interoperability• Proprietary System Application, OS and

Database

Dental Cadi Group

Network Layout

DICOMHL7

PACS & RIS - Solution

• DCM4CHEE PACS + FOSS • DICOM + HL7 = EHR• Dental RIS -> TISS (ANS)

Modality Worklist

Capture Station

Our Quest!!

Muito Obrigado!

The ultimate measure of a man is not where

he stands in moments of comfort and

convenience, but where he stands at times

of challenge and controversy. Martin Luther King, Jr