Harold P. Lehmann, MD PhD
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

The Migrations of an Image Database: Flat file, Relational, Object

ABSTRACT

We shall review the typical desiderata for a histology image database, and discuss our solutions, using a flat-file, a relational, and an object database. We shall discuss the system architectures, their capabilities, the cost, and the effort involved for each solution. Many faculty want their teaching slides Rdigitized.S Solutions tend to trade off cost against functionality that students (and faculty) want. We were able to create a high-function, relatively low cost object-based solution on the Macintosh, after a number of trials. We hope you can learn from our mistakes (and accomplishments)!

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