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R. Stefanescu, X. Pennec, N. Ayache
A Grid Service for the Interactive Use of a Parallel Non-rigid Registration Algorithm of Medical Images
Keywords: Grid service, non-rigid registration, cluster, Medical Imaging
OBJECTIVE: The goal of this work is to improve the usability of a non-rigid registration software for medical images. METHOD: We have built a registration grid service in order to use the interactivity of a visualization workstation and the computing power of a cluster. On the user side, the system is composed of a graphical interface that interacts in a complex and fluid manner with the registration software running on a remote cluster. CONCLUSION: Although the transmission of images back and forth between the computer running the user interface and the cluster running the registration service adds to the total registration time, it provides a userfriendly way of using the registration software without heavy infrastructure investments in hospitals. The system exhibits good performances even if the user is connected to the grid service through a low throughput network such as a wireless network interface or ADSL.
Methods of Information in Medicine, Schattauer
Print ISSN: 0026-1270
Volume: 44, 01/2005
Pages: 239 - 243