Case study
The Virtual Imaging Platform (VIP) is a web portal for medical imaging applications. It allows users to access scientific applications as a service, directly through a web browser, and utilise distributed computing resources in a transparent manner. It exploits the resources available in the biomed virtual organisation of the EGI e-Infrastructure to provide an open service for researchers worldwide.
Problem addressed
The analysis of medical images for research involves multiple processing steps that rely on various algorithms and software packages, creating a significant entry barrier and increasing the risk of reproducibility issues. VIP enables researchers to focus on their scientific goals by providing scientific applications as a service, facilitating transparent access to computing resources, and offering tools that enhance computational reproducibility.
Added value
Providing users with access to over 25 scientific applications directly through their browser, without the need to install any software.
Enabling simplified access to distributed computing resources by handling all underlying complexity without requiring users to have technical expertise.
Supporting open and reproducible science through tools that facilitate sharing, reuse, and traceability of experiments and results.
Example of white/grey matter brain segmentation with Freesurfer on VIP. Images: Berardino Barile and Dominique Sappey-Marinier, MAGICS team, CREATIS Laboratory, France
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