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Scientific Program

  The SIIM 2008 Scientific Program captures the science at the heart of the SIIM Annual Meeting. Each scientific session features moderated, peer-reviewed presentations grouped into related categories. This year’s program includes 54 abstracts presented as papers in 10 scientific sessions. Six of the abstract authors, whose abstracts were highly ranked by peer-reviewers, have been invited to give an extended presentation of their papers.

The scientific program also features a poster and demonstration session and the R&D Symposium. Awards include poster and demonstration prizes, 8 New Investigator Travel Awards, and the Roger A. Bauman Award for Best Student Paper. Scientific awards and prizes are presented to recipients at the closing general session on Sunday morning, May 18th.
   

 

 
Thursday, May 15, 2008
 

8th Annual Research & Development Symposium
10:15 am – 11:15 am                                                             Ballroom 6A

Presented by the SIIM Research and Development Committee

Session Chair:                                                                                                    Elizabeth A. Krupinski, PhD
University of Arizona

SIIM TRIP™ Compression Study: Update & Progress

SIIM 2007 Grant Recipient Research Findings:

  • John Kornak, PhD, University of California, San Francisco: “Improved Statistical Reconstruction of Low-Resolution Physiological and Molecular MRI Modalities”

The results of the simulation study show strong potential for K-Bayes to significantly improve the resolution, accuracy, and precision of traditionally low-resolution MRI modalities. In this SIIM 2008 R&D presentation, the author will present application to real perfusion and MRSI data, quantifying the levels of improvement afforded by K-Bayes over standard DFT reconstruction. An important aspect of this validation is to test the robustness of the method to registration and misclassification errors. If these translate to real low-resolution MRI datasets, then K-Bayes could have a major impact on research and clinical MRI.

  • Chris L. Sistrom, MD, MPH, University of Florida Health Center: “Systematic Nomenclature for Imaging Procedures (SNIP)” 

The reasons for creating a shared naming convention for imaging procedures are myriad, diverse, and critically important. Ordering, scheduling, protocoling, performing, reporting, and billing of radiology examinations are matters of practical necessity. The SNIP project seeks to collaboratively create and distribute an open source ‘universal radiology charge master’ that is freely available to all interested organizations or individuals. In addition to the very practical functions involved in actually providing imaging services to patients, there are matters of accreditation, credentialing, quality assessment, utilization management, and research to consider. The grant from SIIM supported the development of a web-based resource for creating, storing, and distributing SNIP that would be open source, community powered, and perpetually renewed.

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Scientific Session 1 - Image Distribution and Experiential
1:15 pm - 2:45 pm                                                                          Ballroom 6A

Co-Chairs:
Richard L. Morin, PhD
Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville

Eliot L. Siegel, MD
University of Maryland School of Medicine
VA Maryland Health Care System

Xebra: Web-based Image Distribution of a Different Stripe
David Kates, MS, MBA
Hx Technologies Inc.

The Impact of Wireless LAN-based Mini-PACS for Portable Imaging Modalities
Hak Jong Lee, MD
Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

Direct Image Capture from Referring Hospitals in Trauma Transfer -- Initial Results of a Technical and Workflow Solution
Mary L. Holdren
Geisinger Medical Center

Challenges of Implementing a New RIS in a Large Enterprise
Shirley N. Gumpf, MS
Cleveland Clinic Health Systems

Experience of the Implementation of a Secure PACS for Small Hospitals
Jorge V. Teijeiro, MD, PhD
IMEDIR, University of A Coruña

Monitoring the PACS Implementation Process in a Large University Hospital
Bram Pynoo, MSc
Ghent University Hospital

   
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Scientific Session 2 - Vocabularies and Ontologies
1:15 pm - 2:45 pm                                                                             Room 608/609

Co-Chairs:
Curtis P. Langlotz, MD, PhD

University of Pennsylvania Health System

David L. Weiss, MD
Geisinger Medical Center
 

Featured Session:

 


Ontology-Assisted Analysis of Web Queries to Determine the Knowledge Radiologists Seek*

Daniel L. Rubin, MD, MS
Stanford University

Variability of Subspecialty Search Queries Made Using a Radiology-specific Search Engine
Richard E. Sharpe
University of Maryland Medical Center


Natural Language Processing Can Accurately Identify and Classify Key Information in Free Text Radiological Reports
James R. Flanagan, MD, PhD
Language and Computing, Inc.

The ImageCLEFmed Medical Image Retrieval Task Test Collection
William R. Hersh, MD
Oregon Health & Science University

What are Radiologists Looking For? The Demographics and Usage Statistics for a Novel Radiology-Centric Websearch Engine
Njogu Njuguna, MD
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

   
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Scientific Session 3 - Image Processing and Analysis I
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm                                                                            Room 608/609

Co-Chairs:
Richard H. Wiggins, III, MD

University of Utah Health Science Center

Bradley J. Erickson, MD, PhD
Mayo Clinic Rochester
 

Featured Session:

 


Computer Vision Approach for Ultrasound Doppler Angle Estimation *
Ashraf A. Saad
University of Washington

Texture Model Comparison for Lung Nodule Interpretation and Retrieval
Ryan D. Datteri
Gonzaga University

Reliability of Lower Limb Frontal Plane Alignment Measures Obtained with the Use of a Customized Digital Analysis Program Equipped with Specialized Electronic Tools
T. Derek V. Cooke, MA,MB,BChir
Queen's University

Enterprise PACS: Technology Convergence or Divergence?
Nicole Gibran, MD
Harborview Medical Center

Automatic Volumetric Breast Density Assessment in the eXtensible Imaging Platform
Alexander Shnayder                                                                               Lafayette University

   
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Friday, May 16, 2008
 

Scientific Session 4 - Infrastructure and Administration
10:15 AM - 11:45 AM                                                                         Room 608/609

Co-Chairs:
William G. Eversman, MD                                                                                            Mayo Clinic

David W. Piraino, MD
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
 

Featured Session:

 


Effect of Monitor Brightness Decay on DICOM Conformance *
David S. Hirschorn, MD
Staten Island University Hospital

DICOM Installation and Troubleshooting
Herman J. Oosterwijk, MS, MBA
OTech Inc.

Intelligent Image Routing in a Digital Clinical Practice
William G. Eversman, MD
Mayo Clinic

An Approach for Discovery, Mapping & Monitoring of DICOM-Compliant Devices in a Complex Provider Network
Harshad Puppalwar
CitiusTech Inc.

Automation of Support in Complex Imaging Infrastructure Environments
John E. Zastawnik, III
Cleveland Clinic Foundation

   
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Scientific Session 5 - Image Acquisition and QA
1:15 pm - 2:45 pm                                                                           Ballroom 6A

Co-Chairs:
J. Anthony Seibert, PhD

University of California, Davis

Charles E. Willis, PhD
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
 

Featured Session:

 


An Evaluation of a Technologist Peer Review System Utilizing Context-based Integration with a PACS System *
Paul G. Nagy, PhD
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Dose Monitoring Through the Use of Web Services and a Service Oriented Architecture
Alex A. Reis
Agfa HealthCare

PLEASE NOTE ABSTRACT CORRECTION:  Under Evaulation section, "The application uses a number of DICOM tags to display summary data to the user: CTDI Volume (0018 9445). 

Reject Analysis Tool
Raimund Polman
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Creation of a Digital Radiography Quality Assurance (QA) Database for Education, Research, and Technology Development
Eliot L. Siegel, MD
University of Maryland School of Medicine, VA Maryland Health Care System

Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder: Image Quality Perception for Digital Radiography
Joseph J. Chen, MD
University of Maryland Medical System

   
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Scientific Session 6 - TRIP™ I: GUIs and Quality/Safety
1:15 pm - 2:45 pm                                                                        Room 608/609

Co-Chairs:
Katherine P. Andriole, PhD

Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Byrn Williamson, Jr., MD
Mayo Clinic
 

Featured Session:

 


Evaluating User Interactions for Stack Mode Viewing *
M. Stella Atkins, PhD
Simon Fraser University

Virtual "One-Box" Solution: Feasibility of a Network-Based Software-Only Solution for Single Keyboard-and-Mouse Control of PACS, Voice Recognition, RIS and EMR Applications Distributed Over 2 or More PCs
Stuart R. Pomerantz, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital

Meeting the Joint Commission's 2008 National Patient Safety Goals: An Outcomes Study Assessing Improvement in Rate of Documentation of Critical Radiology Results Conveyance Brokered by a Novel Software System
Mark J. Halsted, MD
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

American College of Radiology's National Radiology Data Registry
David S. Channin, MD
Northwestern University Medical School

Multi-Touch Gesture Input: A Method for Reducing Discrete Mode-Actions within PACS to Achieve a More Fluid Image-Manipulation Paradigm
Stuart R. Pomerantz, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital

   
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Scientific Session 7 - Image Processing and Analysis II
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm                                                                        Room 608/609

Co-Chairs:
Elizabeth A. Krupinski, PhD

University of Arizona

Carter Yates
Barco

A New Discrete Transform for Efficient Medical Image Texture Analysis
Sylvia Drabycz
University of Calgary, Seaman Family MR Research Centre

Analysis of Tumor Heterogeneity and Temporal Change for Cancer Treatment Outcome Prediction: Application to Cervical Cancer                                 Original title: Outcome Prediction for Radiation Treatment of Cervical Cancer by Assessing Tumor Heterogeity and Temporal Change □ ◊                                                                  Jeffrey W. Prescott, MS
The Ohio State University

GPU-Accelerated 3D Rigid and Deformable Co-Registration of Medical Datasets
Daniel H. Adler
University of Calgary, Seaman Family MR Research Centre

Computer-Assisted Interpretation of Portable Chest X-ray Images in Intensive Care Units (ICUs)
Zhimin Huo, PhD
Carestream Health Inc.

Computer Aided Detection (CAD) Application of the Knee on MR Imaging
Nabile M. Safdar, MD
University of Maryland

Increasing Accuracy of Mutual Information Based Registration of Tumor SPECT and CT Images with Dual-isotope Acquisition
Lisa Tang
Simon Fraser University

   
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Scientific Poster and Demonstration Session
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm                                                                              Room 602/603

2008 Progress Report for the National Cancer Institute's caBIG Imaging Workspace and NCIA
Eliot L. Siegel, MD
University of Maryland School of Medicine, VA Maryland Health Care System
See NCI's caBIG™ Imaging Program Demonstration

A Simple System to Facilitate Radiologists' Follow-up of Patient Outcomes
Tarik K. Alkasab, MD, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital

A Web-based, Customizable and Interactive Radiology Teaching File Server
Roland Talanow, MD, PhD
Cleveland Clinic Foundation

An Image Based Semiautomatic Online Cancer Staging Software for Common Lung Cancers and Female Pelvic Malignancies
Roland Talanow, MD, PhD
Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Business Intelligence Tools for Radiology: Creating a Prototype Model Using Open-Source Tools
Luciano M. S. Prevedello, MD
Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Communication of Semi-urgent Radiology Findings: Early Experience with Secure Electronic Notification in a Large Multispecialty Group Practice
Suzanne K. Ramthun, MBA, RT(R)
Mayo Clinic, Rochester

Creation and Usability Testing of a Web-Based Pre-Scanning Radiology Patient Safety and History Questionnaire Set
Tracy J. Robinson, MD
University of Utah

Development of a Standardized Quality Assurance Lexicon for Digital Radiography                                                                                     
James Sehnert, PhD
Carestream Health, Inc.

Evaluation of the Inflamed Synovial Volume of the Knee
Juha I. Vuorela, PhilLic
Central Finland Health Care District

Fourier Descriptors for Lung Nodule Boundary Analysis
Marwa N. Muhammad
Bryn Mawr College

Further Field-Trial Examples of Invisible & Barely Visible Minute Fractures Enhanced to Become Clearly Visible by a CAD Based on the De-Convolution Technique
Kui Ming Chui, PhD
Image Enhancement Technology Ltd.

Gray Level Display Requirements Based on Visual Perception of Radiographic Patterns
Michael J. Flynn, PhD
Henry Ford Health System

Guideline of DATA CD for Quality Control of PACS
Dong-Wook Sung, MD, PhD
Kyung Hee University Hospital

HDR Tone Mapping to Increase Detection of Pulmonary Nodules in Frontal Radiographs of the Chest
David S. Channin, MD
Northwestern University

Improving Radiologist Productivity: The Lahey Experience
Audrey L. Hartman, MD, MS
Lahey Clinic

Image Segmentation and Cluster Analysis Using BISS for Investigating the Effects of Intercellular Distance on Polymicrobial Biofilm Formation
Rizi Aznita
Georgia State University

Insurance Driven Radiologist Worklists for Teleradiology
David S. Hirschorn, MD
Staten Island University Hospital

Interactive Tumor Growth Evaluation Using Adaptive Image Segmentation
Jacob Scharcanski, PhD
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Interoperability with XDS-I - 5 Things You Need to Know
Jody D. Lynch, MBA
IBM

Lean IT: Cure for Medical Informatics
Peter K. Ghavami, MS
Harborview Medical Center

Medical Imaging Conferences for the Enterprise: Synchronous and Asynchronous Distribution of Content
Luciano M. S. Prevedello, MD
Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School

New Technique to Quantify the Arterial Stiffness and Intima-Media Thickness from Its Longitudinal and Consecutive Ultrasonography
Sun-Hua Pao, PhD
Industrial Technology Research Institute

Ontological Mapping of Anatomical Locations of Neurological Findings in a Large Radiology Reports Database with Natural Language Processing Program
Pragya A. Dang, MD, MBBS
Massachusetts General Hospital

Prospective Evaluation of Software Designed to Perform Automated Quality Analysis for CR and DR Examinations
W. James Sehnert, PhD
Carestream Health, Inc.

PubMed Reader - A Custom-defined Tool for Instant Literature Updates
Roland Talanow, MD, PhD
Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Query Analysis to Improve Medical Image Retrieval
Jayashree Kalpathy-Cramer, PhD
Oregon Health & Science University

Securely Using Windows XP-based PACS Workstations Using Microsoft Windows Remote Desktop Protocol from Non PACS Workstation Computers
Salil Soman, MD, MS
UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

State Of The Art Interactive 3D Medical Visualization Using the Power of the GPU
Eric S. Penner, MSc
Seaman Family MR Research Centre

The Rise of Medical Grade WiFi Networks
Pamela L. Jorgensen
Harborview Medical Center

Tumor Imaging Metrics Core; Transforming Image Assessment Practices for Clinical Trials
William B. Hanlon, MSc
Massachusetts General Hospital

Web-based Report and Image Viewing Workstation for Teleradiology Using Linux-based Thin-client Home Video Game Console
Norio Nakata, MD
Jikei University School of Medicine

Where Have All the Seconds Gone?
Tamara M. Haygood, MD, PhD
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

   
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Saturday, May 17, 2008
 

Scientific Session 8 - Standards and Security
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM                                                                       
Ballroom 6A

Co-Chairs:
Steven C. Horii, MD

University of Pennsylvania Health System

Paul J. Chang, MD
University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine

DICOM for Teledermatology
Peter M. Kuzmak, MS
Department of Veterans Affairs

An Open Source IHE PIX Manager for Cross Enterprise Document Sharing
Matt Feurer
Northwestern University

Loading DICOM Images and Metadata into the XIP Platform
Alexander Shnayder
Lafayette University

An Evaluation of a Medical Imaging Viewer Utilizing AJAX-enabled Web Browsers and Open Standards
Bill E. Wallace, MMath
Agfa HealthCare

DIAS: A Role-Based Authorization System for Images in Grid Environments
Tony Pan, MS
The Ohio State University

A Novel Authentication System Based on Hand Vascularature                           C. Lakshmi Deepika
PSG College of Technology

   
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Scientific Session 9 - Productivity and Workflow
1:45 pm - 3:15 pm                                                                       
Ballroom 6A

Co-Chairs:
J. Raymond Geis, MD

Advanced Medical Imaging Consultants, PC

George H. Bowers, MBA
Health Care Information Consultants, LLC

Paperless Protocoling at an Outpatient Imaging Center
Matthew J. Bassignani, MD
University of Virginia Health System

A Web-Based Modality Utilization Monitoring and Reporting System Based on DICOM MPPS
Glenn Potter
Agfa HealthCare Corporation

Impact of Workflow on Diagnostic Image Quality
W. James Sehnert, PhD
Carestream Health, Inc.

Outside Studies in the Digital Era: A Necessary Evil for Now
Steve D. Ramsey, MBA
University of Michigan

Desktop Based Patient Synchronized Applications Using Windows Scripting
David W. Piraino, MD
Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Productivity of Speech Recognition - Follow-up Study
Tomi A. Kauppinen, PhD
Helsinki University Central Hospital

   
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Scientific Session 10 - TRIP™ II: CBIR and Data Warehousing
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm                                                                          Ballroom 6A

Co-Chairs:
David E. Avrin, MD, PhD

University of California, San Francisco

Barton F. Branstetter, IV, MD
University of Pittsburgh Health Systems

 

Featured Session:

 


"Web 2.0" Applications in Radiology: Feasibility of a Dynamic, Context-Sensitive Inline Image Gallery *
Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD, MS
Medical College of Wisconsin

Use of Radcube - For Extraction of Finding Trends in a Large Radiology      Practice
Pragya A. Dang, MD, MBBS
Massachusetts General Hospital

Study-Stash: A Community Driven Findings Knowledge Base for Teaching and Research
Max J. Warnock
University of Maryland Medical System

A Unifying Framework for Combining Content-Based Image Retrieval with Relational Database Queries for Biomedical Applications
Indriyati Atmosukarto, MS
University of Washington

2008 Progress Report for the National Cancer Institute's caBIG Imaging Workspace and NCIA
Eliot L. Siegel, MD
University of Maryland School of Medicine                                                     VA Maryland Health Care System

See NCI's caBIG™ Imaging Program Demonstration
 

 
 
*  Featured Scientific Presentations: The SIIM Program Committee has selected these papers to be “featured presentations” within the scientific sessions. These abstracts are considered to be examples of outstanding science; therefore the authors will provide a more thorough and in-depth presentation of their research at the meeting. Instead of the normal 15-minute scientific presentation, they have been invited to present a 30-minute talk.

  New Investigator Travel Award Recipient

  Students eligible for Roger A. Bauman Best Paper Award

 
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