Medical Research Data Visualization on Tiled Display Wall

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Medical Research Data Visualization on Tiled
Display Wall

• Sirvard Nshanyan
• Melbourne, Australia
• July 18, 2008

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The Project Entails

• Setting up the first tiled display wall in Monash
  University
• Develop an efficient workflow to view microscope
  generated images on the wall
• Find and elaborate on software to convert
  heterogeneous row image formats to .osga to make
  them viewable in 3D environment of the display
  wall
• Work out a uniform storage mechanism
• Automate the processes involved to minimize
  manual interference and maximize user
  friendliness of the system

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Overview of Software Utilities

• Rocks operating system will run the tiled display
  wall
• Some format conversion utilities will include
  ImageMagik and OpenSceneGraph (additional
  software may need to be created for more specific
  file formats)
• Nimrod grid computing interface will be
  incorporated in order to achieve speedy format
  conversion of large image files
• Storage Resource Broker will act as a file server
  and client interface for data access
• Covise image viewing and manipulation environment
  will enable the display of images
• Kepler workflow automation tool will be utilized
  to automate the processes of image retrieval from
  the server, format conversion, display on the
  wall, and maybe more intermediate steps on
  between

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Progress over last 2 weeks

• Did thorough reading on Covise and SAGE to gain
  obtain substantial background knowledge about the
  environments
• Worked with format conversion tools to identify
  experimental parameters (e.g. time, file size,
  etc)
• Gained deeper understanding of different file
  formats and the differences in their composition
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• Been on the largest travelling Ferris Wheel in
  Southern hemisphere and seen the longest Chinese
  Dragon in the world ?

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Next Steps

• Configure SAGE
• Test and confirm Covise installation for
  completeness
• Bring up some images on the tiles
• Gain working experience in SAGE
• Start exploring format adjustment necessities
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• Experience the wonders of Tasmania ?

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