The Image Engine HPCC project. A medical digital library system using agent-based technology to create an integrated view of the electronic medical record

Author

Lowe, Henry J. ; Walker, William K. ; Polonkey, Stacey E. ; Jiang, Fuchun ; Vries, John K. ; McCray, Alexa

Author_Institution

Section of Medical Informatics, Pittsburgh Univ., PA, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

13-15, May 1996

Firstpage

45

Lastpage

56

Abstract

This paper describes the Image Engine project supported by the National Library of Medicine´s (NLM) biomedical applications of High Performance Computing and Communications (BAA/HPCC) program. Image Engine is a multi-user, object-oriented, client server database system for the storage, retrieval, integration and sharing of a wide range of biomedical images. In addition, Image Engine uses agent-based technology to implement real-time links between medical images and associated data stored in external database systems. This project is a first step towards implementing a multimedia electronic medical record system. As a digital library architecture Image Engine has the potential to support innovative applications in the clinical, research and educational domains of medicine

Keywords

PACS; client-server systems; cooperative systems; library automation; medical information systems; multimedia computing; object-oriented databases; real-time systems; software agents; special libraries; visual databases; HPCC program; High Performance Computing and Communications; Image Engine; National Library of Medicine; agent-based systems; biomedical applications; biomedical image database; digital library; electronic medical record; medical digital library system; multi-user database; multimedia medical record; object-oriented client server database; Biomedical imaging; Database systems; Engines; High performance computing; Image retrieval; Image storage; Information retrieval; Multimedia systems; Real time systems; Software libraries;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Digital Libraries, 1996. ADL '96., Proceedings of the Third Forum on Research and Technology Advances in

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7403-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ADL.1996.502515

Filename

502515