TCE Selector

TCE Selector v1.0

TCE Selector provides vendor independent integration of PACS and teaching files according to IHE TCE. It implements RadLex as established categorization systems for efficient keyword based retrieval.

• Image display and selection in PACS client
• DICOM send to TCE Selector
• GUI to enter keywords and information
• Anonymize / pseudonymize
• Processing of DICOM instances and content
• Generate additional teaching file information (ATFI) and TCE manifests
• Send teaching cases with DICOM instances, TCE manifests and ATFI to MIRC for automated generation of teaching files

Contact: mirc@radiologie.klinik.uni-mainz.de

Quick start guide:

Download and extract TCE Selector. Execute the setup file Start the TCE Selector. Edit the configuration:

• configure the local receive process (storeSCP) by entering a desired port number and AE Title. Click "Save startscript".
• edit the settings for teaching file creation in the "settings" tab: when using MIRC as receiver, a good choice is to set MIRC Title, Abstract and Category. Important: Pseudonymization is only performed, when "pseudonymization" is checked. Patient name is replaced by Patient ID plus the defined prefix.
• edit the Destination: local AET is the AE title of the store SCP as configured above, Dest. AET and Dest. port are the connection parameters of of the MIRC TCE Service.
• Hit ok to exit the config dialog.

• Now configure a DICOM node in your PACS client with the parameters entered under "StoreSCP"
• Select images you want to add to your teaching file and send them to the DICOM node you just configured
• After the configured timeout, the TCE Selector GUI opens up.
• Enter the content and keywords
• When finished hit the "send" or "send+close" button. Whatch the status bar at the bottom.
• Point your browser to your MIRC site. Youll find your new document

Documentation will be available at soon.

Visit us at RSNA 2007 Education Exhibit LL-IN5203-B.

• Download: TCE Selector