Florida Estrella
Experiences of engineering Grid-based medical software
Estrella, Florida; McClatchey, Richard; Odeh, Mohammed; Hauer, T.; Solomonides, Tony; Rogulin, D.
Authors
Richard McClatchey Richard.Mcclatchey@uwe.ac.uk
Academic Specialist - CATE
Mohammed Odeh Mohammed.Odeh@uwe.ac.uk
Associate Professor in Software Engineering
T. Hauer
Tony Solomonides
D. Rogulin
Abstract
Objectives: Grid-based technologies are emerging as potential solutions for managing and collaborating distributed resources in the biomedical domain. Few examples exist, however, of successful implementations of Grid-enabled medical systems and even fewer have been deployed for evaluation in practice. The objective of this paper is to evaluate the use in clinical practice of a Grid-based imaging prototype and to establish directions for engineering future medical Grid developments and their subsequent deployment. Method: The MammoGrid project has deployed a prototype system for clinicians using the Grid as its information infrastructure. To assist in the specification of the system requirements (and for the first time in healthgrid applications), use-case modelling has been carried out in close collaboration with clinicians and radiologists who had no prior experience of this modelling technique. A critical qualitative and, where possible, quantitative analysis of the MammoGrid prototype is presented leading to a set of recommendations from the delivery of the first deployed Grid-based medical imaging application. Results: We report critically on the application of software engineering techniques in the specification and implementation of the MammoGrid project and show that use-case modelling is a suitable vehicle for representing medical requirements and for communicating effectively with the clinical community. This paper also discusses the practical advantages and limitations of applying the Grid to real-life clinical applications and presents the consequent lessons learned. Conclusions: The work presented in this paper demonstrates that given suitable commitment from collaborating radiologists it is practical to deploy in practice medical imaging analysis applications using the Grid but that standardization in and stability of the Grid software is a necessary pre-requisite for successful healthgrids. The MammoGrid prototype has therefore paved the way for further advanced Grid-based deployments in the medical and biomedical domains. © 2006 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Aug 1, 2007 |
Journal | International Journal of Medical Informatics |
Print ISSN | 1386-5056 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 76 |
Issue | 8 |
Pages | 621-632 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2006.05.005 |
Keywords | engineering, grid-based medical software |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1025950 |
Publisher URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2006.05.005 |
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