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. 2010 Sep 16;24(4):739–748. doi: 10.1007/s10278-010-9328-z

Fig 1.

Fig 1.

BIMM system architecture and interactions. Black arrows represent the process of sending metadata to the system. Initially, an ontology specifies a lexicon, e.g., the RadLex set of terms and sends it to iPAD, which captures the radiologist’s image annotation. iPAD sends these metadata using the AIM format to the appropriate controller using a Web service. The controller interacts with the models to store the metadata in an SQL relational database. Gray arrows represent the process of retrieving metadata and images from the system. Solid gray arrows indicate requests sent from the client application, e.g., a Web browser. The browser sends an HTTP request to a controller that selects the appropriate view, which generates a Web page and sends it to the user. Hollow gray arrows indicate metadata sent by the system to the user’s Web browser in the form of a Web page. The solid light gray arrow shows the request for image data from the PACS by the Web browser via the WADO protocol. Hollow light gray arrows show the DICOM images from the PACS being sent to the user.