12th IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS'99)
A Distributed Services Medical Imaging Network
Stamford, Connecticut
June 18-June 20
ISBN: 0-7695-0234-2
We examine some of the issues surrounding the development of Distributed Services Medical Imaging Network (DSMIN). The system described is an agent-enabled, dynamic environment which supports the distribution of image data and code within a network cloud of cooperating agencies. The foundations of the DSMIN include code migration and load- balancing using agents and dynamic discovery of services using both the DII/Trader facilities of CORBA as well as more direct client-creation via Java applets. The paper provides an overview of the role of these technologies in the DSMIN.