Authors:
F. A. Henskens
1
;
C. M. Loughland
1
;
M. S. Aphale
1
;
D. Paul
1
;
J. M. Richards
2
;
P. Rasser
2
;
V. J. Carr
1
;
S. V. Catts
2
;
A. Jablensky
2
;
P. T. Michie
1
;
B. J. Mowry
2
;
C. Pantelis
2
;
U. Schall
1
and
R. J. Scott
1
Affiliations:
1
University of Newcastle, Australia
;
2
Schizophrenia Research Institute, Australia
Keyword(s):
Globus grid, Web services, Certificate-based security, JSP, ASRB, Schizophrenia.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Biomedical Engineering
;
Cardiovascular Technologies
;
Computing and Telecommunications in Cardiology
;
Health Engineering and Technology Applications
;
Health Information Systems
;
Medical and Nursing Informatics
;
Practice Based Research Methods for Assistive Technology
;
Therapeutic Systems and Technologies
Abstract:
Schizophrenia represents one of the most perplexing and challenging problems confronting both researchers and health-care providers today. An Australian coalition of researchers has commenced construction of a resource termed the Australian Schizophrenia Research Bank (ASRB), which intends to support a wide spectrum of schizophrenia research studies. Software has been written to implement of a series of clinical assessment instruments, and a purpose-built Globus Grid constructed to provide secure aggregation and storage of the collected data. This paper describes the design, technology selections and implementation of the extant computer infrastructure, and discusses planned extensions and enhancements.