Program

PACS in redesigning Healthcare
Organisational redesign, Workflow and Integration in The Healthcare Enterprise

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Wedensday 14. June 2006

Nova Conference Centre
Pre-Conference Program
10.00 - 12.00
Plenary Session
Introduction to the seminars/workshops
PACS and EPR: Integrating images in the Electronic Patient Record
Associate Professor Arild Faxvaag, Norwegian Research Centre for Electronic Patient Records (NSEP), NTNU, Trondheim Norway

Medical Images and Telemedicine
Dr. Xiaohong Gao, Project Manager The TIME-Project between China and EU

Medical Images and The Future Operating Room
Discover Medical Imaging in a new way: Live demo from the Operating Room of the Future at St Olav Hospital
Professor Hans Olav Myhre and Dr Ronald Mårvik, St Olav Hospital, Norway

Chair: Jim J Yang, Head of Department, Principal Advisor, PhD, KITH

12.00 - 13.00 Lunch

13.00 to 17.00 Choose between different seminars/workshops More information
A PACS and The EPR Integrating images in the Electronic Patient Record Rica Nidelven Hotel	B Medical Imaging and Telemedicine The EU-China Workshop & Medical Imaging and the Operating Room of the Future Nova Conference Centre	C Continuity of Care - the interoperability vision Nova Conference Centre
Meetings
	15.00 to 17.00 Radiation Dose and RIS Rica Nidelven Hotel

Get together-party for International and Norwegian Guests
19.30
Rica Nidelven Hotel

Thursday 15. June 2006
Radisson SAS Royal Garden
International EuroPACS 2006 Conference
10.00
Plenary Session
Chair: Davide Caramella, Italy and Jan Størmer, Norway

Welcome to Norway and EuroPACS 2006
Jacob Hygen, Managing Director, Norwegian Center for Informatics in Health and Social Care

Opening

Musical opening with Gjermund (24) and Einar Olav Larsen (26), violin-playing brothers and winner of the Norwegian competition in folk musik in the past three years

Health Services in Norway
Gunnar Bovim, Professor, Managing Director, St Olavs Hospital, University Hospital of Trondheim
Stig Slørdahl, Professor, Dean, Faculty of Medicin, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

PACS in Europe - a platform and tool for integrated solutions
Dr Jarmo Reponen, President The EuroPACS Association

PACS is only in the beginning of being used as a clinical research tool
Professor HK Huang, Univ. of Southern California, US

12.00 - 13.00 Lunch

Web-based PACS for all users
Hanna Pohjonen, Docent, Dr. Tech., Rosalieco Oy, Finland

Regional eHealth experience and concepts in Austria
Werner Leodolter, Dr, Steiermärkische Krankenanstalten GmbH, Austria

Sharing IT and human resources to create a multicenter radiology department
Alex Lopez Garcia, Msc, UDIAT-CD, Spain

Diagnostic Imaging Electronic Health Record - Strategy and Planning
Dorothy Whittick, Bachelor of Arts, IBM Canada, Canada

Shifting storage requirements due to modality changes in six years of PACS
P.M.A. van Ooijen, MSc PhD, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

14.30 - 15.00 Coffe break

Open Source Project in Medicine
Introductory lecture: Dr. Peter Mildenberger, Professor of Radiology, University Hospital Maintz, Germany

Integration of PACS/RIS and EPR
Introductory lecture Dr. Josep Fernandez Bayó, University of Barcelona, Spain

Chair: Peter Mildenberger, Germany and Bjørnar Næss, Norway

Chair:Josep Fernandez Bayó, Spain and Kristin Rygh, Norway:

The o3consortium, an open source perspective in the PACS world
Paolo Inchingolo, Professor, Universita di Trieste, Italy

Architecture for a Distributed National Electronic Health Record System in Austria
Raimund Vogl, Dr, Health Information Technology Tirol, Austria

OpenSource PACS: A Suitable solution?
Daniel Zoubek, MD, University Hospital Motol, Czech Republic

Integration of out-patient data into the PACS using a decentralized upload tool
P.M.A. van Ooijen, MSc PhD, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

An Open Source Toolbox for Communication and Correction of DICOM Objects
Thomas Hackländer, M.D., MSc, HELIOS Klinikum, Germany

Integrating multimedia workflow into the EPR
Erwin Bellon, M.Sc., Ph.D, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium

Open source software, the future of medical imaging?
J.Henriksen, MSc, Department of Computer Science, University of Tromsø, Norway

Clinical Portal at the National Hospital (Rikshospitalet – Radiumhospitalet HF)
Mats A. Olsen, Radiograf, Rikshospitalet – Radiumhospitalet HF, Norway

Break

Managing visual light images as part of the electronic patient record
Michel Feron, M.Sc., University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium

Clinical Experiences
Introductory lecture:Jarmo Reponen, Dr, University of Oulu, Finland

Web Enabled Patient Communication and Healthy Monitoring System
Arzu Baloğlu, Prof, Marmara University, Turkey

Chair: Laurence Sutton, UK and Hans Flaata, Norway

Break

Collaboration across national borders using e-health technology
Thomas Tveit Rosenlund, M Sc, KITH AS, Norway

New technology and Organisational challenges
Introductory lecture: Dr Raymond Vogel, HITT - Health information technology Tirol, Austria

Chair:Raymond Vogel, Austria and Vemund Riiser, Norway

Multiradiological 2D and 3D Imaging with MR, CT and ultrasound
Toril A. Nagelhus Hernes, Ass Professor, SINTEF/NTNU, Norway

Out-Sourcing the Components of the Digital Healthcare Imaging and Management Systems
Edward M. Smith, Professor of Radiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, USA

On the Use of Computers to Simulate Cardiac Functions
Marius Lysaker, Dr. Scient, Simula Research Laboratory, Norway

Introduction of RIS/PACS in Screening Mammography: cost/benefit analysis
Barbara Lazzari, Ph.D, General Hospital of Pistoia, Italy

Respons time after replacement of RIS
Andersen, Jack Gunnar, Overradiograf, Ulleval University Hospital, Norway

Liver Iron Overload : Comparison of methods for construction of liver parametric maps
Thomas G. Maris, Assistant Professor, University Hospital of Heraklion, Greece

New RIS/PACS organisational improvements
Tjønneland, Ruth Mona, Overradiograf, Ulleval University Hospital, Norway

How accurately can we evaluate the frequency of complete examinations
Børretzen Ingelin, Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority, Norway

Filmless, Paperless and Digital Sign: socio-economical effect in the hospital
Emilio Camerini, Direttore, Nuovo Ospedale Versilia, Italy

New computer tool for calculation of high aerial tracts
Javier Herrero Jover, Doctor, Alma IT Systems, Spain

Moving equipment, not patients: Use of mobile, digital radiography
Johan Castberg Hellund, MD, Ullevaal University Hospital, Norway

Co-operation and communication intrahospital, intraregional and national in radiology
Mats A. Olsen, Radiographer, Rikshospitalet - Radiumhospitalet HF, Norway

19.00 - 20.30 Reception at The Archbishops Palace

Friday 16. June 2006
Radisson SAS Royal Garden
EuroPACS 2006
08.30
Plenary Session
Chair: Heinz Lemke, Germany and Jarl Jakobsen, Norway

Why do I need Medical Imaging?
Professor Sturla Eik Nes, The National Center for Fetal Medicine, St Olav Hospital, Norway

PACS and the Clinician
Dr Kjell Borthne,Cardiac, Norway

PACS implementation&development in US
Professor Edward M Smith, ScD, University of Rochester Medical Center, US

The Future of Radiology
Professor Anders Persson, Centre for Medical Image Science and Visualization, Linkjöping University, Sweden

Coffee break

Introduction of information technology in Radiology
Petter Hurlen, MD, MSc, Akershus University Hospital, Norway

How to convert from Markcare PACS to Siemens PACS?
John Roar Berger, Ullevaal University Hospital, Norway

Making Distributed Radiology-Work: Integrating RIS/PACS and Internet
Nina Lundberg, Ph.D, eCare AB, Sweden

Enabling cross-organization access to legacy healthcare information systems in ARTEMIS using the IHE RID profile
Ralph Stuber, Dipl.-Inform., OFFIS, Germany

12.00 - 13.00 Lunch

13.00 - 14.00
EuroPACS General Assembly

Teleradiology
Introductory lecture: Jan Størmer, MD, Norway

Image Processing and CAD
Introductory lecture: Professor Ewa Pietka, Gliwice Poland

Chair: Berthold Wein, Germany and Karin Steen, Norway

Chair: Ewa Pietka, Poland and Toril Hernes, Norway

Teleradiology
Aslak Aslaksen, MD, PhD, Haukeland university hospital, Norway

Computer aided Diagnosis in fracture healing
W. Glinkowski, MD, PhD, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland

Cross-enterprise radiological communication - based on IHE-XDS-I
Sverre Almberg Størkson, IT-Radiographer, Western Health Region, Norway

Integrating a CAD mammography server in a digital mammography department
Celia Varela, PhD, Regional Healthcare Service of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain

Teleradiology in practice. Experience from MR studies
Gunnar Kullmann, Radiologist, Norwegian Teleradiological Centre

AAMIR - Austrian Advanced Medical Image Research
Alexander Valentinitsch, Student, General Hospital Vienna, Austria

Baltic ehealth – the future of teleradiology in Baltic Sea Region
Nomeda Valeviciene, assoc. prof., Vilnius University Hospital, Lithuania

Technical information in digital images
Hans-Erik Kaellman, MSc, County Dalarna, Sweden

Inter Health Entity Communication
Reinhold Conrad, Developing Manager, Siemens Norway

CAD workstation for inter and intra-observer studies in detection of demyelination plaques
Jacek Kawa, MS, Silesian University of Technology, Poland

IHE and Integration
Introductory lecture: Professor Dr Berthold Wein, Diagnostic Radiology University Hospital Aachen, Germany

CAD workstation for volumetric measurement of pneumothorax
Dominik Spinczyk, MS, Silesian University of Technology, Poland

IHE in Italy
Paolo Inchingolo, Professor, Universita di Trieste, Italy

Neural Networks in Computer-Aided Diagnosis of Dynamic Breast MRI
Axel Wismueller, MD, PhD, University of Munich, Dept. of Radiology, Germany

Activity of IHE-Japan - Current status and Future
Yutaka Ando, MD, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Japan

X-ray machine for general radiology based on pixel CdTe detector
Mockhtar Chmeissani, Ph. D, Institut De Fisica D’Atlas Energies, IFAE, Spain

IHE and the use of standards – a Norwegian perspective
Edgar Glück, MD, KITH AS, Norway

A RIS/PACS system with integrated advanced image processing technology
Kostas Karolemeas, Research Fellow, University Hospital of Heraklion, Greece

Break

Security issues and legal aspect
Introductory lecture: Dr. Werner Leodolter, Steiermärkische Krankenanstaltengesellschaft, Austria

Parallell Prosessing and GRID Technology
Introductory lecture: Kjell Bratsbergsengen, Professor, NTNU, Trondheim

Digital Certification and electronic signature in a Radiological environment
Isabel Pardo Pardo, M Sc, UDIAT CD, Spain

The Value of Grid Technology in Building Regional and National Medical Image Archives
John Crawford, BSc Hons, Medical Imaging Segment Manager, IBM, UK

Collecting information about the X-ray examinations and radiation doses
Hilde Olerud, PhD, Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority, Norway

PACS GRID
Daniel Ferreira Polónia, PhD Student, Universidade de Aveiro/IEETA, Portugal

Secure healtcare messaging using open standards
Annebeth Askevold, Cand.Scient, Chief adviser / KITH, Norway

Implications of introducing Grid in medical applications
Wolfgang Leister, Dr. rer.nat, Norsk Regnesentral, Norway

Break

Structured Reporting
Introductory lecture: Paolo Inchingolo, Professor, Universita di Trieste, Italy

Broadband and PACS
Introductory lecture: Erik Hansen, Director, National IT, Norway

Chair: Raymond Vogel, Austria and Eli Marie Sager, Norway

Chair: Laurence Sutton, UK and Erik Hansen, Norway

Towards Language Independent Radiology: Potential Role of Structured Reporting
Mansoor Fatehi, MD Radiologist, Iranian Society of Radiology, Iran

Regional PACS in Tuscany
D. Caramella, Prof., University of Pisa, Italy

Speech Magic integrasjon
Ragnhild M Undseth Radiolog, Ullevaal University Hospital, Norway

Healthcare Enterprise Archive (HEA)
Edward M. Smith, Professor of Radiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, USA

SMS, a new tool in the radiological information system information exchange
Josep Valls-Obea, MSc, UDIAT CD, Spain

Storage of DICOM and non DICOM images with adjacent patient data
Nino da Silva, eCare AB, Sweden

Building trust in remote reporting
Hanna Pohjonen, Docent, Dr. Tech., Rosalieco Oy, Finland

Minimizing the Impact of Storage Obsolescence
Edward M. Smith, Professor of Radiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, USA

Structuring of free text diagnostic report
Hiromasa Yamagishi, Toshiba Medical Systems, Japan

PACS planning and starting needs assessment
Fabio Cavalli, MD, SC Radiologia Ospedale Maggiore, Italy

Standardized exchange of medical signals using DICOM waveforms
Michael Onken, MSC (Dipl.-Inform.), OFFIS, Germany

New imaging technique
Introductory lecture: John C Clark, Director of PET Science, Cambridge, UK

eLearning in Radiology
Introductory lecture: Associate professor in radiology, Davide Caramella, University of Pisa, Italy

Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is a three-dimensional (3D) imaging technique
Xiaohong Gao, MD, Middlesex University, UK

Teleeducation in Orthopedics and Traumatology
Wojciech Glinkowski, MD, PhD, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland

PET-Imaging
John C Clark, Director of PET Science, University of Cambridge, UK

DICOM-based teaching archives
Jan Kristek, M.D., Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republic

Computer-Assisted High-Precision Segmentation of Multispectral MRI Data Sets
Axel Wismueller, MD, PhD, University of Munich, Dept. of Radiology, Germany

20.00
Conference Dinner
Royal Garden Hotel

Saturday 17. June 2006
Venue: Radisson SAS Royal Garden
EuroPACS 2006
08.30
Plenary Session
Chair: Jarmo Reponen, Finland and Aslak Bjarne Aslaksen, Norway

Data acquisition and Visualization of Digital Chinese Human Female
Shuqian Luo, Professor, Capital University of Medical Sciences, China

Art of Medicine vs Industrialized Medical Services
Kjell Borthne, MD, PhD, CARDIAC, Norway

HIS and PACS integration in Vilnius University Hospital Santariskiu klinikos
Romualdas Jonas Kizlaitis, Vilnius University Hospital, Lithuania

Coffe break

My experience of PACS as a cost/effective tool for hospitals,
Dr Nicola Strickland, Consultant Radiologist/Senior Lecturer Hammersmith Hospital, England

Medical Images and the Future of Medicine
Professor Erik Fosse, The Interventional Centre Rikshospitalet-Radiumhospitalet university hospital, Norway

EuroPACS 2006 Closing
Roald Bergstrøm, President of the 24th EuroPACS Annual Meeting

12.00 - 13.00 Lunch

Social tour in the surrondings
15.00
Bus from SAS Royal Garden Hotel at 15.00 to Stiklestad. Return to the hotel late in the evening

Sunday 18. June 2006
Norwegian fjords and mountains
Enjoy the tour to the Norwegian fjords and mountains
Special arrangement. Contact the conference secretariat

Pre-Conference Program
Poster Session Open from 15.06. to 17.06.2006: Royal Garden Hotel. Poster presentation every day at 15.00
Filmless, Paperless and Digital Sign: socio-economical effect in the hospital district of Versilia,Tuscany (Italy) Emilio Camerini, Direttore, Nuovo Ospedale Versilia, Italy
Digitally Integrated Teleradiology Network Wolfgang Auffermann, MD, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Structuring of free text diagnostic report Hiromasa Yamagishi, Toshiba Medical Systems, Japan
First implementation of IHE-ITI EUA (Enterprise user authentication) and PSA (Patient synchronized application) in Japan Yutaka Ando, MD, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Japan
A software program for testing a user’s acceptability of display set up using a test image Keith Stean, HDCR, St George's Hospital, United Kingdom
Quantitative investigations for the hospital-spanning viewing of radiological studies Regina Geierhofer, DI, Institute of medical informatics, Austria
Activity of IHE-Japan - Current status and Future Yutaka Ando, MD, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Japan
Digital watermarking based on discrete wavelet transform for medical image Nobuhiro Tsukamoto, MD PhD, Dokkyo University School of medecine, Japan
Transforming the process of radiological image delivery Jarmo Reponen, MD, University of Oulu, Finland
Guided Tours
		Date		Place
Guided tour at the Future Operating Room at St. Olav Hospital in Trondheim		15. and 16.06.2006		11.00 and 13.00. *Must be booked ahead. Contact the conference secretariat*
Guided tour at the New St. Olav Hospital in Trondheim		15. and 16.06.2006
Visit the Exhibitors
Meetings and Special Workshops
Topics	Date		Place		Responsible
Legal issues and Security of transnational teleradiology services					KITH
Radiation Dose and RIS	14.6.2006 15.00 - 17.00		Nova Conference Center		KITH/Norwegian Radiation Protection Autority
Nordic Telemedicine Board Meeting					KITH
Høykom Program Meeting					Høykom
Radiology Management Network Meeting	15.06.2006 16.00 - 18.00		Royal Garden Hotel		St Olav Hospital
IHE Japan- Norway Meeting	16.06.2006 17.00 - 19.00		Royal Garden Hotel		KITH/Japan
China - Norway Meeting			Royal Garden Hotel		KITH
EU-project Meeting: TIME-project between China and EU	14.06.2006 13.00 - 17.00		Nova Conference Centre		TIME-project/EuroPACS
EU-project Meeting: Continuity of Care - The interoperability vision

Program Welcome to EuroPACS 2006: The 24th International EuroPACS Conference, June 15th to 17th 2006 in Trondheim, Norway

Program

Program
Welcome to EuroPACS 2006: The 24th International EuroPACS Conference, June 15th to 17th 2006 in Trondheim, Norway