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DICOM relay over the cloud

Luís A Bastião Silva¹, Carlos Costa, José Luis Oliveira

¹Universidade de Aveiro-DETI/IEETA, Aveiro, Portugal. bastiao@ua.pt

International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery|August 10, 2012

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Summary

A DICOM-compliant bridge extends Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) across institutions using cloud technology. This solution enhances medical image exchange and ensures data privacy between independent healthcare facilities.

Area of Science:

Medical Imaging
Health Informatics
Cloud Computing

Background:

Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) are vital for enterprise image access.
Digital Imaging Communication in Medicine (DICOM) standards facilitate data exchange within institutions.
Standardized communication across independent medical institutions remains a challenge.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a DICOM-compliant bridge for extending and sharing DICOM services across healthcare institutions.
To enable seamless medical image exchange without complex network setups.
To facilitate wider PACS scenarios among independent entities.

Main Methods:

Implemented a set of DICOM routers interconnected via public cloud infrastructure.
Addressed data privacy concerns by creating a ciphered data channel for DICOM services.
Ensured compatibility with existing PACS-DICOM infrastructures and cloud service providers.

Main Results:

Successfully implemented DICOM Storage and Query/Retrieve services within the bridge.
Demonstrated simple and efficient information exchange between multiple institutions.
Confirmed transparent integration with major cloud service providers.

Conclusions:

Cloud computing augments enterprise PACS by enabling standard medical imaging services across institutions.
The developed bridge offers enhanced communication privacy for medical data.
This technical solution facilitates the creation of broader, interconnected PACS environments.

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