Материал: part17

•​Position and orientation are in separate sequences since they are changed independently.​

•​For real-time sequences there are contrast mechanisms that can be applied to base pulse sequences and are turned on and off​ bytheoperatordependingontheanatomybeingimagedandthetime/contrasttrade-offassociatedwiththese.Suchmodifiersinclude:​ IR, flow compensation, spoiled, MT, and T2 preparation… These probably are not changed in non-real-time scans. These are all​ kept in the MR Modifier Macro.​

"Number of Averages" Attributes is in its own sequence because real-time applications may start a new averaging process every time​ a slice position/orientation changes. Each subsequent frame will average with the preceding N frames where N is chosen based on​ motionandtime.Eachframecollectedataparticularposition/orientationwillhaveadifferentnumberofaverages,butallotherAttributes​ are likely to remain the same. This particular application drives this Attribute being in its own group.​

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H Clinical Trial Identification Workflow​

Examples (Informative)​

This Annex was formerly located in Annex O “Clinical Trial Identification Workflow Examples (Informative)” in PS3.3 in the 2003 and​ earlier revisions of the Standard.​

The Clinical Trial Identification modules are optional. As such, there are several points in the workflow of clinical trial or research data​ at which the Clinical Trial Identification Attributes may be added to the data. At the Clinical Trial Site, the Attributes may be added at​ the scanner, a PACS system, a site workstation, or a workstation provided to the site by a Clinical Trial Coordinating Center. If not​ added at the site, the Clinical Trial Identification Attributes may be added to the data after receipt by the Clinical Trial Coordinating​ Center. The addition of clinical trial Attributes does not itself require changes to the SOP Instance UID. However, the clinical trial or​ research protocol or the process of de-identification may require such a change.​

Figure H-1. Workflow Diagram for Clinical Trials​

H.1 Example Use-case​

Images are obtained for the purpose of comparing patients treated with placebo or the drug under test, then evaluated in a blinded​ manner by a team of radiologists at the Clinical Trial Coordinating Center (CTCC). The images are obtained at the clinical sites, col-​ lected by the CTCC, at which time their identifying Attributes are removed and the Clinical Trial Identification (CTI) module is added.​ The de-identified images with the CTI information are then presented to the radiologists who make quantitative and/or qualitative as-​ sessments. The assessments, and in some cases the images, are returned to the sponsor for analysis, and later are contributed to​ the submission to the regulating authority.​

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I Ultrasound Templates (Informative)​

I.1 SR Content Tree Structure​

Document Root

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Figure I.1-1. Top Level Structure of Content Tree​

The templates for ultrasound reports are defined in Annex A “Structured Reporting Templates (Normative)” in PS3.16. Figure I.1-1​ is an outline of the common elements of ultrasound structured reports.​

The Patient Characteristics Section is for medical data of immediate relevance to administering the procedure and interpreting the​ results. This information may originate outside the procedure.​

TheProcedureSummarySectioncontainsexamobservationsofimmediateorprimarysignificance.Thisiskeyinformationaphysician​ typically expects to see first in the report.​

Measurements typically reside in a measurement group container within a Section. Measurement groups share context such as​ anatomical location, protocol or type of analysis. The grouping may be specific to a product implementation or even to a user config-​ uration. OB-GYN measurement groups have related measurements, averages and other derived results.​

Ifpresent,theImageLibrarycontainsalistofimagesfromwhichobservationswerederived.Thesearereferencedfromtheobservations​ with by-reference relationships.​

I.2 Procedure Summary​

TheProcedureSummarySectioncontainstheobservationsofmostimmediateinterest.Observationsintheproceduresummarymay​ have by-reference relationships to other content items.​

I.3 Multiple Fetuses​

Where multiple fetuses exist, the observations specific to each fetus must reside under separate section headings. The section​ heading must specify the fetus observation context and designate so using Subject ID (121030, DCM, "Subject ID") and/or numerical​ designation (121037, DCM, "Fetus Number") as shown below. See TID 1008 “Subject Context, Fetus”.​

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Figure I.3-1. Multiple Fetuses​

I.4 Explicitly Specifying Calculation Dependencies​

Reports may specify dependencies of a calculation on its dependent observations using by-reference relationships. This relationship​ must be present for the report reader to know the inputs of the derived value.​

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Figure I.4-1. Explicit Dependencies​

I.5 Linking Measurements to Images, Coordinates​

Optionally, the relationship of an observation to its image and image coordinates can be encoded with by-reference content items as​ Figure I.5-1 shows. For conciseness, the by-reference relationship points to the content item in the Image Library, rather than directly​ to the image.​

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