IMFOMED: a new component in the CADANS computer network

Author

Van Kester, Jatg ; Dijk, WA ; Gerritsen, MGJM ; Venema, Ac ; van Rappard, F. ; Meester, Gt

Author_Institution

ICIN, Utrecht, Netherlands

fYear

1994

fDate

25-28 Sept. 1994

Firstpage

529

Lastpage

532

Abstract

The aim of this project was the design and development of a nationwide facility to handle and manipulate cardiac images in combination with other relevant patient data for the medical research environment. The infrastructure used is based on CADANS, a nationwide low-speed TCP/IP network operating between the 8 university hospitals in the Netherlands. The DICOM protocol has been chosen to standardize the communication between different locations. Investigations were carried out to evaluate the effects of lossy data-compression techniques on transmission speed and image quality. A prototype viewing station, based on a graphical user interface, was developed featuring several tools to handle and manipulate the images on screen.<>

Keywords

cardiology; information networks; medical image processing; CADANS computer network; DICOM protocol; IMFOMED; Netherlands; cardiac images manipulation; graphical user interface; image handling tools; image quality; lossy data-compression techniques; medical research environment; nationwide facility; nationwide low-speed TCP/IP network; patient data; prototype viewing station; transmission speed; university hospitals; Biomedical imaging; Computer networks; DICOM; Hospitals; IP networks; Image quality; Propagation losses; Protocols; Prototypes; TCPIP;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computers in Cardiology 1994

Conference_Location

Bethesda, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-6570-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CIC.1994.470138

Filename

470138