DICOM structured report document type definition.

Full Abstract

The Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) standard recently introduced rules for the encoding, transmission and storage of the structured diagnostic report. This medical document can be stored and communicated with the images. It has a structure and may contain text, with links to other data such as images, waveforms and spatial or temporal coordinates. The prompt availability of the radiology report is crucial for implementing a Patient Electronic Record. Using the extensible markup language (XML) to encode the radiology report broadens its accessibly. This paper presents a document type definition (DTD) that accurately models the DICOM structured report content, structure, and constraints.

Author information

Author/s: Noumeir, Rita (R);

Affiliation: Ecole de Technologie Supérieure, Montreal, QC H3C 1K3, Canada. rita.noumeir(-atsign-)etsmtl.ca

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: IEEE transactions on information technology in biomedicine : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (IEEE Trans Inf Technol Biomed), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2003-Dec; vol 7 (issue 4) : pp 318-28

Dates: Created 2004/03/05; Completed 2004/06/16; Revised 2007/11/15;

PMID: 15000358, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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