Methods Inf Med 2005; 44(02): 154-160
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1633937
Original Article
Schattauer GmbH

Partitioning Medical Image Databases for Content-based Queries on a Grid

J. Montagnat
1   CREATIS, CNRS UMR 5515-INSERM U670, Villeurbanne, France
,
V. Breton
2   LPC, CNRS, Villeurbanne, France
,
I. E. Magnin
1   CREATIS, CNRS UMR 5515-INSERM U670, Villeurbanne, France
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Publication Date:
05 February 2018 (online)

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Summary

Objectives: In this paper we study the impact of executing a medical image database query application on the grid. For lowering the total computation time, the image database is partitioned into subsets to be processed on different grid nodes.

Methods: A theoretical model of the application complexity and estimates of the grid execution overhead are used to efficiently partition the database.

Results: We show results demonstrating that smart partitioning of the database can lead to significant improvements in terms of total computation time.

Conclusions: Grids are promising for content-based image retrieval in medical databases.