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Imaging Informatics

About Imaging Informatics

Medical imaging informatics is a relatively new multidisciplinary field that intersects with the biological sciences, health services, information sciences, medical physics, and engineering. 

Imaging informatics touches every aspect of the imaging chain from image creation and acquisition, to image distribution and management, to image storage and retrieval, to image processing, analysis and understanding, to image visualization and data navigation; to image interpretation, reporting, and communications. The field serves as the integrative catalyst for these processes and forms a bridge with imaging and other medical disciplines.

Imaging informatics professionals and scientists specializing in this evolving field are pioneers involved at the intersection of information science, imaging technology and healthcare and require clinical acumen as well as expert understanding of technology.

Imaging Informatics - Definition from Wikipedia

This section of the SIIM Website is designed as a Resource Center for information about the field of Imaging Informatics.

PubMED at NLM - Review articles on Imaging Informatics

News and Developments

Find all the latest news on the field that has been addressed in books, journals, on-line magazines, and other related sources.

Branstetter, BR IV, (Editor) Practical Imaging Informatics: Foundations and Applications for PACS Professionals, New York, NY: Springer, 2009 (in press) 

SCAR 2006 R&D Symposium, Medical Imaging Informatics
Katherine P. Andriole, PhD
Podcast and Presentation

Branstetter, BR IV, Basics of Imaging Informatics: Part 1, Radiology, 2007 June; 243(3) 656-67 Epub 2007 Apr 12

Branstetter, BR IV, Basics of Imaging Informatics: Part 2, Radiology, 2007 244:78-84

Branstetter, BR IV,  The Top Ten Myths Held by Radiologists about Imaging Informatics, SIIM News, Winter 2007 Issue

Geis, R. Medical Imaging Informatics: How It Improves Private Practice Radiology Today, J Dig Imag. 2007 June; 20(3): 99-104

Glaser, John, PhD  The Evolution of the Role of Imaging Informatics in the Health Care Delivery System, SIIM News, Spring 2007 Issue

Hayes, J. SIIM Veterans Talk about the Big Issues Facing Imaging Informatics, Diagnostic Imaging Online SIIM 2008 Conference Reporter

HIMSS 2009/SIIM Co-sponsor Session - "What's New in Diagnostic Imaging"
Janice Honeyman-Buck, PhD
Presentation

Knight, Nancy, PhD  Looking for Imaging Informatics: The Challenge to Create a New Literature, SIIM News, Fall 2006 Issue

Knight, Nancy, PhD  Creating an Imaging Informatics Journal Club, SIIM News Winter 2008 Issue

Kulikowski CA, Medical Imaging Informatics, Challenges of Definition and Integration, J Am Med Inform Assoc. 1997 May-Jun; 4(3): 252-253

Olson, Terry  Automated Login Using Proximity Badges, SIIM News, Spring 2007 Issue

Persons, Kenneth, MSEE & Langer, Steve, PhD Challenges of Implementing an Enterprise Image Archive, SIIM News, Fall 2007 Issue

SCAR 2006 Annual Membership Meeting
Curtis P. Langlotz, MD, PhD
Presentation on Imaging Informatics

SIIM 2007 Annual Meeting - Opening Session
Curtis P. Langlotz, MD, PhD
Presentation on Imaging Informatics - Innovate, Integrate, and Invest

Shortliffe EH, Cimino JJ (Eds.) Biomedical Informatics: Computer Applications in Health Care, 3rd ed. New York, NY: Springer, 2006.
Closing Keynote Speaker at SIIM 2007 Annual Meeting

Virtual Tour - MD Anderson Cancer Center - "Imaging Informatics in a Hospital of the Future"

Weddle, Shirley  Cardiology Workflow Considerations for Non-Cardiology PACS Professionals, SIIM News, Summer 2007 Issue 

Whitfill, J. Connecting Imaging Center Professionals to SIIM: More than just DICOM and IHE, SIIM News, Spring 2008 Issue