ChRIS -- a Web-Based NeuroImaging and Informatics System for Collecting, Organizing, Processing, Visualizing and Sharing of Medical Data

Abstract

The utility of web browsers for general purpose computing, long anticipated, is only now coming into fruition. In this paper we present a web-based medical image data and information management software platform called ChRIS ([Boston] emph{Ch}ildren's emph{R}esearch emph{I}ntegration emph{S}ystem). ChRIS' deep functionality allows for easy retrieval of medical image data from resources typically found in hospitals, organizes and presents information in a modern feed-like interface, provides access to a growing library of plugins that process these data -- typically on a connected High Performance Compute Cluster, allows for easy data sharing between users and instances of ChRIS and provides powerful 3D visualization and real time collaboration.