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

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

Standard Query ResultsStandard Query Results

Case NavigatorCase Navigator

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

Page Format Page Format

Tab FormatTab Format

Tab FormatTab Format

MSTF FormatMSTF Format

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

File ServiceFile Service

FREESearch for ‘MIRC Viewer’

In the Apple App Store

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

RSNA MIRC WikiRSNA MIRC Wiki