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	* [https://www.abii.org/ American Board of Imaging Informatics] (ABII)		* [https://www.abii.org/ American Board of Imaging Informatics] (ABII)
			* [https://openbioimageanalysis.org/ Center for Open Bioimage Analysis] (COBA)
	* [https://imagescience.org/ imagescience.org]		* [https://imagescience.org/ imagescience.org]
	* [https://www.medicalimaging.org/ Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance] (MITA)		* [https://www.medicalimaging.org/ Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance] (MITA)
	* [https://medpix.nlm.nih.gov/home MedPix]		* [https://medpix.nlm.nih.gov/home MedPix]
	* [http://www.openbioimage.org/ Open Bio Image Alliance] (OBIA)
	* [https://siim.org/default.aspx Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine] (SIIM)		* [https://siim.org/default.aspx Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine] (SIIM)
	* [https://www.imaging.org/site/ist Society for Imaging Science and Technology] (IS&T)		* [https://www.imaging.org/site/ist Society for Imaging Science and Technology] (IS&T)
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	==Notes==		==Notes==

	This article reuses an element or two from [~~http~~://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imaging_informatics the Wikipedia article].		This article reuses an element or two from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imaging_informatics the Wikipedia article].

	==References==		==References==

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	[[File:Voxel-man-brain.jpg\|thumb\|300px\|right\|This example from the late 1990s shows how data from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) could be transformed into a 3D rendering of the brain using informatics tools like the VOXEL-MAN program.]]		[[File:Voxel-man-brain.jpg\|thumb\|300px\|right\|This example from the late 1990s shows how data from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) could be transformed into a 3D rendering of the brain using informatics tools like the VOXEL-MAN program.]]
	'''Imaging informatics''' (also known as '''radiology informatics''' or '''medical imaging informatics''') involves the intersection between [[health informatics]] and [[bioinformatics]] that aims to improve the efficiency, accuracy, usability, and reliability of medical imaging services within the context of the healthcare environment.<ref name="BranstetterBasics">{{cite journal ~~\|url=http://pubs.rsna.org/doi/full/10.1148/radiol.2433060243 \|journal=Radiology~~ \|title=Basics of Imaging Informatics \|author=Branstetter, B. \|volume=243 \|issue=3 \|pages=656–67 \|year=2007 \|doi=10.1148/radiol.2433060243 \|pmid=17431128 ~~\|accessdate=09 June 2014~~}}</ref> "Notably, medical imaging informatics addresses not only the images themselves, but encompasses the associated data to understand the context of the imaging study; to document observations; and to correlate and reach new conclusions about a disease and the course of a medical problem."<ref name="BuiMed">{{cite book \|url=~~http~~://books.google.com/books?id=3JClHj3SXjwC&pg=PA3 \|chapter=Chapter 1: Introduction \|title=Medical Imaging Informatics \|author=Bui, ~~Alex~~ A. T.; Taira, ~~Ricky~~ K.; Kangerloo, ~~Hooshang~~ \|publisher=Springer \|year=2009 \|pages= \|isbn=9781441903853 \|accessdate=~~09 June 2014~~}}</ref>		'''Imaging informatics''' (also known as '''radiology informatics''' or '''medical imaging informatics''') involves the intersection between [[health informatics]] and [[bioinformatics]] that aims to improve the efficiency, accuracy, usability, and reliability of medical imaging services within the context of the healthcare environment.<ref name="BranstetterBasics">{{cite journal \|title=Basics of Imaging Informatics \|journal=Radiology \|author=Branstetter, B. \|volume=243 \|issue=3 \|pages=656–67 \|year=2007 \|doi=10.1148/radiol.2433060243 \|pmid=17431128}}</ref> "Notably, medical imaging informatics addresses not only the images themselves, but encompasses the associated data to understand the context of the imaging study; to document observations; and to correlate and reach new conclusions about a disease and the course of a medical problem."<ref name="BuiMed">{{cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3JClHj3SXjwC&pg=PA3 \|chapter=Chapter 1: Introduction \|title=Medical Imaging Informatics \|author=Bui, A.A.T.; Taira, R.K.; Kangerloo, H. \|publisher=Springer \|year=2009 \|pages=3–13 \|isbn=9781441903853 \|accessdate=21 March 2020}}</ref>

	More specifically it is devoted to the study of how [[information]] about and contained within medical images is acquired, stored, exchanged, analyzed, and enhanced throughout the medical enterprise. Medical images must be in a standard, symbolic, and reproducible format for proper acquisition and storage. Computer-related transmission protocols like TCP/IP, HTTP, and [[DICOM]] as well as organized, sensical transaction diagrams are required for proper data exchange. And because of all those protocols and standards, software can be created and utilized to analyze, enhance, and even mine medical images for useful real-world healthcare data.<ref name="KagadisInfoCH2">{{cite book \|url=~~http~~://books.google.com/books?id=JTYb3SZZraYC&pg=PA15 \|chapter=Chapter 2: Informatics Constructs \|title=Informatics in Medical Imaging \|author=Langer, ~~Steve~~ G. \|publisher=CRC Press \|year=2011 \|pages=15–23 \|isbn=9781439831243 \|accessdate=~~09 June 2014~~}}</ref>		More specifically it is devoted to the study of how [[information]] about and contained within medical images is acquired, stored, exchanged, analyzed, and enhanced throughout the medical enterprise. Medical images must be in a standard, symbolic, and reproducible format for proper acquisition and storage. Computer-related transmission protocols like TCP/IP, HTTP, and [[DICOM]] as well as organized, sensical transaction diagrams are required for proper data exchange. And because of all those protocols and standards, software can be created and utilized to analyze, enhance, and even mine medical images for useful real-world healthcare data.<ref name="KagadisInfoCH2">{{cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JTYb3SZZraYC&pg=PA15 \|chapter=Chapter 2: Informatics Constructs \|title=Informatics in Medical Imaging \|author=Langer, S.G. \|publisher=CRC Press \|year=2011 \|pages=15–23 \|isbn=9781439831243 \|accessdate=21 March 2020}}</ref>

	As radiology is an inherently data-intensive and technology-driven specialty of medicine, radiologists have become leaders in imaging informatics. However, with the proliferation of digitized images to other fields such as cardiology, dermatology, surgery, gastroenterology, obstetrics, gynecology, and pathology, advances in imaging informatics are also being tested and applied in other areas of medicine.<ref name="KagadisInfoCH4">{{cite book \|url=~~http~~://books.google.com/books?id=JTYb3SZZraYC&pg=PA41 \|chapter=Chapter 4: DICOM \|title=Informatics in Medical Imaging \|author=Horii, ~~Steven~~ C. \|publisher=CRC Press \|year=2011 \|pages=41–68\|isbn=9781439831243 \|accessdate=~~09 June 2014~~}}</ref>		As radiology is an inherently data-intensive and technology-driven specialty of medicine, radiologists have become leaders in imaging informatics. However, with the proliferation of digitized images to other fields such as cardiology, dermatology, surgery, gastroenterology, obstetrics, gynecology, and pathology, advances in imaging informatics are also being tested and applied in other areas of medicine.<ref name="KagadisInfoCH4">{{cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JTYb3SZZraYC&pg=PA41 \|chapter=Chapter 4: DICOM \|title=Informatics in Medical Imaging \|author=Horii, S.C. \|publisher=CRC Press \|year=2011 \|pages=41–68\|isbn=9781439831243 \|accessdate=21 March 2020}}</ref>

	==Diagnostic imaging modalities==		==Diagnostic imaging modalities==
	Medical images created, studied, and mined in imaging informatics come from several modalities<ref name="BranstetterPractical">{{cite book \|url=~~http~~://books.google.com/books?id=Q6Hc0oMyiYYC&pg=PA3 \|chapter=Chapter 1: Medical Imaging Modalities and Digital Images \|title=Practical Imaging Informatics: Foundations and Applications for PACS Professionals \|author=Andriole, Katherine P. \|publisher=Springer \|year=2009 \|pages=3–14 \|isbn=9781441904850 \|accessdate=~~09 June 2014~~}}</ref>:		Medical images created, studied, and mined in imaging informatics come from several modalities<ref name="BranstetterPractical">{{cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q6Hc0oMyiYYC&pg=PA3 \|chapter=Chapter 1: Medical Imaging Modalities and Digital Images \|title=Practical Imaging Informatics: Foundations and Applications for PACS Professionals \|author=Andriole, Katherine P. \|publisher=Springer \|year=2009 \|pages=3–14 \|isbn=9781441904850 \|accessdate=21 March 2020}}</ref>:

	'''Projection radiology''' utilizes X-rays to provide a grayscale image representing X-ray attenuation. The advantages of it include being fast, easy to perform, and inexpensive. Disadvantages include problems with low-contrast differentiations, image interpretation, and the use of ionizing radiation.		'''Projection radiology''' utilizes X-rays to provide a grayscale image representing X-ray attenuation. The advantages of it include being fast, easy to perform, and inexpensive. Disadvantages include problems with low-contrast differentiations, image interpretation, and the use of ionizing radiation.
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	==Informatics==		==Informatics==
	A portion of what imaging informatics does involves the technology surrounding the mentioned diagnostic imaging modalities, including transfer and storage of their digital output. PACS have began playing an important role in hospitals and other medical environments as early as the 1990s<ref name="HuangPACS">{{cite book \|url=~~http~~://books.google.com/books?id=Pjjkyae_55oC&pg=PA1 \|chapter=Chapter 1: Introduction \|title=PACS and Imaging Informatics: Basic Principles and Applications \|author=Huang, H. K. \|publisher=John Wiley & Sons \|pages=1–30 \|year=2010 \|isbn=9780470560518 \|accessdate=~~09 June 2014~~}}</ref>, helping to provide affordable digital storage and distribution of medical images from numerous modalities. Another important part of imaging informatics includes the development of software to view, enhance, and analyze output from those modalities. The RIS has played an important part in that for sure, though open-source image viewing and analysis tools like [[dcm4che2]], [[OsiriX]], and [[ITK]] have also broadened the scope and availability of informatics tools available to technicians and researchers. Of course, interoperability among the software, PACS, RIS, and even the [[hospital information system]] (HIS) are vital and benefited by protocols and standards like DICOM and HL7.		A portion of what imaging informatics does involves the technology surrounding the mentioned diagnostic imaging modalities, including transfer and storage of their digital output. PACS have began playing an important role in hospitals and other medical environments as early as the 1990s<ref name="HuangPACS">{{cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pjjkyae_55oC&pg=PA1 \|chapter=Chapter 1: Introduction \|title=PACS and Imaging Informatics: Basic Principles and Applications \|author=Huang, H. K. \|publisher=John Wiley & Sons \|pages=1–30 \|year=2010 \|isbn=9780470560518 \|accessdate=21 March 2020}}</ref>, helping to provide affordable digital storage and distribution of medical images from numerous modalities. Another important part of imaging informatics includes the development of software to view, enhance, and analyze output from those modalities. The RIS has played an important part in that for sure, though open-source image viewing and analysis tools like [[dcm4che2]], [[OsiriX]], and [[ITK]] have also broadened the scope and availability of informatics tools available to technicians and researchers. Of course, interoperability among the software, PACS, RIS, and even the [[hospital information system]] (HIS) are vital and benefited by protocols and standards like DICOM and HL7.

	==External links==		==External links==

	* [https://www.abii.org/ American Board of Imaging Informatics] (ABII)		* [https://www.abii.org/ American Board of Imaging Informatics] (ABII)
	* [~~http~~://~~www.~~imagescience.org/ imagescience.org]		* [https://imagescience.org/ imagescience.org]
	* [~~http~~://www.medicalimaging.org/ Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance] (MITA)		* [https://www.medicalimaging.org/ Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance] (MITA)
	* [~~http~~:/~~/rad.usuhs.edu~~/medpix~~/index~~.~~html MedPix]~~		* [https://medpix.nlm.nih.gov/home MedPix]
	* [http://www.~~mypacs~~.~~net~~/ ~~MyPACS.net~~]
	* [http://www.openbioimage.org/ Open Bio Image Alliance] (OBIA)		* [http://www.openbioimage.org/ Open Bio Image Alliance] (OBIA)
	* [~~http~~://siim.org/ Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine] (SIIM)		* [https://siim.org/default.aspx Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine] (SIIM)
	* [~~http~~://www.imaging.org/ist~~/index.cfm~~ Society for Imaging Science and Technology] (IS&T)		* [https://www.imaging.org/site/ist Society for Imaging Science and Technology] (IS&T)

	==Notes==		==Notes==
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	==References==		==References==
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	[[File:Voxel-man-brain.jpg\|thumb\|300px\|right\|This example from the late 1990s shows how data from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) could be transformed into a 3D rendering of the brain using informatics tools like the VOXEL-MAN program.]]		[[File:Voxel-man-brain.jpg\|thumb\|300px\|right\|This example from the late 1990s shows how data from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) could be transformed into a 3D rendering of the brain using informatics tools like the VOXEL-MAN program.]]
	'''Imaging informatics''' (also known as '''radiology informatics''' or '''medical imaging informatics''') involves the intersection between [[health informatics]] and [[bioinformatics]] that aims to improve the efficiency, accuracy, usability, and reliability of medical imaging services within the context of the healthcare environment.<ref name="BranstetterBasics">{{cite journal \|url=http://pubs.rsna.org/doi/full/10.1148/radiol.2433060243 \|journal=Radiology \|title=Basics of Imaging Informatics \|author=Branstetter, B. \|volume=243 \|issue=3 \|pages=656–67 \|year=2007 \|doi=10.1148/radiol.2433060243 \|pmid=17431128 \|accessdate=09 June 2014}}</ref> "Notably, medical imaging informatics addresses not only the images themselves, but encompasses the associated ~~date~~ to understand the context of the imaging study; to document observations; and to correlate and reach new conclusions about a disease and the course of a medical problem."<ref name="BuiMed">{{cite book \|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=3JClHj3SXjwC&pg=PA3 \|chapter=Chapter 1: Introduction \|title=Medical Imaging Informatics \|author=Bui, Alex A. T.; Taira, Ricky K.; Kangerloo, Hooshang \|publisher=Springer \|year=2009 \|pages= \|isbn=9781441903853 \|accessdate=09 June 2014}}</ref>		'''Imaging informatics''' (also known as '''radiology informatics''' or '''medical imaging informatics''') involves the intersection between [[health informatics]] and [[bioinformatics]] that aims to improve the efficiency, accuracy, usability, and reliability of medical imaging services within the context of the healthcare environment.<ref name="BranstetterBasics">{{cite journal \|url=http://pubs.rsna.org/doi/full/10.1148/radiol.2433060243 \|journal=Radiology \|title=Basics of Imaging Informatics \|author=Branstetter, B. \|volume=243 \|issue=3 \|pages=656–67 \|year=2007 \|doi=10.1148/radiol.2433060243 \|pmid=17431128 \|accessdate=09 June 2014}}</ref> "Notably, medical imaging informatics addresses not only the images themselves, but encompasses the associated data to understand the context of the imaging study; to document observations; and to correlate and reach new conclusions about a disease and the course of a medical problem."<ref name="BuiMed">{{cite book \|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=3JClHj3SXjwC&pg=PA3 \|chapter=Chapter 1: Introduction \|title=Medical Imaging Informatics \|author=Bui, Alex A. T.; Taira, Ricky K.; Kangerloo, Hooshang \|publisher=Springer \|year=2009 \|pages= \|isbn=9781441903853 \|accessdate=09 June 2014}}</ref>

	More specifically it is devoted to the study of how [[information]] about and contained within medical images is acquired, stored, exchanged, analyzed, and enhanced throughout the medical enterprise. Medical images must be in a standard, symbolic, and reproducible format for proper acquisition and storage. Computer-related transmission protocols like TCP/IP, HTTP, and [[DICOM]] as well as organized, sensical transaction diagrams are required for proper data exchange. And because of all those protocols and standards, software can be created and utilized to analyze, enhance, and even mine medical images for useful real-world healthcare data.<ref name="KagadisInfoCH2">{{cite book \|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=JTYb3SZZraYC&pg=PA15 \|chapter=Chapter 2: Informatics Constructs \|title=Informatics in Medical Imaging \|author=Langer, Steve G. \|publisher=CRC Press \|year=2011 \|pages=15–23 \|isbn=9781439831243 \|accessdate=09 June 2014}}</ref>		More specifically it is devoted to the study of how [[information]] about and contained within medical images is acquired, stored, exchanged, analyzed, and enhanced throughout the medical enterprise. Medical images must be in a standard, symbolic, and reproducible format for proper acquisition and storage. Computer-related transmission protocols like TCP/IP, HTTP, and [[DICOM]] as well as organized, sensical transaction diagrams are required for proper data exchange. And because of all those protocols and standards, software can be created and utilized to analyze, enhance, and even mine medical images for useful real-world healthcare data.<ref name="KagadisInfoCH2">{{cite book \|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=JTYb3SZZraYC&pg=PA15 \|chapter=Chapter 2: Informatics Constructs \|title=Informatics in Medical Imaging \|author=Langer, Steve G. \|publisher=CRC Press \|year=2011 \|pages=15–23 \|isbn=9781439831243 \|accessdate=09 June 2014}}</ref>

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			[[File:Voxel-man-brain.jpg\|thumb\|300px\|right\|This example from the late 1990s shows how data from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) could be transformed into a 3D rendering of the brain using informatics tools like the VOXEL-MAN program.]]
	'''Imaging informatics''' (also known as '''radiology informatics''' or '''medical imaging informatics''') involves the intersection between [[health informatics]] and [[bioinformatics]] that aims to improve the efficiency, accuracy, usability, and reliability of medical imaging services within the context of the healthcare environment.<ref name="BranstetterBasics">{{cite journal \|url=http://pubs.rsna.org/doi/full/10.1148/radiol.2433060243 \|journal=Radiology \|title=Basics of Imaging Informatics \|author=Branstetter, B. \|volume=243 \|issue=3 \|pages=656–67 \|year=2007 \|doi=10.1148/radiol.2433060243 \|pmid=17431128 \|accessdate=09 June 2014}}</ref> "Notably, medical imaging informatics addresses not only the images themselves, but encompasses the associated date to understand the context of the imaging study; to document observations; and to correlate and reach new conclusions about a disease and the course of a medical problem."<ref name="BuiMed">{{cite book \|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=3JClHj3SXjwC&pg=PA3 \|chapter=Chapter 1: Introduction \|title=Medical Imaging Informatics \|author=Bui, Alex A. T.; Taira, Ricky K.; Kangerloo, Hooshang \|publisher=Springer \|year=2009 \|pages= \|isbn=9781441903853 \|accessdate=09 June 2014}}</ref>		'''Imaging informatics''' (also known as '''radiology informatics''' or '''medical imaging informatics''') involves the intersection between [[health informatics]] and [[bioinformatics]] that aims to improve the efficiency, accuracy, usability, and reliability of medical imaging services within the context of the healthcare environment.<ref name="BranstetterBasics">{{cite journal \|url=http://pubs.rsna.org/doi/full/10.1148/radiol.2433060243 \|journal=Radiology \|title=Basics of Imaging Informatics \|author=Branstetter, B. \|volume=243 \|issue=3 \|pages=656–67 \|year=2007 \|doi=10.1148/radiol.2433060243 \|pmid=17431128 \|accessdate=09 June 2014}}</ref> "Notably, medical imaging informatics addresses not only the images themselves, but encompasses the associated date to understand the context of the imaging study; to document observations; and to correlate and reach new conclusions about a disease and the course of a medical problem."<ref name="BuiMed">{{cite book \|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=3JClHj3SXjwC&pg=PA3 \|chapter=Chapter 1: Introduction \|title=Medical Imaging Informatics \|author=Bui, Alex A. T.; Taira, Ricky K.; Kangerloo, Hooshang \|publisher=Springer \|year=2009 \|pages= \|isbn=9781441903853 \|accessdate=09 June 2014}}</ref>

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	==Informatics==		==Informatics==
	*Transforming the ~~Radiological Interpretation Process (TRIP)<ref>TRIP - an initiative between~~ the ~~then Society~~ of ~~Computer Applications~~ in ~~Radiology (SCAR), now known~~ as the ~~Society of Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) [~~http://~~www~~.~~scarnet~~.~~net~~/~~trip/html/What_is_TRIP~~.~~htm]~~</ref>		A portion of what imaging informatics does involves the technology surrounding the mentioned diagnostic imaging modalities, including transfer and storage of their digital output. PACS have began playing an important role in hospitals and other medical environments as early as the 1990s<ref name="HuangPACS">{{cite book \|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Pjjkyae_55oC&pg=PA1 \|chapter=Chapter 1: Introduction \|title=PACS and Imaging Informatics: Basic Principles and Applications \|author=Huang, H. K. \|publisher=John Wiley & Sons \|pages=1–30 \|year=2010 \|isbn=9780470560518 \|accessdate=09 June 2014}}</ref>, helping to provide affordable digital storage and distribution of medical images from numerous modalities. Another important part of imaging informatics includes the development of software to view, enhance, and analyze output from those modalities. The RIS has played an important part in that for sure, though open-source image viewing and analysis tools like [[dcm4che2]], [[OsiriX]], and [[ITK]] have also broadened the scope and availability of informatics tools available to technicians and researchers. Of course, interoperability among the software, PACS, RIS, and even the [[hospital information system]] (HIS) are vital and benefited by protocols and standards like DICOM and HL7.

			==External links==

	~~==External links==~~		* [https://www.abii.org/ American Board of Imaging Informatics] (ABII)
	*[http://www.~~siimweb~~.org/ ~~The~~ Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine]		* [http://www.imagescience.org/ imagescience.org]
	*[~~https~~://www.~~abii~~.org/ ~~American Board of~~ Imaging ~~Informatics~~]		* [http://www.medicalimaging.org/ Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance] (MITA)
			* [http://rad.usuhs.edu/medpix/index.html MedPix]
			* [http://www.mypacs.net/ MyPACS.net]
			* [http://www.openbioimage.org/ Open Bio Image Alliance] (OBIA)
			* [http://siim.org/ Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine] (SIIM)
			* [http://www.imaging.org/ist/index.cfm Society for Imaging Science and Technology] (IS&T)

	==Notes==		==Notes==

	This article reuses ~~a few elements~~ from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imaging_informatics the Wikipedia article].		This article reuses an element or two from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imaging_informatics the Wikipedia article].

	==References==		==References==

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	As radiology is an inherently data-intensive and technology-driven specialty of medicine, radiologists have become leaders in imaging informatics. However, with the proliferation of digitized images to other fields such as cardiology, dermatology, surgery, gastroenterology, obstetrics, gynecology, and pathology, advances in imaging informatics are also being tested and applied in other areas of medicine.<ref name="KagadisInfoCH4">{{cite book \|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=JTYb3SZZraYC&pg=PA41 \|chapter=Chapter 4: DICOM \|title=Informatics in Medical Imaging \|author=Horii, Steven C. \|publisher=CRC Press \|year=2011 \|pages=41–68\|isbn=9781439831243 \|accessdate=09 June 2014}}</ref>		As radiology is an inherently data-intensive and technology-driven specialty of medicine, radiologists have become leaders in imaging informatics. However, with the proliferation of digitized images to other fields such as cardiology, dermatology, surgery, gastroenterology, obstetrics, gynecology, and pathology, advances in imaging informatics are also being tested and applied in other areas of medicine.<ref name="KagadisInfoCH4">{{cite book \|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=JTYb3SZZraYC&pg=PA41 \|chapter=Chapter 4: DICOM \|title=Informatics in Medical Imaging \|author=Horii, Steven C. \|publisher=CRC Press \|year=2011 \|pages=41–68\|isbn=9781439831243 \|accessdate=09 June 2014}}</ref>

			==Diagnostic imaging modalities==
			Medical images created, studied, and mined in imaging informatics come from several modalities<ref name="BranstetterPractical">{{cite book \|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Q6Hc0oMyiYYC&pg=PA3 \|chapter=Chapter 1: Medical Imaging Modalities and Digital Images \|title=Practical Imaging Informatics: Foundations and Applications for PACS Professionals \|author=Andriole, Katherine P. \|publisher=Springer \|year=2009 \|pages=3–14 \|isbn=9781441904850 \|accessdate=09 June 2014}}</ref>:

			'''Projection radiology''' utilizes X-rays to provide a grayscale image representing X-ray attenuation. The advantages of it include being fast, easy to perform, and inexpensive. Disadvantages include problems with low-contrast differentiations, image interpretation, and the use of ionizing radiation.

			'''Fluorography''' utilizes a continuous low-power X-ray beam to provide a grayscale "movie" for real-time feedback. It has the advantage of capturing movement-based measurements for barium studies or placement of catheters. It's primary disadvantage is in the quality of the radiograph.

			'''Computed tomography''' (CT) utilizes a moving collimated X-ray beam and a series of detectors to produce a digital image based on the X-ray attenuation of tissues. It has the advantage of providing finer resolutions, especially among tissues with similar densities. Disadvantages include high costs, the propensity for high-density artifacts, and the use of high doses of ionizing radiation.

			'''Magnetic resonance imaging''' (MRI) utilizes a high-intensity magnetic field with controlled radiofrequency pulses to provide a grayscale image based on the magnetic properties of nuclei in the tissues of the body. Advantages include excellent soft tissue contrast and resolution, can image on any plane, and doesn't use ionizing radiation. Disadvantages include high costs, lengthy scan times, and an inability to show calcification.

			'''Positron emission tomography''' (PET) utilizes X-ray or gamma-ray emitting radioisotopes placed into the body, their decay measured as pulses of light using photomultiplier tubes, which is then converted into a grayscale image. This method has the advantage of producing fine targeted measurements of chemical-physiologic tissue function. The high cost and need for a cyclotron to produce the radioisotopes pose challenges to some medical facilities.

			'''Ultrasound''' utilizes high-frequency sound waves from a transducer, which also receives reflected sound and converts it to an electrical signal and then a grayscale image. Ultrasound has the benefit of being low-cost, safe, and useful for analyzing soft tissues like the kidneys, liver, and pancreas. Disadvantages include its operator dependence and its inability to render quality images in obese patients.

			'''Visible light''' is used in some cases, though with limited practicality. It's most often used in the imaging of tissues in light microscopy and imaging the retina.

	==Application==		==Application==
	~~Key areas relevant to~~ Imaging informatics ~~include~~:		Imaging informatics can help tackle problems and tasks such as the following<ref name="BranstetterBasics" />:
	*~~Picture Archiving~~ and ~~Communication System~~ (PACS) and ~~Component Systems~~		* the creation and management of [[picture archiving and communication system]]s (PACS) and component systems
	*~~Imaging Informatics for~~ the ~~Enterprise~~		* the embedding of medical images in [[electronic medical record]]s
	*~~Image-Enabled Electronic Medical Records~~		* the development of [[radiology information system]]s (RIS)
	*Radiology Information Systems (RIS~~) and Hospital Information Systems (HIS~~)		* the acquisition of images from medical devices
	*~~Digital image~~ acquisition		* the development of image processing and enhancement software
	*~~Image~~ processing and enhancement		* the 3D visualization of medical imaging data
	*~~Image [[data compression]]~~		* the integration of speech recognition into imaging apps for quicker reporting turnaround
	*[[3D visualization~~]] and multimedia~~		* the design of imaging facilities
	*~~Speech~~ recognition		* the development of imaging vocabularies and ontologies
	*~~Computer-aided diagnosis (CAD).~~		* the mining of data from medical imaging databases
	*Imaging facilities ~~design~~		* the development of [[DICOM]], [[Health Level 7\|HL7]], and other standards
	*~~Imaging~~ vocabularies and ontologies
	*~~[[Data~~ mining]] from [[medical ~~images]] [[database]]s~~
	*~~Transforming~~ the ~~Radiological Interpretation Process (TRIP)<ref>TRIP - an initiative between the then Society of Computer Applications in Radiology (SCAR), now known as the Society~~ of ~~Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) [http://www.scarnet.net/trip/html/What_is_TRIP.htm]</ref>~~
	*[[DICOM]], [[Health Level 7\|HL7]] and other standards
	*[[Workflow]] and process modeling and process simulation
	*[[Quality assurance]]
	*Archive integrity and security
	*Teleradiology
	*Radiology informatics education
	*[[Digital imaging]]

	==Informatics==		==Informatics==
			*Transforming the Radiological Interpretation Process (TRIP)<ref>TRIP - an initiative between the then Society of Computer Applications in Radiology (SCAR), now known as the Society of Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) [http://www.scarnet.net/trip/html/What_is_TRIP.htm]</ref>

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	'''Imaging ~~Informatics~~''', also known as ~~Radiology Informatics~~ or ~~Medical Imaging Informatics, is a subspecialty of~~ [[~~Health~~ informatics~~\|Biomedical Informatics~~]] that aims to improve the efficiency, accuracy, usability and reliability of medical imaging services within the healthcare ~~enterprise~~.<ref>{{cite journal \| ~~last~~ = ~~Branstetter~~ \| ~~first~~ = ~~B \| year = 2007~~ \| title = Basics of Imaging Informatics \| ~~journal~~ = ~~Radiology~~ \| volume = 243 \| pages = 656–67 \| doi = 10.1148/radiol.2433060243 \| pmid = 17431128 \| ~~issue~~ = 3}}</ref> ~~It is devoted~~ to the study ~~of how [[information]]~~ about and ~~contained within~~ medical ~~images is retrieved~~, ~~analyzed~~, ~~enhanced~~, ~~and exchanged throughout the medical enterprise.~~		'''Imaging informatics''' (also known as '''radiology informatics''' or '''medical imaging informatics''') involves the intersection between [[health informatics]] and [[bioinformatics]] that aims to improve the efficiency, accuracy, usability, and reliability of medical imaging services within the context of the healthcare environment.<ref name="BranstetterBasics">{{cite journal \|url=http://pubs.rsna.org/doi/full/10.1148/radiol.2433060243 \|journal=Radiology \|title=Basics of Imaging Informatics \|author=Branstetter, B. \|volume=243 \|issue=3 \|pages=656–67 \|year=2007 \|doi=10.1148/radiol.2433060243 \|pmid=17431128 \|accessdate=09 June 2014}}</ref> "Notably, medical imaging informatics addresses not only the images themselves, but encompasses the associated date to understand the context of the imaging study; to document observations; and to correlate and reach new conclusions about a disease and the course of a medical problem."<ref name="BuiMed">{{cite book \|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=3JClHj3SXjwC&pg=PA3 \|chapter=Chapter 1: Introduction \|title=Medical Imaging Informatics \|author=Bui, Alex A. T.; Taira, Ricky K.; Kangerloo, Hooshang \|publisher=Springer \|year=2009 \|pages= \|isbn=9781441903853 \|accessdate=09 June 2014}}</ref>

	~~As radiology~~ is ~~an inherently data-intensive~~ and ~~technology-driven specialty of medicine~~, ~~radiologists have become leaders in Imaging Informatics. However~~, ~~with~~ the ~~proliferation of digitized~~ images ~~across the practice of medicine to include fields such as cardiology~~, ~~dermatology~~, ~~surgery, gastroenterology~~, ~~obstetrics~~, ~~gynecology~~ and ~~pathology~~, ~~the advances in Imaging Informatics~~ are ~~also being tested and applied in other areas~~ of ~~medicine. Various industry players~~ and ~~vendors involved with medical imaging~~, ~~along with IT experts~~ and ~~other biomedical informatics professionals~~, ~~are contributing~~ and ~~getting involved~~ in ~~this expanding field~~.		More specifically it is devoted to the study of how [[information]] about and contained within medical images is acquired, stored, exchanged, analyzed, and enhanced throughout the medical enterprise. Medical images must be in a standard, symbolic, and reproducible format for proper acquisition and storage. Computer-related transmission protocols like TCP/IP, HTTP, and [[DICOM]] as well as organized, sensical transaction diagrams are required for proper data exchange. And because of all those protocols and standards, software can be created and utilized to analyze, enhance, and even mine medical images for useful real-world healthcare data.<ref name="KagadisInfoCH2">{{cite book \|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=JTYb3SZZraYC&pg=PA15 \|chapter=Chapter 2: Informatics Constructs \|title=Informatics in Medical Imaging \|author=Langer, Steve G. \|publisher=CRC Press \|year=2011 \|pages=15–23 \|isbn=9781439831243 \|accessdate=09 June 2014}}</ref>

	~~Imaging~~ informatics ~~exists at~~ the ~~intersection~~ of ~~several broad~~ fields:		As radiology is an inherently data-intensive and technology-driven specialty of medicine, radiologists have become leaders in imaging informatics. However, with the proliferation of digitized images to other fields such as cardiology, dermatology, surgery, gastroenterology, obstetrics, gynecology, and pathology, advances in imaging informatics are also being tested and applied in other areas of medicine.<ref name="KagadisInfoCH4">{{cite book \|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=JTYb3SZZraYC&pg=PA41 \|chapter=Chapter 4: DICOM \|title=Informatics in Medical Imaging \|author=Horii, Steven C. \|publisher=CRC Press \|year=2011 \|pages=41–68\|isbn=9781439831243 \|accessdate=09 June 2014}}</ref>
	*biological science - includes bench sciences such as ~~biochemistry~~, ~~microbiology~~, ~~physiology and genetics~~
	*clinical services - includes the practice of medicine, ~~bedside research~~, ~~including outcomes and cost-effectiveness studies~~, and ~~public health policy~~
	*information science - deals with the acquisition, retrieval, cataloging, and ~~archiving~~ of ~~information~~
	*medical physics / ~~biomedical engineering - entails the use of equipment and technology for a medical purpose~~
	*cognitive science - studying human computer interactions, ~~usability, and information visualization~~
	*computer science - studying the use of computer algorithms for applications such as computer assisted diagnosis and computer vision

	==~~Areas of Interest~~==		==Application==
	Key areas relevant to Imaging informatics include:		Key areas relevant to Imaging informatics include:
	*Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) and Component Systems		*Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) and Component Systems
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	*[[Digital imaging]]		*[[Digital imaging]]

	==~~Training~~==		==Informatics==
	Radiologists who wish to pursue sub-specialty training in this field can undergo fellowship training in Imaging Informatics. Medical Imaging Informatics Fellowships are done after completion of Board Certification in Diagnostic Radiology, and may be pursued concurrently with other sub-specialty radiology fellowships.

	~~The American Board of Imaging Informatics (ABII) also administers a certification examination for Imaging Informatics Professionals.~~

	==External links==		==External links==
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	==Notes==		==Notes==

	This article ~~heavily~~ reuses ~~content~~ from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imaging_informatics the Wikipedia article].		This article reuses a few elements from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imaging_informatics the Wikipedia article].

	==References==		==References==
	<references/>		<references/>

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	[[Category:Informatics]]		[[Category:Informatics]]

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	~~''(This article was taken from Wikipedia)''~~

	~~==Introduction==~~
	'''Imaging Informatics''', also known as Radiology Informatics or Medical Imaging Informatics, is a subspecialty of [[Health informatics\|Biomedical Informatics]] that aims to improve the efficiency, accuracy, usability and reliability of medical imaging services within the healthcare enterprise.<ref>{{cite journal \| last = Branstetter \| first = B \| year = 2007 \| title = Basics of Imaging Informatics \| journal = Radiology \| volume = 243 \| pages = 656–67 \| doi = 10.1148/radiol.2433060243 \| pmid = 17431128 \| issue = 3}}</ref> It is devoted to the study of how [[information]] about and contained within medical images is retrieved, analyzed, enhanced, and exchanged throughout the medical enterprise.		'''Imaging Informatics''', also known as Radiology Informatics or Medical Imaging Informatics, is a subspecialty of [[Health informatics\|Biomedical Informatics]] that aims to improve the efficiency, accuracy, usability and reliability of medical imaging services within the healthcare enterprise.<ref>{{cite journal \| last = Branstetter \| first = B \| year = 2007 \| title = Basics of Imaging Informatics \| journal = Radiology \| volume = 243 \| pages = 656–67 \| doi = 10.1148/radiol.2433060243 \| pmid = 17431128 \| issue = 3}}</ref> It is devoted to the study of how [[information]] about and contained within medical images is retrieved, analyzed, enhanced, and exchanged throughout the medical enterprise.

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	The American Board of Imaging Informatics (ABII) also administers a certification examination for Imaging Informatics Professionals.		The American Board of Imaging Informatics (ABII) also administers a certification examination for Imaging Informatics Professionals.

	~~==References==~~
	~~<references/>~~

	==External links==		==External links==
	*[http://www.siimweb.org/ The Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine]		*[http://www.siimweb.org/ The Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine]
	*[https://www.abii.org/ American Board of Imaging Informatics]		*[https://www.abii.org/ American Board of Imaging Informatics]

			==Notes==

			This article heavily reuses content from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imaging_informatics the Wikipedia article].

			==References==
			<references/>

	[[Category:Informatics]]		[[Category:Informatics]]

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	==Introduction==		==Introduction==
	'''Imaging Informatics''', also known as Radiology Informatics or Medical Imaging Informatics, is a subspecialty of [[Health informatics\|Biomedical Informatics]] that aims to improve the efficiency, accuracy, usability and reliability of medical imaging services within the healthcare enterprise.<ref>{{cite journal \| last = Branstetter \| first = B \| year = 2007 \| title = Basics of Imaging Informatics \| journal = Radiology \| volume = 243 \| pages = 656–67 \| doi = 10.1148/radiol.2433060243 \| pmid = 17431128 \| issue = 3}}</ref> It is devoted to the study of how information about and contained within medical images is retrieved, analyzed, enhanced, and exchanged throughout the medical enterprise.		'''Imaging Informatics''', also known as Radiology Informatics or Medical Imaging Informatics, is a subspecialty of [[Health informatics\|Biomedical Informatics]] that aims to improve the efficiency, accuracy, usability and reliability of medical imaging services within the healthcare enterprise.<ref>{{cite journal \| last = Branstetter \| first = B \| year = 2007 \| title = Basics of Imaging Informatics \| journal = Radiology \| volume = 243 \| pages = 656–67 \| doi = 10.1148/radiol.2433060243 \| pmid = 17431128 \| issue = 3}}</ref> It is devoted to the study of how [[information]] about and contained within medical images is retrieved, analyzed, enhanced, and exchanged throughout the medical enterprise.

	As radiology is an inherently data-intensive and technology-driven specialty of medicine, radiologists have become leaders in Imaging Informatics. However, with the proliferation of digitized images across the practice of medicine to include fields such as cardiology, dermatology, surgery, gastroenterology, obstetrics, gynecology and pathology, the advances in Imaging Informatics are also being tested and applied in other areas of medicine. Various industry players and vendors involved with medical imaging, along with IT experts and other biomedical informatics professionals, are contributing and getting involved in this expanding field.		As radiology is an inherently data-intensive and technology-driven specialty of medicine, radiologists have become leaders in Imaging Informatics. However, with the proliferation of digitized images across the practice of medicine to include fields such as cardiology, dermatology, surgery, gastroenterology, obstetrics, gynecology and pathology, the advances in Imaging Informatics are also being tested and applied in other areas of medicine. Various industry players and vendors involved with medical imaging, along with IT experts and other biomedical informatics professionals, are contributing and getting involved in this expanding field.

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	[[File:Voxel-man-brain.jpg\|thumb\|300px\|right\|This example from the late 1990s shows how data from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) could be transformed into a 3D rendering of the brain using informatics tools like the VOXEL-MAN program.]]		[[File:Voxel-man-brain.jpg\|thumb\|300px\|right\|This example from the late 1990s shows how data from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) could be transformed into a 3D rendering of the brain using informatics tools like the VOXEL-MAN program.]]
	'''Imaging informatics''' (also known as '''radiology informatics''' or '''medical imaging informatics''') involves the intersection between [[health informatics]] and [[bioinformatics]] that aims to improve the efficiency, accuracy, usability, and reliability of medical imaging services within the context of the healthcare environment.<ref name="BranstetterBasics">{{cite journal \|url=http://pubs.rsna.org/doi/full/10.1148/radiol.2433060243 \|journal=Radiology \|title=Basics of Imaging Informatics \|author=Branstetter, B. \|volume=243 \|issue=3 \|pages=656–67 \|year=2007 \|doi=10.1148/radiol.2433060243 \|pmid=17431128 \|accessdate=09 June 2014}}</ref> "Notably, medical imaging informatics addresses not only the images themselves, but encompasses the associated ~~date~~ to understand the context of the imaging study; to document observations; and to correlate and reach new conclusions about a disease and the course of a medical problem."<ref name="BuiMed">{{cite book \|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=3JClHj3SXjwC&pg=PA3 \|chapter=Chapter 1: Introduction \|title=Medical Imaging Informatics \|author=Bui, Alex A. T.; Taira, Ricky K.; Kangerloo, Hooshang \|publisher=Springer \|year=2009 \|pages= \|isbn=9781441903853 \|accessdate=09 June 2014}}</ref>		'''Imaging informatics''' (also known as '''radiology informatics''' or '''medical imaging informatics''') involves the intersection between [[health informatics]] and [[bioinformatics]] that aims to improve the efficiency, accuracy, usability, and reliability of medical imaging services within the context of the healthcare environment.<ref name="BranstetterBasics">{{cite journal \|url=http://pubs.rsna.org/doi/full/10.1148/radiol.2433060243 \|journal=Radiology \|title=Basics of Imaging Informatics \|author=Branstetter, B. \|volume=243 \|issue=3 \|pages=656–67 \|year=2007 \|doi=10.1148/radiol.2433060243 \|pmid=17431128 \|accessdate=09 June 2014}}</ref> "Notably, medical imaging informatics addresses not only the images themselves, but encompasses the associated data to understand the context of the imaging study; to document observations; and to correlate and reach new conclusions about a disease and the course of a medical problem."<ref name="BuiMed">{{cite book \|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=3JClHj3SXjwC&pg=PA3 \|chapter=Chapter 1: Introduction \|title=Medical Imaging Informatics \|author=Bui, Alex A. T.; Taira, Ricky K.; Kangerloo, Hooshang \|publisher=Springer \|year=2009 \|pages= \|isbn=9781441903853 \|accessdate=09 June 2014}}</ref>

	More specifically it is devoted to the study of how [[information]] about and contained within medical images is acquired, stored, exchanged, analyzed, and enhanced throughout the medical enterprise. Medical images must be in a standard, symbolic, and reproducible format for proper acquisition and storage. Computer-related transmission protocols like TCP/IP, HTTP, and [[DICOM]] as well as organized, sensical transaction diagrams are required for proper data exchange. And because of all those protocols and standards, software can be created and utilized to analyze, enhance, and even mine medical images for useful real-world healthcare data.<ref name="KagadisInfoCH2">{{cite book \|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=JTYb3SZZraYC&pg=PA15 \|chapter=Chapter 2: Informatics Constructs \|title=Informatics in Medical Imaging \|author=Langer, Steve G. \|publisher=CRC Press \|year=2011 \|pages=15–23 \|isbn=9781439831243 \|accessdate=09 June 2014}}</ref>		More specifically it is devoted to the study of how [[information]] about and contained within medical images is acquired, stored, exchanged, analyzed, and enhanced throughout the medical enterprise. Medical images must be in a standard, symbolic, and reproducible format for proper acquisition and storage. Computer-related transmission protocols like TCP/IP, HTTP, and [[DICOM]] as well as organized, sensical transaction diagrams are required for proper data exchange. And because of all those protocols and standards, software can be created and utilized to analyze, enhance, and even mine medical images for useful real-world healthcare data.<ref name="KagadisInfoCH2">{{cite book \|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=JTYb3SZZraYC&pg=PA15 \|chapter=Chapter 2: Informatics Constructs \|title=Informatics in Medical Imaging \|author=Langer, Steve G. \|publisher=CRC Press \|year=2011 \|pages=15–23 \|isbn=9781439831243 \|accessdate=09 June 2014}}</ref>