It shows hte presentation at the International DICOM Conference & Seminar in Rio de Janeiro - Brazil on 2010. It describes the project

1. DICOM INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE & SEMINAR
Oct 9-11, 2010 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Going Digital: Using the DICOM
Standard in Dental Imaging
Dr.Nielsen S. Pereira
Luiz Gaspar França dos Santos
PACS Quality Informática Ltda

2. Brazilian Dental Market
Distribution Total
Dentists 232.208
Radiologists 4.356
Clinics 1.650*
Faculties 191
Federal Council of Odontology - 2009
www.cfo.org.br
*estimated

3. Going Digital – Options
DR CR

4. Going Digital – Difficulties and
Obstacles
• Correct network layout
• Proprietary and incompatible image formats
• Multiples independent entries and DB
• Storage/Query/Retrieve
• Incompatibility with dry-printers
• X-ray images indexing
• RIS/HIS/PACS interoperability
• Proprietary System Application, OS and
Database

5. Dental Cadi Group

6. Network Layout

7. PACS & RIS - Solution
HL7
• DCM4CHEE PACS + FOSS DICOM
• DICOM + HL7 = EHR
• Dental RIS -> TISS (ANS)

8. Modality Worklist

9. Capture Station

10. Our Quest!!

11. Muito Obrigado!
The ultimate measure of a man is not where
he stands in moments of comfort and
convenience, but where he stands at times
of challenge and controversy.
Martin Luther King, Jr