EuroPACS'98

XVI Annual Meeting of the EuroPACS Association

October 1-3, 1998

Barcelona, Spain

EuroPACS'98 Scientific Programme

Thursday 1st.

10:30-12:00 A PACS Primer for Radiologists and Managers. See Course Programme.

13:00 EuroPACS'98 Welcome & Snack.

Official Address (14:00) :

• Dr. Eduard Rius, Minister of Health of the Catalonian Autonomous Government (Generalitat).
• Dr. Josep-Ignasi Cuervo, Managing Director, Vall d'Hebron Hospitals
• Dr. Javier Lucaya, Director, Vall d'Hebron Hospitals' Diagnostic Imaging, EuroPACS'98 Organizing Committee.

PACS Workshop: Assessing its Role in Clinical Practice.

• 14:15 Invited lecture. Technology Assessment in Medicine/PACS. Dr. Cari Almazan. Catalan Health Technology Assessment Office, Barcelona, Spain.
• 14:35 Invited lecture. PACS' Success and Pitfalls in Europe. Dr. Nicola Strickland, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK.
• 14:55 Invited lecture. Image Distribution and other Aspects of Radiologist - Clinician Communication. Prof. Günther Gell, University of Graz, Austria.
• 15:15 Session Discussion (30')

Scientific Session 1. PACS Clinical Applications.

Chairperson: Dr. Michael Osteaux (B), Dr. Eduardo Fraile (E)

• 16:20 Invited lecture. PACS in Japan: the Strong and the Weak. Dr. Hiromu Nishitani (Univ. Tokushima, Japan).
• 16:40 A MiniPACS design for the viewing of digital mammographies. P.G. Rodriguez, L. Gomez, R.G. Carrión, E. Cernadas, A.Plaza and J.J. Vidal (Cáceres, Spain)
• 16:50 Systems integration evolution: PACS, diagnostic by image, patients, voice recognition and costs evaluation at the San Juan University Hospital. Gómez JA, Reyes N, Gonzalez I, Crespo C, Galant J. (Alicante, Spain)
• 17:00 Experience with the SZOTE PACS starting operations. Almási L., Sóti Zs., Kuba A., Alexin Z., Nagy A., Nyúl L., Csernay L. (Szeged, Hungary)
• 17:10 Picture archiving with the SZOTE PACS for scientific purposes. Csernay L, Sóti Zs, Almási L, Kuba A. (Szeged, Hungary)
• 17:20 Implementing a multimodality and multivendor DICOM system: problems and solutions. Barbero O, Fernandez-Bayó J, Rúbies C. (Sabadell, Spain)
• 17:30 Evolution of technical and organizational concepts in the Innsbruck PACS project: a review of the first year of operation. Vogl R, Peer S, Jaschke W. (Innsbruck, Austria)
• 17:40 HIS-RIS-Modality-PACS coupling: Technology Assessment and future Plan. Kondoh H, Sasagaki M, Sukenobu Y, Narumi Y, Nakamura H, Matsumura Y, Takeda H, Inamura K. (Tokushima, Japan)
• 17:50 PACS Clinical Applications, 20' Open General Discussion

• 18:30-21:00 The old and new Barcelona, Olimpic area and Gothic Quarter guided sightseeing
• 21:00-24:00 Free time. Arrival at the meeting point. Buses waiting at meeting point.
• 24:00 Bus transportation to hotels

Friday 2nd (morning).

Chairman: Prof. Andrew Todd-Pokropek (UK), Prof. HK. Huang (USA)

• 08:30 Invited lecture. New technologies for X-ray Acquisition. Prof. Andrew Todd-Pokropek. Medical Physics, Univ. of London (UK).
• 08:50 Invited lecture. Direct Digital Radiography. Prof. HK. Huang, Radiology Dept. UCSF, USA.
• 09:10 A comparison of film, computed radiography hardcopy and PACS softcopy images and the effect of radiation dose on contrast detail curves. Weatherburn G, Davies G. (Uxbridge, United Kingdom)
• 09:18 Detection of Pneumothorax: Comparison of High-Resolution Workstation Images, Processed Images and Conventional Radiography. Quiles J, Tahoces PG, Souto M, Lado MJ, Méndez AJ, Correa J, Martínez A, García M, Carreira JM, Vidal JJ. (Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
• 09:26 Interpretation of head CT's on PAC Systems: comparison of 1024x768 to 2048x2048 monitors. Tzalonikou M, Spigos D, Bourekas E, Christoforidis G. (Ohio, USA)
• 09:34 Interpreting abdominal CT's on a PC based workstation. How accurate is it?. Tzalonikou M, Bennett W, Vrachliotis T, Spigos D. (Ohio, USA)
• 09:42 Lossless image compression in SZOTE-PACS. Martonossy L, Nyul L, Nagy A, Kuba A and Nevalainen O. (Szeged, Hungary)
• 09:50 Effect of lossy compression on the visibility of low contrast features in mammography. Conmy PM, Parkin GJS, Cowen AR, Davies AG, Kengyelics SM. (Leeds, United Kingdom)
• 09:58 Image compression in digitized mammograms. Penedo M, Lado MJ, Tahoces PG, Souto M, Vidal JJ. (Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
• 10:06 Tonal and texture features to differentiate between mass and normal breast tissue on digital mammograms. Varela C, Tahoces PG, Méndez AJ, Souto M, Vidal JJ. (Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
• 10:14 Image Acquisition and Processing General Session Discussion (20´)

Session 3. PACS: Intranet Applications

Chairman: Prof. Osman Ratib (USA), Dr. Joaquim Piqueras (E)

• 11:15 Invited lecture. Intranet-Extranet and PACS applications. Prof. Osman Ratib, Radiology Dept., UCLA, USA.
• 11:35 Assessment of Web Technologies for Development and Distribution of Applications for Medical Education. Cosic D, Becker J, Schaaf T. (Vienna, Austria)
• 11:43 A JAVA multimedia user interface for an integrated PACS/RIS. Feron M, Bellon E, Van den Bosch B, Liekens C, Aerts W, Wauters J, Marchal G, Suetens P. (Leuven, Belgium)
• 11:53 Downloading image processing services over the web: a technical feasibility study using image registration and JAVA applets. Bellon E, Feron M, Maes F, Vandermeulen D, Aerts W, Wauters J, Marchal G, Suetens. (Leuven, Belgium)
• 12:03 Distributing medical images using internet technologies: A DICOM web server and a DICOM java viewer. Fernàndez-Bayó J, Barbero O, Rúbies C, Sentís M. (Sabadell, Spain)
• 12:13 World wide web based access to radiological data: two years experience. Bergh B, Ricke J, Emmel D, Felix R. (Berlin, Germany)
• 12:23 General Session discussion (20')

14:00 EuroPACS Private Board Meeting

Friday 2nd (afternoon).

Session 4: Teleradiology and Extranet PACS Applications

Chairman: Dr. Jarmo Reponen (SF), Dr. Joan-Carles Carreño (E)

• 15:00 Invited lecture. Teleradiology Services in an Integrated Regional Health Telematics Network: Technical Issues and Scenaria of Use. Prof. Orphanoudakis, ICS-FORTH, Crete, Greece.
• 15:20 Invited lecture. Teleradiology, experience with several systems. Dr. Jarmo Reponen, Radiology Dept. Univ. of Oulu, Finland.
• 15:40 Universal access to synchronized image tele-viewing and manipulation using WWW/java technology. Feron M, Bellon E, Aerts W, Wauters J, Buggenhout K, De Deurwaerder A, Van den Bosch B, Marchal G, Suetens P. (Leuven, Belgium)
• 15:50 Experience with the use of low-speed ATM for wide-area telemedicine and teleradiology services. McNeill KM, Holcomb M, Ovitt TW, Weinstein R. (Tucson , USA)
• 16:00 Influence of the teleradiology technology (n-ISDN and ATM) on the inter-hospital management of neurosurgical patients. Heautot JF, Catroux B, Thoreux P-H, Cordonnier E, Gibaud B, Scarabin JM, Carsin M, Gandon Y. (Rennes, France)
• 16:10 Wireless personal digital assistant device as a teleradiology terminal: initial experiences with emergency cases. Reponen J, Ilkko E, Karhula V, Jyrkinen L, Koivula A, Tervonen O. (Raahe, Finland)
• 16:20 A low cost teleradiology workstation. Desco M, López J, Rahms H, del Pozo F, García-Barreno P. (Madrid, Spain)
• 16:30 Teleradiology: not always plug & play - A case report. Engelmann U, Schroter A, Evers H, Schwab M, Baur U and Meinzer HP. (Heidelberg, Germany)
• 16:40 Teleradiology Session General Open Discussion (10')

Session 5: PACS, HIS and RIS Integration and Standards

Chairman: Dr. Bernard Gibaud (F), Prof. Günther Gell (A)

• 17:20 Complete management of data and images in an integrated system including PACS-RIS connection with intranet capabilities. Panebianco V, Pavone P, Gavioli F, Marsella M, Punzi S, Campanella V, and Passariello R. (Roma, Italy)
• 17:30 Sophisticated HIS-RIS-PACS integration in a large scale traumatology PACS. Peer S, Vogl R, Peer R and Jaschke W. (Innsbruck, Austria)
• 17:40 Solving PACS-RIS/HIS integration with HL7. Van Poppel BM. (Leiden, The Netherlands)
• 17:50 Security extensions to DICOM. Thiel A, Bernarding J, Hohmann J, Cosic D, Bellaire G and Tolxdorff T. (Berlin, Germany)
• 18:00 Default display protocols for medical image workstations. Moennich KJ and Wendler T. (Hamburg, Germany)
• 18:10 Towards standards for multimedia radiological reports. Gibaud B, Brown N and Todd-Pokropek A. (Rennes, France)
• 18:20 Visualization of DICOM images. Handling the standard's complexity. Eichelberg M, Riesmeier J, von Gehlen S, Jensch P. (Oldenburg, Germany)
• 18:30 HIS and Standards General Session Discussion

19:30 Bus transportation to Hotels

19:30-20:00 Bus transportation to hotels

20:45-21:15 Bus pickup at Hotels

21:30-00:30 h. Social event and Dinner.

00:30-00:45 h. Bus back to Hotels

Saturday 3rd (morning).

Chairman: Prof. H.U. Lemke (D), Dr. S. Orphanoudakis (GR)

• 09:00 Invited lecture. Future trends in PACS. Prof. H.U. Lemke, TU Berlin, Germany.
• 09:20 Developing a medical multimedia and image processing database. Lorang T, Prinz M, Schuster E, and Gengler M. (Vienna, Austria)
• 09:28 DICOM image handling for medical analysis and the ViVa project. Donizelli M and Giachetti A. (Cagliari, Italy)
• 09:36 OP 2000 and MedSeC: implementating a medical video server using a data-secured DICOM interface. Bellaire G, Steines D, Graschew G, Thiel T, Bernarding J, Tolxdorff T, and Schlag PM. (Berlin, Germany)
• 09:44 HIPERCIR: A low-cost and high-performance 3D radiology image analysis system. Blanquer I, Claramunt H, Hernández V, Ramirez J, Vidal AM, Alcañiz M, Grau V, Carlos Monserrat, Martí-Bonmatí L, and Concepción L. (Valencia, Spain)
• 09:52 A PC-based DICOM compatible PACS environment suitable for CT, MRI and 3D-US in radiotherapy. Wachter S, Lorang T, Gengler M, Gerstner N, Moitzi J, Vorbeck F, Kratochwil A, Schuster E, Pötter R. (Vienna, Austria)
• 10:00 Interactive manipulation of realtime visualisation from medical volume data by using 2-handed VR-techniques. Kai Kochy, and Manfred Krauss. (Berlin, Germany)
• 10:08 Distributed Visualization. How to improve the quality of 3D medical volume rendering at almost no costs. Märkle S, and Spikermann A. (Berlin, Germany)
• 10:16 An architecture for the creation of specialized software-components for viewing stations and tele-radiology systems. Demiris AM, Cárdenas CE., Meinzer HP.
• 10:24 Workstations, Multimedia, and Added Value Applications General Session Discussion 16''

Session 7: Miscelanea, PACS Management and Health Economics

Chairman: Dr. NH. Strickland (UK), Dr. Davide Caramella (I)

• 11:15 Can digital fingerprinting be detected on softcopy radiological images ? Strickland NH, Beam K, Shaw G, Hilton D, Keily P, Lotzoff K, Shadbolt C, Sikdar T, Smiddy P. (London, United Kingdom)
• 11:25 Collaboration and CSCW issues in radiographic health care. Tellioglu H. (Vienna, Austria)
• 11:35 Heterogeneous networks and common needs. Josefsson U. (Göteborg, Sweden)
• 11:45 A fail safe computed radiography PACS segment at Conquest Hospital. Baker D, Foord K and Tomlinson N. (St. Leonards-on-Sea, United Kingdom)
• 11:55 Organizational Changes Made Possible with Viborg HyperPACS. Lindhardt FE. (Viborg, Denmark)
• 12:05 Invited Lecture. PACS at 1998: What should be expected. Dr. Michael Osteaux, Radiology Dept., F. Univ. Brussels Hospital, Belgium.
• 12:25 General Session Discussion (20'')

12:45 Closure

An accompanying persons programme may be available for Friday morning

 Dr. Joaquim Piqueras 
- EuroPACS'98 Pediatric Radiology - HMI Vall d'Hebron Hospitals ps. Vall d'Hebron 
119-129, E-08035 Barcelona, Spain E-mail: jpiquer(at)ar.vhebron.es Fax: +34 93 2746775 
Tel: +34 93 2746778 http://www.vhebron.es/rx/europacs/