Towards cloud-based image-integrated similarity search in big data

The volume of data accumulated by institutions and individuals and containing valuable and even critical information grows steadily with time complicating timely access to this information. In particular, this concerns the domain of healthcare. One approach to leverage the increasing amounts of data is to use advanced similarity search and case retrieval-based solutions. In this paper, we share our experience with translation of a similarity search-based clinical decision support system Case Reasoner from a standalone desktop application into a mobile Web-based solution. In particular, translation of patient similarity visualization and of a Web-based medical imaging toolkit are considered.