I’ve been developing a project since 2 years ago dubbed Dicoogle PACS [1] . I didn’t start the project, but when I started with the project I really enjoyed and it was modified gradually with new architecture. This project was started in IEETA [2], in bioinformatics group [3] and RSI Course.
Today it has many features, few of them list follow:
- Indexing Engine (extension of the traditional and retrieving engine)
- Query and Retrieve through free text and meta data
- PACS engine that allows to index and query DICOM studies/files over a set of distributed repositories
- DICOM services
- Accessible by Webservices
- P2P Layer (based on JGroups)
- Server/Client Architecture (RMI based)
- Reduced installation and maintenance costs
- Open Source and Platform Independent (Windows, Linux, Mac)
We’ve learned a lot with this project in many areas, so just an overview:
- Developing for users is difficult. Keep closest of them!
- Scalability solution is hard to reach. Think Different!
- You need to be motivated!
Actually there are other people contributing and developing for the project, and I hope that it continues.
Stay tunned, new are incoming!
[1] – http://www.dicoogle.com
[2] – http://www.ieeta.pt
[3] – http://bioinformatics.ua.pt
Cheers!
Bastião
