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Journal of Imaging Informatics in Medicine
Published in: Journal of Digital Imaging 1/2020

01-02-2020

Towards an Information Infrastructure for Medical Image Sharing

Authors: Gustavo H. M. B. Motta, Danilo A. B. Araújo, Juracy R. Lucena-Neto, Paulo M. Azevedo-Marques, Saulo S. Cordeiro, Severino A. Araújo-Neto

Published in: Journal of Imaging Informatics in Medicine | Issue 1/2020

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Abstract

Information infrastructures involve the notion of a shared, open infrastructure, constituting a space where people, organizations, and technical components associate to develop an activity. The current infrastructure for medical image sharing, based on PACS/DICOM technologies, does not constitute an information infrastructure since it is limited in its ability to share in a scalable, comprehensive, and secure manner. This paper proposes the DICOMFlow, a decentralized, distributed infrastructure model that aims to foment the formation of an information infrastructure in order to share medical images and teleradiology. As an installed base, it uses the PACS/DICOM infrastructure of radiology departments and the internet e-mail infrastructure. Experiments performed in real and simulated environments have indicated the feasibility of the proposed infrastructure to foment the formation of an information infrastructure for medical image sharing and teleradiology.
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Metadata
Title
Towards an Information Infrastructure for Medical Image Sharing
Authors
Gustavo H. M. B. Motta
Danilo A. B. Araújo
Juracy R. Lucena-Neto
Paulo M. Azevedo-Marques
Saulo S. Cordeiro
Severino A. Araújo-Neto
Publication date
01-02-2020
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Journal of Imaging Informatics in Medicine / Issue 1/2020
Print ISSN: 2948-2925
Electronic ISSN: 2948-2933
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10278-019-00243-x

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