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Phone: 703-723-0432
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General Sessions
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Opening General Session
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Thursday, May 15
8:00 am – 9:30 am
Ballroom 6BC
Welcome
Curtis P. Langlotz, MD, PhD
Chair, Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Bradley J. Erickson, MD, PhD
Chair, SIIM Annual Meeting Program Committee
Mayo Clinic, Rochester
Keynote Speaker:
Ronald L. Arenson, MD
Chairman, Department of Radiology
Alexander R. Margulis Distinguished Professor of Radiology
University of California, San Francisco
Building Bridges:
Centralized versus Distributed Health Information Systems in
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Dr. Ron Arenson is an expert in radiology informatics, workforce
issues, and the effect of managed care on radiology. He is a
founder of RISC (the Radiology Information
System Consortium) that evolved into SCAR and then SIIM. He is one of the original seven
inductees into the
College of SIIM/SCAR Fellows (COSF). This high honor recognizes
significant achievements that place an individual at the pinnacle of
experts in computer applications in radiology.
In his keynote presentation, Dr. Arenson will address how, historically,
centralized health information systems served central functions like
billing and admissions well, but fell far short on departmental clinical
functions. Departmental systems emerged that provided specialized
applications for the departments but did not communicate well with the
central systems. HL7 served reasonably well for simple ADT data and
results reporting. DICOM solved most of the issues involving medical
image format. IHE has emerged as a promise for context specific
messaging to make these systems appear truly integrated. IHE needs
support from users demanding that vendors provide the agreed-upon
standards. Radiology has traditionally been a leader in informatics and
should continue to lead the effort for distributed but integrated
systems.
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Closing General Session
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Sunday, May 18
10:00 am – 12:00 pm Ballroom 6B
SIIM gratefully acknowledges the support of the closing session through an
unrestricted educational grant provided by
Visage Imaging.
Presentation of
Scientific Awards and
Prizes:
Poster and demonstration prizes, young investigator travel awards,
and the Roger A. Bauman Award for Best Student Paper.
SIIM will announce a special ongoing honor
and commemoration for
Dr. Sam Dwyer.
Bradley J. Erickson, MD, PhD
Chair-elect, SIIM
Mayo Clinic, Rochester
Katherine P. Andriole, PhD
Chair, SIIM 2009 Annual Meeting Program Committee
Brigham and Women's Hospital
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SIIM
Building Bridges...
the Challenges facing Vendors and Imaging Informatics Experts
Moderators:
Eliot L. Siegel, MD
University of Maryland School of Medicine/
VA Maryland Health
Care System
Khan Siddiqui, MD
University of Maryland School of Medicine/
VA Maryland Health Care System |
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| Experts:
David Brown, BSCS, CNMT, CIIP
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Paul J. Chang, MD
University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine
Keith J. Dreyer, DO, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Bradley J. Erickson, MD, PhD
Mayo Clinic, Rochester
Steven C. Horii, MD
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Paul G. Nagy, PhD
University of Maryland School of Medicine
David W. Piraino, MD
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Vendor Representatives
Don Dennison
PACS Product Line Manager, Agfa HealthCare
Marcelo G. Lima
President, Visage Imaging
Kurt Reiff
Vice President, IM Division, Siemens Medical Solutions, USA
Robert Taylor, PhD
President and COO, TeraRecon, Inc.
Don Woodlock
Vice President and Global GM, GE Healthcare Integrated IT
Solutions
Find out how the leading imaging informatics luminaries answer
some of the most compelling questions on everyone's minds. Dr.
Eliot Siegel, an informatics pioneer, will lead a panel of
experts including corporate representatives and imaging
informatics professionals to answer such questions as “What is
the most important "pain point" for radiologists in their
everyday practice?” and “What type of pay back (or ROI)
do companies look for to keep investments in PACS?”
Questions will be submitted in advance by vendors, meeting
attendees, and SIIM members, and reviewed by the panelists prior
to the session. Panelists and vendor representatives will have
the chance to prepare “counterpoints” to the questions and pose
questions among the participants – PACS administrators,
physicians, and vendors. Come to closing session to hear the
answers, but watch out for the crossfire! Submit Your
Questions for the Closing Session and Win a Really Awesome
Gadget courtesy of SIIM! If you have a question that you’ve
always wondered about and have been afraid to or haven’t had the
opportunity to ask current industry leaders/informatics experts,
we dare you to submit it!
Email the
SIIM office
ASAP to
submit the "top 3 questions you have always wanted to ask".
Pose questions that you think would make
great/controversial/challenging ones for our industry
representatives and experts.
Indicate "Closing Session Questions" in the email subject line
and include your complete contact information.
Here is your chance to challenge
vendors to look at current problems, limitations, lack of
progress, their perspective on the future, or other interesting
issues.
SIIM members who submit questions prior to the meeting and come
up with the top questions selected for use at the closing
session will win a prize and will be able to choose their
favorite prize gadget from the following list: Amazon
Kindle, Apple IPOD Touch 16 GB, IBM Think Pad T40, Garmin nuvi 750
Portable GPS System. In case
of duplicate submissions, the first one submitting a question
actually used in the session would win the prize. This is
certainly another reason to attend the closing session on Sunday
May 18th - you may be a lucky winner (must be present to win)!
Undoubtedly, this will be a fun and provocative closing session,
bringing together users and thought leaders in a collegial
setting. From its inception, SIIM has a history of facilitating
productive, open, and forward-thinking interactions between
users and the industry, and we are looking forward to creating
this atmosphere and interaction again at the SIIM 2008 Closing
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Advanced
Processing and Visualization
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Friday, May 16
8:00 am – 9:30 am Ballroom 6B
SIIM gratefully acknowledges the support of the Live Workflow
Demonstration session through an
unrestricted educational grant provided by
Philips Medical Systems.
Katherine P. Andriole, PhD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Paul J. Chang, MD
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Luciano M. Prevedello, MD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Be sure to attend our Advanced Processing and Visualization
Workflow Demonstration providing a look at the current and
possible future states during the Friday May 16, 2008 General
Session from 8am to 9:30am in Ballroom 6B.
Advanced image processing, analysis and display have become
essential tools for radiologists and other clinicians. These
applications may improve diagnostic efficacy and assist in
directing crucial treatment decisions. Recent applications and
advances using CT, MRI and other imaging modalities facilitate
and in fact require workflow changes to realize the full
benefits of these technologies.
Come see today’s hell as we demonstrate current pain points in
the imaging chain from exam protocoling, image acquisition,
transmission, management, display, interpretation, review, and
reporting while we visit the radiologist in the reading room,
the technologist at the CT scanner, the image processor in the
3D lab, and the surgeon in the operating room. Then take a look
at where advanced processing and visualization workflow should
be and hear some suggestions for how we might get there.
Don’t miss Friday
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| Abstract:
The advent of Multi-Detector Computed
Tomography (MDCT) combined with advances in computer
applications has transformed standard bi-planar imaging and
has introduced the ability to easily manipulate and review
complex three-dimensional images using post-processing
techniques. These tools are expected to have a positive
impact on imaging by improving the diagnostic efficacy and
in directing crucial treatment decisions. Processing may
help in identifying case complications, and relaying the
anatomic information in a manner familiar to the clinician,
which may ultimately improve patient care. For this to
happen, the integration of these applications within the
usual workflow is of utmost importance.
Although post-processing applications have been
recognized to be an important tool for diagnostic radiology,
they have been sub-optimally used in many institutions
despite multiple products being available for purchase. The
main reasons for this are the amount of time spent
performing the processing; decreased availability of
workstations; and a shortage of professionals trained to use
these post-processing applications. Recently, with the
ability to embed these applications into PACS, radiologists
have had the opportunity to generate advanced
post-processing images without disrupting their workflow. As
these tools become more available and intuitive to use, and
their value to radiological diagnosis and contributions to
clinical patient management are documented, the need for
information on the subject will increase.
The rationale for using radiologist-driven
post-processing tools in clinical radiology are presented
using specific case-based examples. The problems and
benefits associated with using these applications as part of
the workflow are discussed.
Learning Objectives
- Demonstrate the principles of clinically useful
post-processing tools in clinical radiology using a
case-based approach.
- Explain the obstacles involved in the integration of
these tools with PACS.
- Identify the limitations associated with using these
techniques.
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