Abstract: A method and a device are disclosed for operating a data processing network which includes a plurality of geographically spaced-apart data centers and a large number of client computers, data being transmittable between each of the client computers and at least to one of the data centers, wherein one or more virtual servers is operateable in each of the data centers. According to at least one embodiment, access data is collected including information on geographical location of the client, geographical location of the virtual servers and the degree of utilization of the virtual servers. The access data collected is analyzed and, using the result of analysis, a migration plan, which is improved with respect to the mean latency, is created for the deployment of the virtual servers among the data centers. The virtual servers are migrated between the data centers in accordance with the migration plan.

Abstract: A method may include generating a device specific context vector for a device based on a data sheet associated with the device and agiles; generating a production based on the context vector; and automatically configuring data connections associated with the device based on the device specific context vector and the production, the data connections enabling the device to communicate in a network.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for presenting medical contents. An embodiment of the method includes generating a pseudonymized case study from a patient study using a case upload client in a hospital environment by providing the patient study with a marker and by removing personal patient data from the patient study; sending the pseudonymized case study to a computing center via the Internet and virtualizing the pseudonymized case study; transmitting the virtualized pseudonymized case study to the hospital environment via an Internet connection and mapping the virtualized pseudonymized case study with the personal patient data by way of a display client; and displaying the mapped medical contents by way of the display client with the viewer. A system, a case upload client and a case upload server for presenting medical contents, are also disclosed.

Abstract: In order to present medical information to a user in an easily consumed manner, a method and a system for identifying data to be displayed to a user are provided. Connections between users and devices are stored by a memory. The users are associated with first properties, and the devices are associated with second properties. A processor in communication with the memory identifies a first connection and a second connection from the stored connections based on the user. The data to be displayed to the user is identified based on the identified first connection, the identified second connection, or the identified first connection and the identified second connection.

Abstract: A system and method for negotiating between a business intelligence application and one or more data sources. Business data from devices is received, identified and stored using a data meta model that is updated as devices and the hospital environment change. The data meta model allows the business intelligence application to negotiate with the hospital data sources to access relevant data for evaluations. The data meta model includes an object model that is configurable, updatable, adaptable, and evolvable over time.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for automatic application selection for a medical imaging device. A processor receives scan data from a medical imaging device. The medical imaging device is identified using the scan data. One or more applications related to the medical imaging device are matched in an applications database. The processor arraigns for integration of the one or more applications on a hospital network.

Abstract: A system and method for optimizing preprocessing of medical images. Preprocessing is triggered by receiving scan results and a scan protocol without input from a reading room or user interface. The preprocessing tasks are optimized through use of matching scan protocols to sets of possible preprocessing tasks. The execution of the preprocessing tasks is optimized through use of feedback from the reading room.

Abstract: A network-based system (and method) is disclosed for the collaboration of transmission nodes and receiver nodes for secure data interchange for radiological image data records including confidential components. The processing node provides a set of virtual clients, wherein a virtual client is associated with a respective receiver node and is intended to provide the intended pseudonymized image data record. A connection message is sent to the respective receiver nodes. The connection message includes a reference to the address of the virtual client that the receiver node can use to retrieve the pseudonymized image data record if it is situated outside a security domain of the transmission node. Furthermore, the connection message includes a reference to a memory address in the local PHI share memory unit that the receiver node can use to provide the original image data record if the receiver node is situated inside the security domain.

Abstract: A network system and a method are disclosed for accessing functionalities or medical data within the framework of a diagnostic findings process. An on-premises server farm, a data center and a plurality of mobile terminal devices are provided for that purpose. The on-premises system is connected to the data center via a local network connection. The mobile network devices are connected to the data center via a mobile communications connection. The data center is a virtualization of the local on-premises server farm. The mobile communications connection to the data exchange is activated as soon as the mobile device leaves the transmit and/or receive range of the respective hospital (off-premises).

Abstract: An apparatus, a method and a product for transferring security-critical medical data records via a public network are disclosed. In order to be able to transmit security-critical data sections in pseudonymized form, a pseudonymization function is adaptively applied to the data records. The pseudonymization function is in each case calculated dynamically on the basis of a processing context that has been read in and that takes account of the planned user role, the planned intended use of the data processing and an application context.

Abstract: A medical examination system for an imaging examination is provided. The medical examination system includes an imaging device for performing the imaging examination based on a scan protocol. The imaging device includes an interface for sending examination parameters and an interface for receiving scan protocols. The medical examination system further includes a central data store for storing a plurality of scan protocols. The central data store includes an interface for receiving the examination parameters from the imaging device, a selection entity for selecting a scan protocol from the plurality of stored scan protocols based on the received examination parameters, and an interface for sending the selected scan protocol to the imaging device.

Abstract: A method of operating a hospital information system, and a hospital information system are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the method includes providing a taskflow editing tool with a limited number of editing options to a user; creating a taskflow defining a number of tasks and connections of the tasks by the user using the taskflow editing tool; and performing an automated test run of the created taskflow, wherein the automated test run is checked according to a number of criteria and wherein results of the check are reported to the user.

Abstract: According to one example embodiment, a remote server includes a memory configured to store computer-readable instructions, and a processor. The processor is configured to execute the computer-readable instructions for installing a medical application at a target destination by determining a deployment configuration of the target destination, determining whether to transform the medical application prior to installing the medical application at the target destination based on the determined deployment configuration of the target destination, and deploying at least one of the medical application or a transformed version of the medical application to the target destination.

Abstract: A data harmonization system including a data harmonization server; and one or more client devices configured to communicate with the data harmonization server. The one or more client devices may have a processor configured to transform, using a template, medical data having a first format to transformed medical data having a second format, determine whether the transformed medical data is harmonized medical data or un-harmonized medical data based on the transformed medical data and a medical imaging standard, and send the transformed medical data to a data harmonization server, if the processor determines that the medical data is un-harmonized medical data. The medical data may have a vendor specific dialect of the medical imaging standard and the harmonized medical data may have a generic version of the medical imaging standard.

Abstract: A clinical workstation includes a processing unit configured to record context information and user habit information based on user interaction with a computer-based application during a plurality of phases of a medical workflow. The processing unit may also be configured to generate a plurality of macro sets based on the recorded context information and the recorded user habit information. Each macro set may be associated with at least one user preferred application tool and be bound to one of the plurality of phases.

Abstract: A system for creating software applications and for operating these software applications on a plurality of different devices is provided. The system includes a number of functional units that may be repeatedly instantiated in the same application or in different applications, wherein each functional unit defines a delimited UI area of a graphical user interface. Each functional unit has a specific part and a generic part. In this case, the specific part defines a number of UI elements having a predefined set of UI state variables. The generic part is set up to transform the values of the UI state variables into a device-independent and application-independent form and to export the values in this form as a state data record and to import such a state data record and to allocate the values contained therein to the UI state variables of the UI elements.

Abstract: A method and a system are disclosed for the remote control of a viewer via a remote application. Communication between the control application and the viewer, installed on a remote computer, takes place via an agent. The agent exchanges data with the viewer via two communication channels, an RDP connection and an RVIC channel. In an embodiment, each image in a sequence of images to be displayed is identified by an identifier and assigned to a transmission indicator. The transmission indicator indicates how the image is to be transmitted (lossless or lossy). The agent then generates a modified dedicated sequence of images, which is transmitted to the viewer. The viewer is then able to check the reliability of the received modified sequence of images.

Abstract: A method for relocating medical data in a computer network having a plurality of storage nodes connected via data transfer channels is provided. Technical conditions for relocating the medical data from a first storage node to a second storage node are determined. A relocation of the medical data is decided based on the technical conditions and a predetermined relocation plan. The medical data is automatically relocated from the first storage node to the second storage node via the transfer channel when a relocation of the medical data is decided.

Abstract: A method includes a) loading a first number n of image sets with an image size ky, the ky images of which are distributed in a regular manner over a volume, which is to be loaded in its entirety as a result; b) loading a number nx of image sets starting with a factor x=1, with the images loaded in total being distributed in a regular manner over the volume; c) determining a camera distance and voxel size based on the number of images loaded, a camera distance and voxel size being suitable as parameters for a volume rendering; and d) repeating the two preceding steps b) and c) while increasing the number of image sets with a factor x=x+1, until all the images of the volume have been loaded in their entirety and/or until the step sequence ends.

Abstract: In at least one embodiment, data relating to the usage and the operating status of a frontend module of a software application implemented on the client side is acquired continuously during the execution of the application by way of a monitoring frontend module implemented on the client side of a client/server system. This acquired usage and status data is transmitted by the monitoring frontend module to a monitoring backend module implemented on the server side. The usage and status data is stored by the monitoring backend module in a database on the server side. The usage and status data stored in the database is automatically analyzed by way of an analysis module. In the process, default settings of the software application are automatically modified by way of the analysis module on the basis of the result of the analysis in order to improve the performance of the application.