Information eXtraction from Images (IXI): Image Processing Workflows Using A Grid Enabled Image Database
Al Rowland, Michael Burns, Thomas Hartkens, Joseph V. Hajnal, Daniel Rueckert, David Hill · 2004
Grid services offer a number of advantages in the field of medical imaging. Many image processing algorithms are computationally intensive and require high specification hardware or take a long time to run. The prospect of being able to use dedicated clusters of high end workstations on a remote network, or indeed several networks, with only a few clicks of the mouse is now within reach. An image database removes the need for the user to know the exact location of the image data they are using. Similarly a grid portal hides the complexity of grid technology from the interface by handling service invocations at a lower level. Integrating these two concepts enables an end-to-end solution that brings all the capabilities of distributed supercomputing to the average user who is often more interested in the end result of execution rather than the means by which it is accomplished.