Title
GridIMAGE: A Novel Use of Grid Computing to Support Interactive Human and Computer-Assisted Detection Decision Support
Abstract
This paper describes a Grid-aware image reviewing system (GridIMAGE) that allows practitioners to (a) select images from multiple geographically distributed digital imaging and communication in medicine (DICOM) servers, (b) send those images to a specified group of human readers and computer-assisted detection (CAD) algorithms, and (c) obtain and compare interpretations from human readers and CAD algorithms. The currently implemented system was developed using the National Cancer Institute caGrid infrastructure and is designed to support the identification of lung nodules on thoracic computed tomography. However, the infrastructure is general and can support any type of distributed review. caGrid data and analytical services are used to link DICOM image databases and CAD systems and to interact with human readers. Moreover, the service-oriented and distributed structure of the GridIMAGE framework enables a flexible system, which can be deployed in an institution (linking multiple DICOM servers and CAD algorithms) and in a Grid environment (linking the resources of collaborating research groups). GridIMAGE provides a framework that allows practitioners to obtain interpretations from one or more human readers or CAD algorithms. It also provides a mechanism to allow cooperative imaging groups to systematically perform image interpretation tasks associated with research protocols.
Year
DOI
Venue
2007
10.1007/s10278-007-9020-0
J. Digital Imaging
Keywords
Field
DocType
Grid computing,grid architectures,caBIG™,caGrid,computer-assisted detection,digital imaging and communications in medicine
CAD,Computer vision,DICOM,Grid computing,Software design,Computer science,Decision support system,Server,Software,Artificial intelligence,Multimedia,Grid
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
20
2
0897-1889
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
4
0.51
6
Authors
10
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Metin N Gurcan163059.30
Tony Pan219618.21
Ashish Sharma316617.05
Tahsin M. Kurç41423149.77
Scott Oster515118.60
Stephen Langella618520.57
Shannon Hastings719121.43
Khan M. Siddiqui84811.57
Eliot Siegel930280.13
Joel H. Saltz104046569.91