Exploiting distributed medical image database systems-general considerations and implementation experience

Author

Yang, G.Z. ; Burger, P. ; Underwood, S.R. ; Firmin, D.N. ; Longmore, D.B.

Author_Institution

Magn. Resonance Unit, R. Brompton Nat. Heart & Lung Hospital, London, UK

fYear

1993

fDate

5-8 Sep 1993

Firstpage

815

Lastpage

818

Abstract

Addresses a distributed approach for medical image database systems and its implementation. Compared with a centralized approach, distributed strategy has the advantage of fault-tolerance, ease of integration, lower network traffic and faster system response. Various practical aspects of the system design with respect to data storage hierarchy, image format, system communication and resource sharing are discussed. An implementation example which incorporates cardiac MR, CT and nuclear medicine imaging systems is presented. The system is based on a Novell and TC/PIP local area network. It has also been further integrated into a hospital information system which controls the patient registration and resource allocation

Keywords

biomedical imaging; distributed databases; medical diagnostic computing; medical information systems; visual databases; CT images; cardiac MR images; centralized approach; data storage hierarchy; distributed medical image database systems; distributed strategy; faster system response; fault-tolerance; hospital information system; image format; integration ease; lower network traffic; medical diagnostic images; nuclear medicine images; patient registration; resource allocation; resource sharing; system communication; Biomedical imaging; Computed tomography; Fault tolerant systems; Hospitals; Image databases; Local area networks; Memory; Nuclear medicine; Resource management; Telecommunication traffic;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computers in Cardiology 1993, Proceedings.

Conference_Location

London

Print_ISBN

0-8186-5470-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CIC.1993.378360

Filename

378360