MRIdb: Medical Image Management for Biobank Research

# The Author(s) 2013. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com Abstract Clinical picture archiving and communications systems provide convenient, efficient access to digital med-ical images from multiple modalities but can prove chal-lenging to deploy, configure and use. MRIdb is a self-contained image database, particularly suited to the storage and management of magnetic resonance imaging data sets for population phenotyping. It integrates a mature image archival system with an intuitive web-based user interface that provides visualisation and export functionality. In addi-tion, utilities for auditing, data migration and system mon-itoring are included in a virtual machine image that is easily deployed with minimal configuration. The result is a freely available turnkey solution, designed to support epidemio-logical and imaging genetics research. It allows the man-agement of patient data sets in a secure, scalable manner without requiring the installation of any bespoke software on end users ’ workstations. MRIdb is an open-source soft-ware, available for download a