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Interoperability Framework between GRID and PACS based on Web Services

웹서비스 기반의 Grid-PACS 상호운용성 프레임워크

  • Received : 2010.03.27
  • Accepted : 2010.04.26
  • Published : 2010.08.31

Abstract

Recently the increasing collaborative research requires the remote medical and clinical data sharing and access of external institutions. In this paper, an interoperability framework between Grid and PACS using Web services is proposed and implemented in order to provide flexible and efficient medical data management. The Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine(DICOM) standard defines medical image data exchange and transfer between PACSs and image databases. However, medical data exchange between hospitals is limited within the trusted and static environments. Moreover, DICOM does not provide medical data management and the Grid middleware does not include standard toolkit to access DICOM data. To address this issue, a Web services-based Grid Service Mediator (WGSM) which provides PACS integration and medical image data management is developed. The WGSM consists of several service mediators such as compress mediator, GridFTP mediator, RFT mediator, MyProxy mediator, MDS mediator, and RLS mediator and others. The proposed Web services-based framework provides user authentication and secure data access between PACSs in collaborative environments. In particular, the WGSM allows ordinary users to access remote PACS data in a simple and efficient manner without any the knowledge about underlying Grid middleware.

최근 증가하는 협업 연구는 원격 의료 데이터 공유 및 외부 기관의 데이터 접근을 요구하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 융통성 있고 효율적인 의료 데이터 관리를 위해 웹서비스를 이용하여 그리드와 PACS 간의 상호운용성 프레임워크를 제안하고 구현하였다. DICOM 표준은 PACS와 이미지 데이터베이스 사이에 의료 이미지 데이터의 교환과 전송을 정의한다. 그러나 병원들 간 의료 데이터 교환은 신뢰할 수 있는 기관들 사이에서만 제공된다. 더군다나 DICOM은 의료 데이터 관리 기능을 제공하지 않고 그리드 미들웨어는 DICOM 데이터에 접근 가능한 표준 툴킷을 제공하고 있지 않고 있다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위하여 PACS 간의 연동과 의료 데이터 관리를 가능하게 하는 웹 서비스기반의 그리드 서비스 중계자(Web Services-based Grid Service Mediator, WGSM)를 개발하였다. WGSM은 압축 중계자, GridFTP 중계자, RFT 중계자, MyProxy 중계자, MDS 중계자, RLS 중계자 등으로 구성된다. 제안한 웹서비스 기반의 프레임워크는 협업 환경에서 PACS 간 사용자 인증 및 안전한 데이터 접근을 제공한다. 특히, WGSM은 일반 사용자들이 그리드 미들웨어에 대한 어떠한 지식이 없어도 간단하고 효율적인 방법으로 원격 PACS를 접근할 수 있게 한다.

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