Medical images simulation storage and processing on the European DataGrid testbed
Résumé
The European IST DataGrid project was a pioneer in identifying the medical imaging field as an application domain that can benefit from grid technologies. This paper describes how and for which purposes medical imaging applications can be grid-enabled. Applications that have been deployed on the DataGrid testbed and middleware are described. They relate to medical image manipulation, including image production, secured image storage, and image processing. Results show that grid technologies are still in their youth to address all issues related to complex medical imaging applications. If the benefit of grid enabling for some medical applications is clear, there remain opened research and technical issues to develop and integrate all necessary services.