S.R. Amendolia1, F. Estrella2, C. Del Frate3, T. Hauer1, R. McClatchey2, T. Solomonides2
1 ETT Division, CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
2 CCCS Research Centre, Univ. of West of England
3 Istituto di Radiologia, Università di Udine
Medical conditions such as breast cancer, and mammograms as images, are extremely complex with many degrees of variability across the population. An effective solution for the management of disparate mammogram data sources that provides sufficient statistics for complex epidemiological study is a federation of autonomous multi-centre sites which transcends national boundaries. Gridbased technologies are emerging as solutions for managing and collaborating distributed resources. The MammoGrid project, as one example of a HealthGrid, is developing a Grid-aware medical application which manages a European-wide database of mammograms and is investigating the potential of the Grid to support effective coworking among mammogram analysts throughout the EU. |
