SIIM U - Section
11: Imaging
in the Cath Lab, OR, & Interventional Room
Sunday, May 18, 2008
8:00 am - 9:30 am
Ballroom 6A
Section Head: David E. Avrin,
MD, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
Section Description: PACS is deployed and working well in the vast majority of reading rooms of
academic and other large medical centers. Enterprise deployment of thin and
thick clients outside the radiology department is variable. The Operating Room,
Interventional Room, and Cath Lab are similarly unique, challenging environments
that need access to prior imaging studies on patients undergoing procedures.
Issues include (in no particular order), physical floor space, limited ceiling
hanging space, sterile fields for input devices and other GUI issues, ambient
light, monitor viewing angle, portability, and redundancy.
In addition, a new generation of C arm angiography equipment has the capability
to produce not only 3D vascular images, but fairly good CT renditions of
anatomic structures. PACS infrastructure and display must be able to support
these images for interactive use during the procedure.
111: PACS and the Interventional Service
David E. Avrin, MD, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
Learning
Objectives:
1. Review of concepts of DSA and digital fluoroscopy, particularly
as they relate to PACS.
2. Explore some of the innovative ways that digital technology can
improve the speed and safety of interventional procedures.
3. Examine some of the innovations that are made possible by area
detectors that can provide CT-type visualization and guidance for
TIPSS and other interventional angiographic procedures.
211: PACS in the Angiography Arena
Neil J. Halin, DO
Tufts Medical
Center
Learning Objectives:
1. Summarize the
issues related to effectively using electronic imaging and
electronic medical record information in the vascular imaging suite.
2. Identify some of the possible solutions available for addressing
those issues.
311: PACS in the Operating Room (OR)
Bradley J. Erickson, MD, PhD
Mayo Clinic, Rochester
Learning Objectives:
1. Understand unique issues related to electronic imaging as it
pertains to the operating room, including image display devices,
image navigation, surgical planning, and backup.
2. Understand options and strategies that institutions have found
useful in addressing these unique needs.
