Andreas Knopke MD, Abstract Co-Author: Employee, IMAGE Information Systems Ltd

Tobias Hertle, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Ruediger Von Kummer MD, Abstract Co-Author: Research Consultant, H. Lundbeck A/S Research Consultant, SYNARC Inc Speakers Bureau, Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH Speakers Bureau, Penumbra, Inc

Communication with external referring physicians and physicians on call is a fundamental part of the daily routine in any modern radiology. The transmission of clinical data, questions and findings and in particular the distribution of generated images plays an important role in this communication.

DePeSche is compliant to the requirements established by the AGIT (IT task group of the German radiology society), is compatible with existing software solutions (e.g. DKON), and further extends these by allowing for bidirectional communication. Other advantages compared to conventional options are the platform independency (Windows, Linux, Macintosh, Android), the Unicode capability (support of multi-byte character sets), the possibility of a multilingual graphical user interface, and the compatibility with any DICOM viewer. This represents a considerable benefit in terms of usability and costs.

DePeSche is compliant to the requirements established by the AGIT (IT task group of the German radiology society), is compatible with existing software solutions (e.g. DKON), and further extends these by allowing for bidirectional communication. Other advantages compared to conventional options are the platform independency (Windows, Linux, Macintosh, Android), the Unicode capability (support of multi-byte character sets), the possibility of a multilingual graphical user interface, and the compatibility with any DICOM viewer. This represents a considerable benefit in terms of usability and costs.

At present, the transmission of image data is realized by means of different technical solutions. One of these options is DICOM Email, which has proved well-suited in terms of cost, privacy and stability. Previous solutions, however, have turned out to be difficult and expensive to install and also required the active transfer of image data by the data producer.

Knopke, A, Hertle, T, Von Kummer, R, DePeSche: An Open Source, Cross-Platform DICOM E-mail Proxy Server and Client.  Radiological Society of North America 2012 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, November 25 - November 30, 2012 ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2012/12030669.html