B.E. (Biomedical Engineering) Healthcare Informatics Abbreviated As HCI Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
This is the Fourth Year Biomedical Rev 2019 C Scheme syllabus under REV-2019 'C' Scheme, in force from the academic year 2022-23. The University has not yet published an NEP 2020 syllabus above Semester IV for this branch, and this is the scheme its examinations are set on.
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Syllabus for Healthcare Informatics (Abbreviated as HCI)
Module 1: Healthcare interoperability:
- Standards in healthcare system, categorizing standards, standard development, various healthcare informatics standards, need for a Lingua Franca, electronic health records, interoperability modelling basics.
Module 2: HL7 Version 2 (Part-I)
- Message syntax, delimiters, segment definition, message header MSH, patient identification details (PID), patient visit (PV1), request and specimen details (OBR), result details (OBX).
Module 3: HL7 Version 2 (Part-II)
- Z-Segments, data, simple data types, complex data types, codes and identifiers, names and addresses, other complex data types.
Module 4: DICOM standard:
- Introduction, DICOM Grammar: VRs, DICOM data dictionary, DICOM objects, DICOM information hierarchy, modules, IODs and IEs.
Module 5: DICOM Communications:
- DICOM SOPs, unit identification on n/w, services and data, DIMSE Example: C Echo, storage, query: find, C-Find IOD, C-Find DIMSE, C-Cancel, modality Worklist, Basic DICOM retrieval: C-Get, advanced DICOM retrieval: C-Move, DICOM: ping, push and pull.
Module 6: DICOM Associations
- Association establishment, transfer syntax, application context, DICOM Media: Files, Folders, and DICOMDIRs DICOM File format, DICOM file services, storing DICOM data in PACS.
Textbooks
- 1 Principles of Health Interoperability HL7 and SNOMED (Health Information Technology Standards) by Tim Benson, Springer Publication.
- 2 Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine (DICOM) by Oleg S. Pianykh, Springer Publication.
- 3 The CDATM Book, By Keith Boone, Springer Publication.
- 1 Informatics in Medical Imaging, George C. Kagadis, Steve G. Langer, CRC Press. Theory Examination:
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.E. (Biomedical Engineering) under REV-2019 'C' Scheme, in force from the academic year 2022-23. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.
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