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IHE Radiology Technical Framework Supplement – Scheduled Workflow.b (SWF.b)______________________________________________________________________________Order :CT Chest/Abdomen/PelvisRequested Procedure : CT Chest520525Scheduled Procedure Step :CT Chest w/o contrastRequested Procedure : CT Abdomen/PelvisScheduled Procedure Step :CT Abdomen/ Pelvis w/o contrastPerformed Procedure Step :CT Chest/Abdomen/pelvis w/ocontrastIn this example, a single Performed Procedure Step has been performed in response to twoScheduled Procedure Steps. IHE refers to this as a Group Case (see RAD-TF2: 4.6). At the timeof reading, the same series of images produced by this Performed Procedure Step would be readonce in the context of the CT Chest Requested Procedure and again in the context of theAbdomen/Pelvis Requested Procedure.34.4.1.2.2 Extending the Scheduled Workflow Concepts to IncludePost-Processing Tasks530The workflow concepts described above may be extended to include other Scheduled ProcedureSteps, such as those used to describe post-processing tasks.Some of the Scheduled Procedure Steps may be Image Post-Processing related. TheseScheduled Procedure Steps would result in Post-Processing Performed Procedure Steps. This isillustrated by the following example of an MR Brain with a Functional Analysis Post-Processing.Order :MR Brain Functional AnalysisRequested Procedure : MR Brain Functional AnalysisScheduled Procedure Step :MR Brain AcquisitionScheduled Procedure StepMR Functional AnalysisPerformed Procedure Step :MR Brain AcquisitionPerformed Procedure StepMR Functional Analysis535540In the above example, two different Scheduled Procedure Steps have been defined for theRequested Procedure. This reflects the fact that in this radiology department, the functionalanalysis post-processing is not performed by the MR Technologist, but by the Radiologist andtherefore needs to be independently scheduled on an independent workstation. Anotherdepartment may well choose to have the Technologist perform the post-processing immediatelyafter the MR acquisition (either on the MR itself or on a co-located workstation). In that case theRequested Procedure would include a single Scheduled Procedure Step that includes both theacquisition and the post-processing task.__________________________________________________________________________Rev. 1.1 – 2013-06-11 27 Copyright © 2013: IHE International, Inc.Template Rev. 10.3