Breast carcinoma diagnosed by telepathology

Nordrum, Ivar Skjåk; Isaksen, Vidar; Arvola, L.

doi:10.1258/1357633971930986

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“…[334350358] The hospitals were located at a distance of 300-400 km from the Institute of Pathology of the University of Tromsφ, Norway. A specific end-to-end user (store-and-forward) system was developed.…”

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The history of pathology informatics: A global perspective

Park

Parwani

Aller

et al. 2013

Journal of Pathology Informatics

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Pathology informatics has evolved to varying levels around the world. The history of pathology informatics in different countries is a tale with many dimensions. At first glance, it is the familiar story of individuals solving problems that arise in their clinical practice to enhance efficiency, better manage (e.g., digitize) laboratory information, as well as exploit emerging information technologies. Under the surface, however, lie powerful resource, regulatory, and societal forces that helped shape our discipline into what it is today. In this monograph, for the first time in the history of our discipline, we collectively perform a global review of the field of pathology informatics. In doing so, we illustrate how general far-reaching trends such as the advent of computers, the Internet and digital imaging have affected pathology informatics in the world at large. Major drivers in the field included the need for pathologists to comply with national standards for health information technology and telepathology applications to meet the scarcity of pathology services and trained people in certain countries. Following trials by a multitude of investigators, not all of them successful, it is apparent that innovation alone did not assure the success of many informatics tools and solutions. Common, ongoing barriers to the widespread adoption of informatics devices include poor information technology infrastructure in undeveloped areas, the cost of technology, and regulatory issues. This review offers a deeper understanding of how pathology informatics historically developed and provides insights into what the promising future might hold.

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Section: Europementioning

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The history of pathology informatics: A global perspective

Park

Parwani

Aller

et al. 2013

Journal of Pathology Informatics

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“…During the last two years, the advantages of telepathology have become apparent to an ever‐increasing number of pathologists, several of who use it regularly to obtain a second opinion from a specialist in breast cancer, for example18. The expansion of QA programmes, or making current schemes more efficient, will demand telematics.…”

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“…The use of telepathology for diagnosis continues to expand. It is now being used to diagnose gastrointestinal pathology16, 17, breast cancer18, prostate cancer19, skin lesions20, 21, FNA breast cytology22 and cervical smears23, 24. Although telepathology at the outset was used more frequently in North America and then Scandinavia, it is now widely used in other parts of Europe, the Middle East25, 26, Eastern Europe27 and Asia10, 11.…”

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Telepathology: a diagnostic tool for the millennium?

Wells

Sowter

2000

J. Pathol.

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“…128kbit/s without compression, it will take almost 140 hours to transmit. Therefore to transmit the image within a reasonable time across the available bandwidth, the image has to be compressed significantly yet with minimal loss of diagnostic information [1,2]. However, to date the use of compressed images in pathology remains controversial.…”

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<title>Performance visualization for image compression in telepathology</title>

2002

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The conventional approach to performance evaluation for image compression in telemedicine is simply to measure compression ratio, signal-to-noise ratio and computational load. Evaluation of performance is however a much more complex and many sided issue. It is necessary to consider more deeply the requirements of the applications. In telemedicine, the preservation of clinical information must be taken into account when assessing the suitability of any particular compression algorithm. In telemedicine the metrication of this characteristic is subjective because human judgement must be brought in to identify what is of clinical importance. The assessment must therefore take into account subjective user evaluation criteria as well as objective criteria.This paper develops the concept of user based assessment techniques for image compression used in telepathology. A novel visualisation approach has been developed to show and explore the highly complex performance space taking into account both types of measure. The application considered is within a general histopathology image management system; the particular component is a store-and-forward facility for second opinion elicitation. Images of histopathology slides are transmitted to the workstations of consultants working remotely to enable them to provide second opinions.

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Breast carcinoma diagnosed by telepathology

Cited by 8 publications

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The history of pathology informatics: A global perspective

The history of pathology informatics: A global perspective

Telepathology: a diagnostic tool for the millennium?

<title>Performance visualization for image compression in telepathology</title>

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