| Virtual management of radiology examinations in the virtual radiology environment using common object request broker architecture services. | |
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PMID: 10342205 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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In the Department of Defense (DoD), US Army Medical Command is now embarking on an extremely exciting new project--creating a virtual radiology environment (VRE) for the management of radiology examinations. The business of radiology in the military is therefore being reengineered on several fronts by the VRE Project. In the VRE Project, a set of intelligent agent algorithms determine where examinations are to routed for reading bases on a knowledge base of the entire VRE. The set of algorithms, called the Meta-Manager, is hierarchical and uses object-based communications between medical treatment facilities (MTFs) and medical centers that have digital imaging network picture archiving and communications systems (DIN-PACS) networks. The communications is based on use of common object request broker architecture (CORBA) objects and services to send patient demographics and examination images from DIN-PACS networks in the MTFs to the DIN-PACS networks at the medical centers for diagnosis. The Meta-Manager is also responsible for updating the diagnosis at the originating MTF. CORBA services are used to perform secure message communications between DIN-PACS nodes in the VRE network. The Meta-Manager has a fail-safe architecture that allows the master Meta-Manager function to float to regional Meta-Manager sites in case of server failure. A prototype of the CORBA-based Meta-Manager is being developed by the University of Arizona's Computer Engineering Research Laboratory using the unified modeling language (UML) as a design tool. The prototype will implement the main functions described in the Meta-Manager design specification. The results of this project are expected to reengineer the process of radiology in the military and have extensions to commercial radiology environments. |
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Authors:
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R Martinez; J Rozenblit; J F Cook; A K Chacko; H L Timboe |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of digital imaging : the official journal of the Society for Computer Applications in Radiology Volume: 12 ISSN: 0897-1889 ISO Abbreviation: J Digit Imaging Publication Date: 1999 May |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1999-07-21 Completed Date: 1999-07-21 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9100529 Medline TA: J Digit Imaging Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 181-5 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721, USA. |
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Algorithms Artificial Intelligence Computer Communication Networks* Computer Security Computer Systems* Database Management Systems Diagnostic Imaging* Government Agencies Humans Information Storage and Retrieval Military Science Multimedia Radiology Information Systems* Teleradiology Unified Medical Language System United States User-Computer Interface* |
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