Abstract: The invention relates to a method, an apparatus and a system for the transfer of medical image data from at least one source application to at least one sink application, and for managing the data transfer via a controller and a message system. The method is based on a pipeline mechanism that comprises various processing stages, a requester and a serializer controller that controls the data steam to be transferred. The pipeline mechanism comprises a serializer that decomposes the data stream in individual chunks or reassembles the decomposed chunks to form a data stream, and a carrier that is responsible for the physical data transmission. Moreover, the pipeline can also comprise a converter and a manipulator that respectively execute conversions and manipulations on the data.

Abstract: In a method and a device for monitoring and reestablishment of a number of processes in a distributed application environment, wherein each process is associated with a process group and all processes of a process group are functionally dependent on one another, a process can be automatically excepted from the monitoring and automatically admitted again into the monitoring. All processes of a process group are automatically monitored and, in the event that a termination is identified, all processes in the process group are automatically restarted.

Abstract: In a method and a device for monitoring and reestablishment of a number of processes in a distributed application environment, wherein each process is associated with a process group and all processes of a process group are functionally dependent on one another, a process can be automatically excepted from the monitoring and automatically admitted again into the monitoring. All processes of a process group are automatically monitored and, in the event that a termination is identified, all processes in the process group are automatically restarted.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method, an apparatus and a system for the transfer of medical image data from at least one source application to at least one sink application, and for managing the data transfer via a controller and a message system. The method is based on a pipline mechanism that comprises various processing stages, a requester and a serializer controller that controls the data steam to be transferred. The pipeline mechanism comprises a serializer that decomposes the data stream in individual chunks or reassembles the decomposed chunks to form a data stream, and a carrier that is responsible for the physical data transmission. Moreover, the pipeline can also comprise a converter and a manipulator that respectively execute conversions and manipulations on the data.