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A Web Service System Supporting Three-dimensional Post-processing of Medical Images Based on WADO Protocol

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Three-dimensional post-processing operations on the volume data generated by a series of CT or MR images had important significance on image reading and diagnosis. As a part of the DIOCM standard, WADO service defined how to access DICOM objects on the Web, but it didn’t involve three-dimensional post-processing operations on the series images. This paper analyzed the technical features of three-dimensional post-processing operations on the volume data, and then designed and implemented a web service system for three-dimensional post-processing operations of medical images based on the WADO protocol. In order to improve the scalability of the proposed system, the business tasks and calculation operations were separated into two modules. As results, it was proved that the proposed system could support three-dimensional post-processing service of medical images for multiple clients at the same moment, which met the demand of accessing three-dimensional post-processing operations on the volume data on the web.

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This work was supported by the National High-Tech Re-search and Development Program of China (863 Program: 2012AA02A606), the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (Grant No. NCET-10-0386), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (HUST: CXY12Q037), Science Fund for Creative Research Group of China (Grant No. 61121004) and the seed project of WNLO.

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  1. Britton Chance Center for Biomedical Photonics, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China

    Longjun He, Lang Xu, Xing Ming & Qian Liu

  2. MoE Key Laboratory for Biomedical Photonics, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China

    Longjun He, Lang Xu, Xing Ming & Qian Liu

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He, L., Xu, L., Ming, X. et al. A Web Service System Supporting Three-dimensional Post-processing of Medical Images Based on WADO Protocol. J Med Syst 39, 6 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-015-0196-4

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