I2net medical image annotation service

Abstract

I²net (Image Indexing by Content network) aims to provide services related to the content-based management of images in healthcare over the World-Wide Web. Each I²Cnet server maintains an autonomous repository of medical images and related information. The annotation service of I²net allows specialists to interact with the contents of the repository, adding comments or illustrations to medical images of interest. I²net annotations may be communicated to other users via e-mail or posted to P²net for inclusion in its local repositories. This paper discusses the annotation service oiP²net and argues that such services pave the way towards the evolution of active digital medical image libraries.