panex: repository for the management and exploration of craniofacial data mohit singh kanwal

PaNeX: Repository for the Management and Exploration of Craniofacial Data

Mohit Singh Kanwal

MOTIVATION

Cranomaxofacial Surgery

Cranomaxofacial Surgery

Data

Cranomaxofacial Surgery

Data

Various kinds of medical apps produced

After research

Cranomaxofacial Surgery

Data

Apps are left alone

A mechanism to offer apps as service

A mechanism to offer apps as service

Data Repository + Platform

A mechanism to offer apps as service

Data Repository + Platform

Ability to decouple application behavior

BACKGROUND

Medical Images

Conform to DICOM

Medical Images

Conform to DICOM

A Protocol for exchanging Data

Medical Images

Conform to DICOM

A Protocol for exchanging Data

Like an image but not exactly

Medical Images

Conform to DICOM

A Protocol for exchanging Data

Like an image but not exactly

Contains lots of meta data fields

PACS

PACS

PACS DICOMStoring/Retrieving

PACS DICOMStoring/Retrieving

Application Service?

PACS DICOMStoring/Retrieving

Application Service?

Surgery Planning Telemedicine Self-Diagnosis

Challenges

Heterogeneous Data

Multiple Layers of Protocols

Heterogeneous Services

PROPOSED SOLUTION

Proposed Solution

Focus on service

Provide mechanism

Types of Users

Casual Users Researchers/Developers

Administrators Clinicians

Kinds of Services

Services Stand Alone

Architecture

Concept Diagram Patient

Disease

Report DICOM Photo

Service

DiseaseRecord

Produces

Acts_On

Represents

has

contains containscontains

Clinician User Flow

Plan of Action

• Prototype by December• Next Semester– Application Service– Update Mechanism– Upload of Binaries– Integration

Technicalities

• Dm4chee as the PACS Server• DCMTK as the DICOM wrapper• MySQL as the patient database• Qt as the client application framework

Questions?