Patent ID: 8165426
Filing Date: 2012-04-24
Classification: A61B,G06F,G06T

Abstract:
1. A method for data management of medical image data, generated at a data source, in a distributed environment having a plurality of nodes including a processor, the method comprising: determining, by one of the plurality of nodes, a data systems workflow having a succession of work steps for the image data; determining, by one of the plurality of nodes, relevant nodes from the set of nodes which have the functionality to be able to execute the work steps; splitting, by one of the plurality of nodes, the image data into image data subsets, using a splitting mechanism, based on the selected workflow and each instance of an application using the workflow; forwarding, by one of the plurality of nodes, the image data subsets to the relevant nodes for processing; and rerouting, by at least one of the plurality of nodes, requests for the image data subsets to the relevant nodes.