Shanoir: Applying the Software as a Service Distribution Model to Manage Brain Imaging Research Repositories

[摘要] Two of the major concerns of researchers and clinicians performing neuroimaging experiments are managing the huge quantity and diversity of data and the ability to compare their experiments and the programs they develop with those of their peers. In this context, we introduce Shanoir, which uses a type of cloud computing known as software as a service (SaaS) to manage neuroimaging data used in the clinical neurosciences. Thanks to a formal model of medical imaging data (an ontology), Shanoir provides an open source neuroinformatics environment designed to structure, manage, archive, visualize and share neuroimaging data with an emphasis on managing multi-institutional, collaborative research projects. This article covers how images are accessed through the Shanoir Data Management System and describes the data repositories that are hosted and managed by the Shanoir environment in different contexts.

[学科分类] 计算机网络和通讯

[关键词] Neuroimaging;database;data sharing;neuroinformatics;“Software as a Service” (SaaS);Cloud computing;web application;Java;web services;Shared repositories;Centralized resources