View slides from this presentation  (200 Kb)

Abstract

A Neuro-informatics system has been developed that enables the reception, management and distribution of Magnetic Resonance Imaging data and meta-data. This system receives MR images via a DICOM server component, organizes the information according to an Object model, applies access controls, and then distributes the data to authorized end users via a Portal (and replication services). Current development will enable the system to handle other types of data, specifically digitized histology slides, as well as implement a federated environment. The system is implemented with the Mediaflux (TM) asset management framework.

About the speaker

Neil Killeen (Centre for Neuroscience, the University of Melbourne) manages a Research Neuro-science Computational and Informatics Facility which supports researchers from a diverse community, including the Howard Florey Institute, the University of Melbourne, NICTA and the Melbourne Neuro- psychiatry Centre.

Neil has a PhD in Astrophysics, and worked previously for the CSIRO's Australia Telescope National Facility in Sydney, where he managed and developed radio astronomy software and techniques, as well as undertaking astrophysical research. Neil played a leading role in the Australian contribution to the International Virtual Observatory, a global astronomy informatics program.