Distributed health care imaging information systems

Mary R. Thompson; William E. Johnston; Jin Guojun; Jason Lee; Brian Tierney; Joseph F. Terdiman

doi:10.1117/12.274557

22 May 1997 Distributed health care imaging information systems

Mary R. Thompson, William E. Johnston, Jin Guojun, Jason Lee, Brian Tierney, Joseph F. Terdiman

Proceedings Volume 3035, Medical Imaging 1997: PACS Design and Evaluation: Engineering and Clinical Issues; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.274557
Event: Medical Imaging 1997, 1997, Newport Beach, CA, United States

Abstract

We have developed an ATM network-based system to collect and catalogue cardio-angiogram videos from the source at a Kaiser central facility and make them available for viewing by doctors at primary care Kaiser facilities. This an example of the general problem of diagnostic data being generated at tertiary facilities, while the images, or other large data objects they produce, need to be used from a variety of other locations such as doctor's offices or local hospitals. We describe the use of a highly distributed computing and storage architecture to provide all aspects of collecting, storing, analyzing, and accessing such large data-objects in a metropolitan area ATM network. Our large data-object management system provides network interface between the object sources, the data management system and the user of the data. As the data is being stored, a cataloguing system automatically creates and stores condensed versions of the data, textural metadata and pointers to the original data. The catalogue system provides a Web-based graphical interface to the data. The user is able the view the low-resolution data with a standard Internet connection and Web browser. If high-resolution is required, a high-speed connection and special application programs can be used to view the high-resolution original data.

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Mary R. Thompson, William E. Johnston, Jin Guojun, Jason Lee, Brian Tierney, and Joseph F. Terdiman "Distributed health care imaging information systems", Proc. SPIE 3035, Medical Imaging 1997: PACS Design and Evaluation: Engineering and Clinical Issues, (22 May 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.274557

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