Melbourne Health and BioGrid Australia Turn to New Database to Host Medical Images

Overview

BioGrid Australia recently made available a set of historical Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) images from the past 15 years which had only been available on archival tapes, to help researchers understand how to treat epilepsy. However, the organization had no database or associated infrastructure that could cope with the specific image types or privacy requirements of the new service. After evaluating several solutions, BioGrid Australia selected Oracle Database 11g to host and manage data used by the service. Oracle Database 11g's ability to natively process the industry-standard Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) image type and metadata played a critical role in BioGrid Australia's final decision.