System architecture and information model for integrated access to distributed biomedical information

Dongkyu Kim; Adil Alaoui; Betty Levine; Leonidas Leondaridis; Peter Shields; Steve Byers; Kevin Cleary

doi:10.1117/12.813397

13 March 2009 System architecture and information model for integrated access to distributed biomedical information

Dongkyu Kim, Adil Alaoui, Betty Levine, Leonidas Leondaridis, Peter Shields, Steve Byers, Kevin Cleary

Proceedings Volume 7264, Medical Imaging 2009: Advanced PACS-based Imaging Informatics and Therapeutic Applications; 72640G (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.813397
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2009, Lake Buena Vista (Orlando Area), Florida, United States

Abstract

The current trend towards systems medicine will rely heavily on computational and bioinformatics capabilities to collect, integrate, and analyze massive amounts of data from disparate sources. The objective is to use this information to make medical decisions that improve patient care. At Georgetown University Medical Center, we are developing an informatics capability to integrate several research and clinical databases. Our long term goal is to provide researchers at Georgetown's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center better access to aggregated molecular and clinical information facilitating the investigation of new hypotheses that impact patient care. We also recognize the need for data mining tools and intelligent agents to help researchers in these efforts. This paper describes our initial work to create a flexible platform for researchers and physicians that provides access to information sources including clinical records, medical images, genomic, epigenomic, proteomic and metabolomic data. This paper describes the data sources selected for this pilot project and possible approaches to integrating these databases. We present the different database integration models that we considered. We conclude by outlining the proposed Information Model for the project.

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Dongkyu Kim, Adil Alaoui, Betty Levine, Leonidas Leondaridis, Peter Shields, Steve Byers, and Kevin Cleary "System architecture and information model for integrated access to distributed biomedical information", Proc. SPIE 7264, Medical Imaging 2009: Advanced PACS-based Imaging Informatics and Therapeutic Applications, 72640G (13 March 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.813397

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