John Perry
MIRC OverviewMedical Imaging Resource Center
MIRC OverviewMedical Imaging Resource Center
MIRC OverviewRSNA Clinical Trial and Research SoftwareHands On: Using the RSNA Teaching File
RSNA 2010 MIRC CoursesRSNA 2010 MIRC Courses
Support the production, storage, indexing and distribution of medical imaging resources: Teaching files
Scientific & technical documentation
Research images & datasets
Clinical trial data
MIRC Project ObjectiveMIRC Project Objective
The key concepts: MIRC is a community of cooperating libraries on the
Internet.
The libraries cooperate by supporting a common query mechanism.
The query mechanism allows users to find information wherever it is stored.
MIRC ConceptsMIRC Concepts
ServerServer
IndexMIRC Sites
ServerServer
Index
RSNA
User
ServerServerIndex
Internet
MIRC Storage Service:- Document Authoring- Document Storage- Document
Indexing- Web Server
MIRC Query Service:- Access to the
community
MIRC CommunityMIRC Community
Query ServiceStorage Service
Document index and storage Author services DICOM services
File Service Shared and private file cabinets Shared and private conferences
The RSNA MIRC SoftwareThe RSNA MIRC Software
Standard search form31 defined fields:
Free text Clinical contentDocument attributes Image attributesDocument content Patient attributes
Links to other services Queries a single site, selected sites, or the entire
community
Query ServiceQuery Service
Two display formats for query results: Standard
Title (hyperlink) Author Abstract
Case Navigator Random or ordered
Known and unknown presentations
Query ResultsQuery Results
Stores and indexes documents One MIRC site can have multiple storage services
Teaching files for each department/specialty Individual services for each clinical trial
Storage ServiceStorage Service
Serves documents to users on the web Transforms XML files to other formats
Multiple display formats (page, tab, mstf) Exports documents and datasets to users Provides access control for documents and sections
read/write/export by owner/groups/public
XML ServerXML Server
Basic Author Tool (easy case authoring)
Advanced Author Tool (powerful case authoring)
ABR Author Tool (easy case authoring for ABR submissions)
DICOM Service (automatic case construction from DICOM transfers)
TCE Service (case authoring from PACS workstations)
Zip Service (automatic multi-case construction)
Submit Service (case submission from third-party author tools)
Author ServicesAuthor Services
Manage the MIRC site through a browser Configure and manage the services Create and manage users and roles Manage the DICOM Storage SCPs View logs, quarantines, status
Admin ServicesAdmin Services
Private file cabinets for each user Files Conferences Access to MyRSNA
One shared file cabinet Shared files Shared conferences
File ServiceFile Service
Runs on Windows, Mac, Linux, SolarisThree components:
Java, Tomcat, MIRCAll components are freeMIRC Users Meeting:
Monday, 12/29, from 3:00-4:15 in N127
The RSNA MIRC SoftwareThe RSNA MIRC Software
The MIRC Wiki http://mircwiki.rsna.org
RSNA Forums http:forums.rsna.org User Comments, Questions, & Answers RSNA MIRC Software Announcements MIRC Implementers Corner
Questions/Answers & HelpQuestions/Answers & Help