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Glossary

One meaning per term. The Czech column is the UI label.

TermMeaningCzech (UI)
MDTMultidisciplinary team meeting (tumor board). Specialists decide cancer treatment together.MDT, indikační seminář
ExamOne imaging examination of a patient, as recorded in NIS. Its images in PACS form a study.vyšetření
Scheduled examA planned CT, MRI or PET scan. One of the two triggers.plánované vyšetření
TriggerThe event that starts a check: a scheduled exam or a patient on an MDT list.spouštěč
PriorAn earlier imaging exam of the same patient.předchozí vyšetření
Candidate priorA prior found in NIS, named in a report, or known from insurer data, before the relevance verdict.kandidátní předchozí vyšetření
Relevant priorA prior the physician needs to compare against for the current exam or MDT.relevantní předchozí vyšetření
BaselineThe prior taken before treatment started. Used to measure response.vstupní vyšetření
ComparisonReading a new exam against priors to see change.srovnání
Index dateDate of the first record of the patient’s cancer. The lookback window starts from it.datum prvozáchytu
Case summaryKomPACS output: patient context, relevant priors, their status, missing items, next steps.souhrn případu
ReportText written by a physician. A radiology report is the text reading of an exam.zpráva, popis
Ordering personThe person who orders the exam or starts the check.indikující osoba
TermMeaningCzech (UI)
DoctorAnyone who reads the case summary: physician, nurse, MDT member.lékař
CollectorThe person who works the queue: decides priors, approves requests, makes calls.koordinátor/ka
QueueThe Collector’s list of open requests and alerts.fronta
RequestOne ask to get missing images or a missing report, by e-mail, phone or FHIR.žádost
Insurer requestA FHIR Task that asks for the patient’s insurer statement since the index date. Generated, not sent.dotaz na pojišťovnu
Relevance verdictThe AI label for a candidate prior: relevant, not relevant or uncertain, with a reason and the source sentence.relevantní / nerelevantní / nejisté
Prior statusAvailable, missing report, missing, or place unknown.dostupné / chybí popis / chybí / místo neznámé
Removed priorA prior the Collector removed from the request list. The Doctor can request it again.vyřazeno koordinátorem
Duplicate alertWarning that the scheduled exam repeats the same exam within 6 weeks.upozornění na duplicitu
Verified contactAn e-mail or phone of another hospital that the Collector confirmed, with the date.ověřený kontakt
InsurerA health insurer. Knows where and when each billed exam took place.zdravotní pojišťovna
Not deliveredA request whose prior is not in PACS 2 working days after it was sent.nedoručeno
Not foundA place-unknown request the Collector closed without finding the place.nedohledáno
TimelineAll events of one patient in date order.časová osa
TermMeaning
ModalityThe imaging technique (CT, MR, PT, US, …). DICOM code.
StudyOne imaging exam. Has a unique Study Instance UID.
SeriesOne image set inside a study.
Accession numberHospital ID for an ordered exam. Links the order, the study and the report.
AE titleDICOM Application Entity title. ePACS identifies a facility by it.
PACSPicture archiving and communication system. Stores and serves DICOM images.
ePACSCzech network for exchanging images between hospitals.
Placer order numberThe ordering system’s ID for an order. HL7 ORC-2. FHIR ServiceRequest.identifier of type PLAC.
C-FIND / C-MOVEDICOM query / DICOM retrieve.
QIDO-RS / WADO-RSDICOMweb query / retrieve.
TermMeaning
NISNemocniční informační systém, hospital information system (HIS).
RISRadiology information system. Holds orders and schedules.
FHIRHL7 standard for health data exchange. REST and JSON. KomPACS uses R4.
HL7 v2Pipe-delimited message standard. Common in Czech hospitals.
ORM^O01HL7 v2 order message. Scheduled exams arrive as ORM^O01.
CDAHL7 XML clinical document standard.
SDAInterSystems internal pivot format. IRIS converts HL7 v2 / CDA → SDA → FHIR.
ProductionIRIS interoperability pipeline: business services (in), processes (logic), operations (out).
FHIR SQL BuilderIRIS tool that projects FHIR resources into SQL tables. KomPACS schema: pacs.
EmbeddingA vector of numbers that holds the meaning of a text.
Vector searchFind the texts whose embeddings are closest to the query, with VECTOR_COSINE in IRIS SQL.
MCPModel Context Protocol. Lets an LLM client call tools. KomPACS server: pacs-mcp.
EHDSEuropean Health Data Space, Regulation (EU) 2025/327.