PDI_Prepare_Media

Overview

The goal of this “test” is for the Portable Media Creator system to prepare, in advance of the Connectathon, your PDI media that the Portable Media Importer partners will test with during the Connectathon.   Doing this in your home lab will save you valuable time during Connectathon week.

All PDI Portable Media Creators must support CD media; USB and DVD are optional. The media you create should contain a “representative sample” of the data produced by your system.  Complete and representative data on your media makes for a better interoperability test.

Special Instructions for Connectathon Online:

At a Connectathon Online, it is not possible for test partners to exchange physical PDI media.  In that case, we ask the Portable Media Creator (PMC) to:

  1. create an ISO image of your CD media
  2. upload that ISO file into the Sample area of Gazelle Test Management
  • On the 'Samples to share' tab for your test system, find the 'PDI' entry
  • Upload and save your ISO image on that sample page

Instructions for PDI Portable Media Creators (face-to-face Connectathon):

Prior to Connectathon, you should create two copies of your media: CD, USB, and/or DVD, depending on what you support.  On the first day of the Connectathon, you will give one copy to Connectathon monitor who is evaluating PDI tests.  You will keep one copy and use it for your peer-to-peer tests with your Importer partners.

Use the following guidelines when creating your media:

  1. Modality systems shall put all IOD types on the media that it is capable of creating (eg. MG, US, KOS, SR, CAD-SR etc).  If you can create GSPS or KOS objects, these should also be included.
  2. PACS vendors & multi-modality workstations shall put at least 5 different image types on their media.  If they support SR, KOS, etc, they shall also put those types on the media.
  3. Media creators will create two copies of appropriate media with your images and other DICOM objects.
  4. Label your physical media.  The label should contain:
  • your system name in Gazelle Test Management
  • your table location
  • and the name of a technical contact at your table at the Connectathon

Note that you may not have the information to make your label until you arrive at Connectathon.

Optional:

Starting in 2019, the ITI and Radiology Technical Framework contains specifications for including PDI and XDM content on the same media.  If your Portable Media Creator supports both the PDI and XDM Profile, you should create media with the appropriate content.   For details, see:

  • RAD TF-2: 4.47.4.1.2.3.3 "Content when Grouping with XDM"
  • ITI TF-1: 16.1.1 "Cross profile considerations - RAD Portable Data for Imaging (PDI)"
  • ITI TF-2b: 3.32.4.1.2.2. "Content Organization Overview"
  • Connectathon test "PDI_with_XDM_Create"

Evaluation

  1. There is no file to upload to Gazelle Test Management for this test.
  2. There is no specific evaluation for this test.  Feedback will come when your partners import the contents of your media during Connectathon week.
  3. Make sure you pack up the media you created and bring it to Connectathon!