The infraNET Project and 
The Education Program for Health Informatics Professionals (EPHIP)
University of Waterloo

present ...

Grids for Reliable Storage and 
Secure Transmission of Medical Images

by

Moe Kermani
of 
Bycast Inc.

Wednesday, January 15, 2003
3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Davis Centre, Room 1302
University of Waterloo

There is no charge. Space is limited. 
We recommend registering for the seminar to reserve your seat.
Seats are reserved on a first come, first served basis.

Abstract

As the volume of digital medical images grows, and the access requirements increase, the traditional centralized approaches to image communication, storage and archiving are becoming increasingly expensive to scale and operate with high levels of reliability. New approaches are needed to address fault tolerance, scalability and multi-site geographically distributed deployments with limited bandwidth connectivity.

This seminar presents a clinical deployment of a multi-site image distribution network developed using a new architecture for data communication and storage. This approach utilizes a distributed network of low cost, off the shelf servers (nodes) that together form a computing and storage grid that provides data and metadata storage, processing and communication without single points of failure. Imaging studies are transparently stored, replicated, cached and managed based on pre-defined business rules, and all nodes within the network can capture studies and respond to queries. Nodes transparently load balance requests and replicate data for automated backup and recovery. Scaling the system involves adding new nodes, and the failure of nodes does not result in lost or inaccessible data.

This approach increases reliability and availability, provides near-linear scalability and allows the creation of a geographically distributed medical imaging network infrastructure.

Moe Kermani is president and CEO of Bycast Inc. He holds a PhD in physics from the University of British Columbia. Before joining Bycast, Dr. Kermani was the chief scientist and director of research and development for Sonigistix Corporation, a world leader in the field of high performance audio systems. He has been awarded several US patents for his work at Sonigistix. Prior to that Dr. Kermani was involved in physics research at the TRIUMF Nuclear Physics Research Laboratory.

For more information

Shirley Fenton
The infraNET Project
Computer Systems Group, University of Waterloo
(519) 888-4074

Seminar Hosts

This seminar is hosted by the Education Program for Health Informatics Professionals (EPHIP) and The infraNET Project, University of Waterloo.

The infraNET Project, initiated by the University of Waterloo in 1996, is a partnership to advance Web and Internet technologies. Its founding partners are: LivePage (now part of Siebel), MKS, Open Text, RIM, Sybase (Waterloo) and Waterloo Maple.

We also gratefully acknowledge the assistance of the Institute for Computer Research, University of Waterloo.