Pattern recognition for cache management in distributed medical imaging environments.

Journal: International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery
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Abstract

PURPOSE: Traditionally, medical imaging repositories have been supported by indoor infrastructures with huge operational costs. This paradigm is changing thanks to cloud outsourcing which not only brings technological advantages but also facilitates inter-institutional workflows. However, communication latency is one main problem in this kind of approaches, since we are dealing with tremendous volumes of data. To minimize the impact of this issue, cache and prefetching are commonly used. The effectiveness of these mechanisms is highly dependent on their capability of accurately selecting the objects that will be needed soon.

Authors

  • Carlos Viana-Ferreira
    Department of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics and Institute of Electronics and Telematics Engineering of Aveiro, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal. c.ferreira@ua.pt.
  • Luís Ribeiro
    Department of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics and Institute of Electronics and Telematics Engineering of Aveiro, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal. luisribeiro@ua.pt.
  • Sérgio Matos
    Department of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics and Institute of Electronics and Telematics Engineering of Aveiro, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal. aleixomatos@ua.pt.
  • Carlos Costa
    Department of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics (DETI) IEETA - Institute of Electronics and Telematics Engineering of Aveiro (IEETA) University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal.