The medical record contains information on the medical centre and the doctor who performs the patient's examination. VMW supports the fusion of different image modalities for use in the local 3D image processing services. The hypergraphical representation is organized in a hierarchical structure, ranging from top level whole body image data down to specific patient's organs. An average hospital produces annually 6 Terabytes of data which have to be stored for legal reasons. Wavelet compression might be the solution.
Security constitutes another delicate issue.
VMW 2.0 adds security and administration standards to the initial VMW 1.0 standards of imaging and compression. Euromed is also aiming to set up a community of activities combining the VMW Magazine , the Journal of the ITIS Letters , the ITIS-ITAB conferences, the newly emerged VMWC or Virtual Medical Worlds Community working group, and VMW Solutions as a commercial extension of the Euromed project, to bridge the gap between research and industry. All these activities together represent a honey-comb structured paradigm for the building of an International Telemedical Information Society. To have further details, please visit the home page of the Euromed project.