Dhaval Kirit Dalal MS, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Julien Jomier MS, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Stephen Ronald Aylward PhD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

To extend the National Library of Medicine's Insight Segmentation and Registration Toolkit (ITK. www.itk.org) with a companion image access and archival system that merges the image transfer capabilities of DICOM with DSpace (www.dspace.org), an open-source web-based digital library technology.

Provide open-source, freely available software tools that 1. extend DSpace to support the anonymization and uploading of DICOM, Analyze, MetaImage, and other image file formats; 2. implement methods for linking DSpace with DICOM servers such as Central Test Node (CTN) and the DICOM Toolkit (DCMTK) so that DICOM files uploaded to a DSpace are available via DICOM query-and-retrieves; 3. provide a cross-platform DICOM query-and-retrieve tool that operates as a stand-alone application or as a file-dialog that allows ITK applications to read DICOM files from a remote DICOM server.

The Computer-Aided Diagnosis and Display Lab (CADDLab) operates a DSpace digital library. DICOM objects uploaded to this archive can be 1. grouped with other files such as journal articles or web pages; 2. viewed as thumbnails; 3. made publicly or privately available for download via a web browser; 4. searched using Google, Yahoo!, and other search engines; and 5. downloaded directly into software applications via DICOM query-and-retrieve.

Our work provides a software infrastructure and conceptual foundation whereby other digital library, DICOM server, and DICOM query-and-retrieve clients can be made to interoperate. The resulting system is an effective tool for remote collaboration and data sharing and meets the NIH data sharing requirements.

D.K.D.: Currently doing his internship at Computer Aided Diagnosis and Display Lab(CADDlab), Chapel Hill,UNCS.R.A.: Director of Computer Aided Diagnosis and Display Lab(CADDlab) and Associate Professor, University of North Carolina, Chapel HillJ.J.: Research Lecturer ,Univeristy of North Carolina ,Chapel Hill

To extend the National Library of Medicine's Insight Segmentation and Registration Toolkit (ITK. www.itk.org) with a companion image access and archival system that merges the image transfer capabilities of DICOM with DSpace (www.dspace.org), an open-source web-based digital library technology.

Provide open-source, freely available software tools that 1. extend DSpace to support the anonymization and uploading of DICOM, Analyze, MetaImage, and other image file formats; 2. implement methods for linking DSpace with DICOM servers such as Central Test Node (CTN) and the DICOM Toolkit (DCMTK) so that DICOM files uploaded to a DSpace are available via DICOM query-and-retrieves; 3. provide a cross-platform DICOM query-and-retrieve tool that operates as a stand-alone application or as a file-dialog that allows ITK applications to read DICOM files from a remote DICOM server.

The Computer-Aided Diagnosis and Display Lab (CADDLab) operates a DSpace digital library. DICOM objects uploaded to this archive can be 1. grouped with other files such as journal articles or web pages; 2. viewed as thumbnails; 3. made publicly or privately available for download via a web browser; 4. searched using Google, Yahoo!, and other search engines; and 5. downloaded directly into software applications via DICOM query-and-retrieve.

Our work provides a software infrastructure and conceptual foundation whereby other digital library, DICOM server, and DICOM query-and-retrieve clients can be made to interoperate. The resulting system is an effective tool for remote collaboration and data sharing and meets the NIH data sharing requirements.

D.K.D.: Currently doing his internship at Computer Aided Diagnosis and Display Lab(CADDlab), Chapel Hill,UNCS.R.A.: Director of Computer Aided Diagnosis and Display Lab(CADDlab) and Associate Professor, University of North Carolina, Chapel HillJ.J.: Research Lecturer ,Univeristy of North Carolina ,Chapel Hill

Dalal, D, Jomier, J, Aylward, S, A DICOM-based Software Infrastructure for Data Archiving.  Radiological Society of North America 2005 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, November 27 - December 2, 2005 ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2005/4408950.html