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Ashiq Anjum1, Peter Bloodsworth, Irfan Habib
1Centre for Complex Cooperative Systems, BIT, UWE Bristol, UK. ashiq.anjum@cern.ch
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
|July 14, 2009
Summary
The neuGRID project develops reusable, generic services for medical applications, abstracting Grid middleware complexities. These services unify data and computing, supporting diverse infrastructures for neuroscientific research.
Area of Science:
- Computer Science
- Medical Informatics
- Grid Computing
Background:
- Clinical research applications require specialized Grid middleware.
- There is a need for generic, reusable services tailored for medical applications.
- The neuGRID project aims to address these needs within neuroscientific research.
Purpose of the Study:
- To design and develop generic services for medical applications by abstracting Grid middleware.
- To create services that satisfy the specific requirements of neuroscientists.
- To provide a unified view of data and computing resources for applications.
Main Methods:
- Developing reusable services with generic functionality for medical use.
- Integrating data sources and computing elements into a single application view.
- Implementing services for querying, provenance, portal, anonymization, and pipelines, including a 'glueing' service.
Main Results:
- Services abstract Grid technology peculiarities, ensuring application independence.
- Support for centralized, distributed, or hybrid data environments.
- Native support for common medical file formats is provided.
Conclusions:
- The developed services enable selection of 'fit-for-purpose' infrastructures.
- Lower-level services hide Grid technology specifics from upper layers.
- The neuGRID approach facilitates broader adoption of Grid technologies in medical research.
