Report on Japanese Activities

Makoto Suzuki

JIRA

2008/Sep/05

Munich, Germany

1) workshop2) publication3) JJ1017 Expansion4) PDI in Japan5) New guidelines from Japanese

government

Contents

DICOM publicity(1)1) Ｗｏｒｋｓｈｏｐ ( domestic )

- DICOM & IHE workshop

IHE-J workshop @ Yamagata 2008-May

IHE-J workshop @ Yokohama 2008-Aug

IHE-J Connectathon @ Tokyo 2008-Oct/27-31

IHE-J workshop @ Kobe 2009-Jan

IHE-J workshop @ Shizuoka 2009-Mar

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DICOM publicity(2)2) DICOM publication ( domestic )

- Refer JIRA home page for translated standards.

http://www.jira-net.or.jp/commission/system/index.html

- ‘DICOM Basics’ by Mr. Herman, Otech.-Full translation-Addition of 2-byte character handling-Published 2008/Julyhttp://www.shinoharashinsha.co.jp/

ISBN978-4-88412-314-7 JPY3990

JIRA DICOM committee activities (3)3) JJ1017 expansion WG ( domestic )

- Sub-WG is now defining info tables for Rad.

Therapy.

- Other categories such as endoscopy /

dental will be considered in the future.

JIRA committee activities (4)

• Supp 124 (parameters on display system )

An application of UPS ( Supp 96 )

Intensively discussed in WG06 now.

PDI in Japan (1)- PDI has been specified and recommended thru

JIRA, IHE-J, etc. in Japan.- Some problems have been reported in handling

PDI media at reception.

- Physical problem ( can not read …)

- Usage ( so many images, hidden files …)

- Related organizations in Japan are discussing practical unified condition for using PDI.

New guidelines in Japan (1)

mhlw ( Ministry of Health,labor and welfare )

is demanding all clinics/hospitals to

claim treatment fees via internet by 2010.

current : print-outs , 5” floppy

2010 ： FTH/CATV/ADSL, VPN, PKI

mhlw also acknowledged that

Medical data can be stored in commercial

warehouse. ISMS(ISO/IEC 27001)

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