Crash Course: What Is DICOM?
DICOM is a standard for handling, storing, printing, and transmitting information in medical imaging.

• The DICOM standard facilitates communication between imaging machines and the PACS workstations that are used to store and view patient images and data.
• The DICOM standard and its supplements are the result of engineers, manufacturers, scientists, and other imaging professionals collaborating to create universal file format definitions and computer communication codes that can be adopted by all vendors for scanners, servers, workstations, printers, and network hardware.
• The DICOM standard has been applied to all methods of medical imaging. NEMA's DICOM Standards Committee adds supplements to the DICOM standard as the needs of various specialties and their imaging equipment become necessary.
• The 3D ultrasound standard (Supplement 43: Storage of 3D Ultrasound Images) represents a significant step forward to more fully incorporate the diverse capability of ultrasound imaging, including real-time volume imaging, into the DICOM standard. When fully implemented, the 3D ultrasound standard will make the full range of ultrasound imaging available in a PACS environment.

In his own words: Watch Thomas Nelson, PhD, moderator of Sharing the Wealth: Status Report on the DICOM 3-Dimensional Ultrasound Data Standard, explain the 3D standard. Dr Nelson is the AIUM representative to DICOM WG-12(3D). more...

Posted: August 25, 2009

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0:00:53	5.8mb		DICOM

Podcast: Court TV at the AIUM
Moderated by Lawrence Platt, MD, Center for Fetal Medicine and Women's Ultrasound

As physicians, imaging technicians, and diagnostic professionals, we all wish for a world where no mistakes are made. Our profession can not find satisfaction in the age-old convention that people make mistakes, because our mistakes make all the difference to people. The 2008 AIUM Annual Convention took this concept beyond the boundaries of conscience, beyond the boundaries of blame. The AIUM took this idea to court!

Staging a mock malpractice trial as a highly anticipated categorical course moderated by Lawrence Platt, MD, attendees assumed the position of a jury charged with the task of deliberating a case of fetal abnormality that was not identified until delivery at term. To enhance the realistic nature of the trial, Honorable Judge, Barbara Jones presided while attorneys Susan Loggans, ESQ, and David O'Keefe argued the case in the makeshift courtroom.

The facts of the case pitted the plaintiff, a 28-year-old mother of a baby born without a right arm against the defendant team, an obstetrician and sonographer, who failed to recognize the missing extremity during routine examinations. The plaintiff's lawyer argued that the mother would have elected to terminate the pregnancy had she been made aware her baby was going to be born without an arm, while the defense argued that the plaintiff declined to undergo optional diagnostic testing and that the radiologist (who was NOT a part of the trial) was at fault. Two audience members were selected and "sworn in" as official jurors who ultimately found the defendant team not negligent and did not award any damages to the plaintiff. The session concluded with an energetic room-wide discussion, a firm understanding of the legal matters surrounding ultrasound examinations, and one entirely unanimous verdict - Court TV at AIUM must come back next year!

Extracted from Court TV at the AIUM - San Diego, CA, March 14, 2008

Posted: April 2, 2008

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0:14:27	55.7mb		Witness Selection
0:13:38	53.0mb		Opening Remarks
0:15:10	58.1mb		Witness 1
0:15:31	59.2mb		Witness 2
0:18:53	71.6mb		Plaintiff Expert Witness
0:09:33	36.6mb		Plaintiff
0:14:02	54.3mb		Defense Expert Witness
0:08:16	31.8mb		Closing Remarks
0:12:12	47.2mb		Verdict

Podcast: How to Teach 3D Techniques to Physicians and Sonographers
Alfred Abuhamad, MD, Eastern Virginia Medical School

Doctor Abuhamad provides an overview of three main elements in 3D sonography; volume acquisition, volume display, and volume manipulation. An understanding of these basic concepts and how they relate to the x, y, and z axis provides a framework for obtaining and manipulating images in three dimensions.

Extracted from Three-Dimensional Ultrasound in Obstetrics: How to Use It Diagnostically - New York, NY, March 15-18, 2007.
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Posted: June 22, 2007

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0:31:49	43mb		Obstetrics

Podcast: Thrombophilia and Pregnancy
Beatrice Madrazo, MD, RVT, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine

Doctor Madrazo discusses the pathophysiology and consequences of inherited thrombophilia; details thrombotic events in both the venous and arterial circulation; elaborates on recent publications pertinent to pregnancy and these conditions; and provides a rationale for screening for inherited thrombophilia.

Extracted from Vascular Ultrasound in Screening - New York, NY, March 15-18, 2007.
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Posted: June 22, 2007

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0:20:14	28mb		Vascular

Podcast: The Role of Doppler Echocardiography in Evaluation of the Fetus with Congenital Heart Disease
Jack Rychik, MD, Cardiac Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Doppler echocardiography plays an essential role in the clinical management of congenital heart disease and contributes to an improved understanding of fetal cardiovascular physiology. In his talk, Doctor Rychik provides a Doppler assessment of cardiac structures, including evaluation of the AV valves, pulmonary venous flow patterns, IVC, ductus venosus, umbilical vein, umbilical and middle cerebral arteries, and cardiac output. A highlight of this talk is the real-time demonstration of an aortic valvuloplasty performed on a fetus using ultrasound guidance.

Extracted from Doppler Ultrasound of the Fetus - New York, NY, March 15-18, 2007.
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Posted: June 22, 2007

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0:43:01	76mb		Fetal Echocardiography

Podcast: Prenatal Therapy for Congenital Heart Disease
James Huhta, MD, University of South Florida College of Medicine, All Children's Hospital

Doctor Huhta describes the four classes of heart disease which may be candidates for fetal cardiac intervention. These include hypoplastic left heart syndrome with intact atrial septum, critical aortic stenosis, pulmonary stenosis/pulmonary atresia, and biventricular obstruction. Doctor Huhta's lecture includes examples of fetal surgical interventions and their outcomes.

Extracted from Fetal Echo Ultrasound: A Comprehensive Update - Las Vegas, NV, December 8-10, 2006.
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Posted: June 21, 2007

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0:27:16	57mb		Fetal Echocardiography

Podcast: 2005 Consensus Panel on 3-Dimensional Ultrasound in Obstetrics
Beryl Benacerraf, MD, Harvard Medical School

In this summary of the AIUM's 2005 "Consensus Panel on 3-Dimensional Ultrasound in Obstetrics," Doctor Benacerraf touches upon the usefulness of 3-dimensional sonography: Where are we now? Where do we go next? How do we get there? Learn the basic conclusions of the 2005 AIUM Consensus Panel on 3D Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Extracted from Three-Dimensional Fetal Sonography: An Update - Orlando, FL, June 20, 2005.
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Posted: October 3, 2006

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0:09:14	19mb		Obstetrics

Podcast: Shoulder Ultrasound: Anatomy and Technique
J. Antonio Bouffard, MD, Henry Ford Hospital

Doctor Bouffard's presentation begins with an in-depth anatomic review of the anterior, superior, anterolateral, and posterior shoulder, and then concentrates on specific imaging techniques for each of these regions. When performing ultrasound of the shoulder and surrounding structures, understanding the details associated with topographic landmarks is essential. This will allow you to then make up your own maneuvers and create your acoustic window in order to maximize the visualization of the structure with which you need to work.

Extracted from Musculoskeletal Ultrasound: A Practical, Hands-On Approach, New York Marriott East Side - New York, NY, August 19-21, 2005.
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Posted: August 2, 2006

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0:29:03	41mb		Musculoskeletal

Podcast: Live Demonstration: Shoulder Ultrasound
Marnix van Holsbeeck, MD, Henry Ford Hospital

Doctor van Holsbeeck performs a live demonstration of a routine shoulder exploration, focusing on transducer orientation and techniques needed to obtain anterior and posterior views of shoulder anatomy. The split screen video shows the positioning of the transducer and of the patient alongside the resulting ultrasound image.

Extracted from Musculoskeletal Ultrasound: A Practical, Hands-On Approach, New York Marriott East Side - New York, NY, August 19-21, 2005.
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Posted: August 2, 2006

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0:24:29	74mb		Musculoskeletal