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ArticleYonsei medical journal2022

Development and Validation of the Radiology Common Data Model (R-CDM) for the International Standardization of Medical Imaging Data.

ChulHyoung Park, Seng Chan You, Hokyun Jeon, Chang Won Jeong, Jin Wook Choi, Rae Woong Park

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Article in Yonsei medical journal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 authors.

ChulHyoung Park *Department of Biomedical Informatics, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0531-9144
Seng Chan You *Department of Preventive Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5052-6399
Hokyun JeonDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6220-4207
Chang Won JeongMedical Convergence Research Center, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9305-4686
Jin Wook ChoiDepartment of Radiology, Ajou University Medical Center, Suwon, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2396-4705
Rae Woong ParkDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4989-3287

Funding

Korea Health Industry Development Institute HR16C0001Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy 20001234Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy 20003883Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy 20005021
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeDigital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM), a standard file format for medical imaging data, contains metadata describing each file. However, metadata are often incomplete, and there is no standardized format for recording metadata, leading to inefficiency during the metadata-based data retrieval process. Here, we propose a novel standardization method for DICOM metadata termed the Radiology Common Data Model (R-CDM). MATERIALS AND

methodsR-CDM was designed to be compatible with Health Level Seven International (HL7)/Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) and linked with the Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership (OMOP)-CDM to achieve a seamless link between clinical data and medical imaging data. The terminology system was standardized using the RadLex playbook, a comprehensive lexicon of radiology. As a proof of concept, the R-CDM conversion process was conducted with 41.7 TB of data from the Ajou University Hospital. The R-CDM database visualizer was developed to visualize the main characteristics of the R-CDM database.

resultsInformation from 2801360 cases and 87203226 DICOM files was organized into two tables constituting the R-CDM. Information on imaging device and image resolution was recorded with more than 99.9% accuracy. Furthermore, OMOP-CDM and R-CDM were linked to efficiently extract specific types of images from specific patient cohorts.

conclusionR-CDM standardizes the structure and terminology for recording medical imaging data to eliminate incomplete and unstandardized information. Successful standardization was achieved by the extract, transform, and load process and image classifier. We hope that the R-CDM will contribute to deep learning research in the medical imaging field by enabling the securement of large-scale medical imaging data from multinational institutions.

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Diagnostic ImagingRadiologyDatabases, FactualHumansRadiographyReference StandardsMetadataradiology information systemstandardization

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PMID35040608
PMCPMC8790584

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