Re: Parallel image processing using ImageJ in the Cloud

Posted by vtali on Apr 07, 2011; 3:36pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Parallel-image-processing-using-ImageJ-in-the-Cloud-tp3685113p3685122.html

We have done alfa implementation of server-side execution for ImageJ on Simagis Live which is our platform for building image analysis web applications.

Main purpose of our implementation was to use ImageJ plugins/macros for Whole Slide Imaging so we run it as muliti-stream aperture processor for distributed tile arrays under dispatcher process. But it also works for distributed parallel processing of independent regular-sized images on server architectures including Amazon AWS Cloud.

In our assessment current implementation of ImageJ was not suitable for Amazon Map/Reduce deployment. I would be very interested to see if somebody could successfully deploy it for aperture processing on Amazon Map/Reduce. Or perhaps, point me to the next generation of ImageJ code that would run on Map/Reduce. We have the rest of the architecture (buckets, EC2 EBS disk RAIDs, turbo upload, web interface, process management etc.) and I would really like to give ImageJ a try on Map/Reduce.

On the other side, if anyone wants to get involved in our implementation, send me your info (Name, email) and I will set you up with account on development server so you can try your ImageJ apps on Amazon EC2 Instances.

Vitali

Smart Imaging Technologies
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http://live.simagis.com