Project No.: 5003-45353 01.03.96 - 28.02.98

Project leader: Dr. Osman Ratib, Hôpital Cantonal Universitaire, Geneva
e-mail: Ratib@dim.hcuge.ch

Name of project: Advanced Medical Image Storage Server (MISS), based on parallel storage server and CD-ROM technology

Partners:
Ronald Welz, WDS Technologies SA, Geneva
Alain Farine, AF-CSE Computer Science Engineering, Lausanne
Walter Loeffel, Cromenco AG, Baar

Funding: Sfr 235,731.-

Summary:
For medical and cost reasons, there is currently a clear trend towards noninvasive techniques in medicine. This development requires advances in medical image processing. Problems arise above all in setting up image servers to satisfy a whole bundle of requirements: speed, maximum storage access possibilities, DICOM standard conformity, user friendliness, security and openness toward local or public networks. Additionally, the present high costs of image archiving and communication systems are prohibitive for smaller hospitals and clinics. The goal of the MISS project is to integrate the DICOM standard on a low-cost Windows NT server and implement the parallel server technology developed at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at Lausanne.

Cooperation:
The lead applicant works at the hospital information technology center of the Geneva cantonal university hospital in Geneva. Industrial partners associated with the project are the companies WDS Technologies, AF-CDE and Cromenco International AG.