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Cloud computing in medical imaging
Author(s) -
Kagadis George C.,
Kloukinas Christos,
Moore Kevin,
Philbin Jim,
Papadimitroulas Panagiotis,
Alexakos Christos,
Nagy Paul G.,
Visvikis Dimitris,
Hendee William R.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.473
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 2473-4209
pISSN - 0094-2405
DOI - 10.1118/1.4811272
Subject(s) - cloud computing , computer science , medical imaging , process (computing) , data science , health care , cloud computing security , service (business) , business , artificial intelligence , political science , marketing , law , operating system
Over the past century technology has played a decisive role in defining, driving, and reinventing procedures, devices, and pharmaceuticals in healthcare. Cloud computing has been introduced only recently but is already one of the major topics of discussion in research and clinical settings. The provision of extensive, easily accessible, and reconfigurable resources such as virtual systems, platforms, and applications with low service cost has caught the attention of many researchers and clinicians. Healthcare researchers are moving their efforts to the cloud, because they need adequate resources to process, store, exchange, and use large quantities of medical data. This Vision 20/20 paper addresses major questions related to the applicability of advanced cloud computing in medical imaging. The paper also considers security and ethical issues that accompany cloud computing.