The IHE Mammography Subcommittee of the IHE Radiology Technical Committee brings together users and developers of mammography imaging and information systems. They define standards-based solutions, called integration profiles, to address interoperability and information sharing problems that impact patient care in mammography. IHE drives the adoption of integration profiles by building industry consensus, educating developers and users, and testing and demonstrating systems that conform to them.
The Mammography Image Integration Profile (MAMMO) specifies how DICOM Mammography images and evidence objects are created, exchanged and used. It is currently published in a Trial Implementation draft, which will be used for testing at Connectathons in 2007. To download and submit comments on this supplement to the IHE Technical Framework, go to http://www.ihe.net/Technical_Framework/index.cfm#radiology.
IHE has published a brochure, Going Digital: An IHE Guide for Mammography, that provides answers to commonly asked questions about using IHE to make the transition to digital mammography. IHE has also published a more detailed reference, the Mammography User's Handbook.
More information about the IHE Mammography Subcommittee can be found at http://www.ihe.net/radiology/committees/.
