Distributed data collection for a database of radiological image interpretations

L. Rodney Long; Yechiam Ostchega; Gin-Hua Goh; George R. Thoma

doi:10.1117/12.263412

15 January 1997 Distributed data collection for a database of radiological image interpretations

L. Rodney Long, Yechiam Ostchega, Gin-Hua Goh, George R. Thoma

Proceedings Volume 3022, Storage and Retrieval for Image and Video Databases V; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.263412
Event: Electronic Imaging '97, 1997, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

The National Library of Medicine, in collaboration with the National Center for Health Statistics and the National Institute for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, has built a system for collecting radiological interpretations for a large set of x-ray images acquired as part of the data gathered in the second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. This system is capable of delivering across the Internet 5- and 10-megabyte x-ray images to Sun workstations equipped with X Window based 2048 X 2560 image displays, for the purpose of having these images interpreted for the degree of presence of particular osteoarthritic conditions in the cervical and lumbar spines. The collected interpretations can then be stored in a database at the National Library of Medicine, under control of the Illustra DBMS. This system is a client/server database application which integrates (1) distributed server processing of client requests, (2) a customized image transmission method for faster Internet data delivery, (3) distributed client workstations with high resolution displays, image processing functions and an on-line digital atlas, and (4) relational database management of the collected data.

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L. Rodney Long, Yechiam Ostchega, Gin-Hua Goh, and George R. Thoma "Distributed data collection for a database of radiological image interpretations", Proc. SPIE 3022, Storage and Retrieval for Image and Video Databases V, (15 January 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.263412

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