Alexander J Towbin, Christopher J Roth, Cheryl A Petersilge, Kimberley Garriott, Kenneth A Buckwalter, David A Clunie
In order for enterprise imaging to be successful across a multitude of specialties, systems, and sites, standards are essential to categorize and classify imaging data. The HIMSS-SIIM Enterprise Imaging Community believes that the Digital Imaging Communications in Medicine (DICOM) Anatomic Region Sequence, or its equivalent in other data standards, is a vital data element for this role, when populated with standard coded values. We believe that labeling images with standard Anatomic Region Sequence codes will enhance the user's ability to consume data, facilitate interoperability, and allow greater control of privacy...
January 22, 2021: Journal of Digital Imaging: the Official Journal of the Society for Computer Applications in Radiology