
48 Grid Computing in Research and Education
5.1 Introduction
In this example we present a data and computational grid in a medical-image
storage and processing framework. The example tackles the problem of storing
and processing large images, which typically requires large computational
infrastructures such as distributed databases and clusters. The solution allows
the use of idle storage and processing capacities in machines of the grid to store
and process large amounts of medical digital images.
5.1.1 Business context
In our current world, time is precious, and in the field of science and medicine,
time has a remarkable worth, meaning saving ...