title: A virtual imaging platform for multi-modality medical image simulation.
abstract: This paper presents the Virtual Imaging Platform (VIP), a platform accessible at http://vip.creatis.insa-lyon.fr to facilitate the sharing of object models and medical image simulators, and to provide access to distributed computing and storage resources. A complete overview is presented, describing the ontologies designed to share models in a common repository, the workflow template used to integrate simulators, and the tools and strategies used to exploit computing and storage resources. Simulation results obtained in four image modalities and with different models show that VIP is versatile and robust enough to support large simulations. The platform currently has 200 registered users who consumed 33 years of CPU time in 2011.
authors.affiliation: Université de Lyon, CREATIS, CNRS UMR5220, INSERM U1044, Villeurbanne, France
authors.forename: Tristan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Glatard
authors.forename: Carole
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lartizien
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gibaud
authors.forename: Rafael Ferreira
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.forename: Germain
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Forestier
authors.forename: Frédéric
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cervenansky
authors.forename: Martino
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alessandrini
authors.forename: Hugues
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Benoit-Cattin
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bernard
authors.forename: Sorina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Camarasu-Pop
authors.forename: Nadia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cerezo
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Clarysse
authors.forename: Alban
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gaignard
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hugonnard
authors.forename: Hervé
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liebgott
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marache
authors.forename: Adrien
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marion
authors.forename: Johan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Montagnat
authors.forename: Joachim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tabary
authors.forename: Denis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Friboulet
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D003628:Database Management Systems; D016208:Databases, Factual; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D008491:Medical Informatics Applications; D008954:Models, Biological; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012984:Software