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Reusable Client-Side JavaScript Modules for Immersive Web-Based Real-Time Collaborative Neuroimage Visualization

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Title
Reusable Client-Side JavaScript Modules for Immersive Web-Based Real-Time Collaborative Neuroimage Visualization
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Frontiers in Neuroinformatics, May 2017
DOI 10.3389/fninf.2017.00032
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Jorge L. Bernal-Rusiel, Nicolas Rannou, Randy L. Gollub, Steve Pieper, Shawn Murphy, Richard Robertson, Patricia E. Grant, Rudolph Pienaar

Abstract

In this paper we present a web-based software solution to the problem of implementing real-time collaborative neuroimage visualization. In both clinical and research settings, simple and powerful access to imaging technologies across multiple devices is becoming increasingly useful. Prior technical solutions have used a server-side rendering and push-to-client model wherein only the server has the full image dataset. We propose a rich client solution in which each client has all the data and uses the Google Drive Realtime API for state synchronization. We have developed a small set of reusable client-side object-oriented JavaScript modules that make use of the XTK toolkit, a popular open-source JavaScript library also developed by our team, for the in-browser rendering and visualization of brain image volumes. Efficient realtime communication among the remote instances is achieved by using just a small JSON object, comprising a representation of the XTK image renderers' state, as the Google Drive Realtime collaborative data model. The developed open-source JavaScript modules have already been instantiated in a web-app called MedView, a distributed collaborative neuroimage visualization application that is delivered to the users over the web without requiring the installation of any extra software or browser plugin. This responsive application allows multiple physically distant physicians or researchers to cooperate in real time to reach a diagnosis or scientific conclusion. It also serves as a proof of concept for the capabilities of the presented technological solution.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 8 22%
Student > Bachelor 5 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 14%
Student > Master 4 11%
Professor > Associate Professor 2 5%
Other 3 8%
Unknown 10 27%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Computer Science 8 22%
Medicine and Dentistry 5 14%
Neuroscience 4 11%
Engineering 3 8%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 5%
Other 4 11%
Unknown 11 30%
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