• DocumentCode
    1895940
  • Title

    Telediagnostic platform for uterus cancer risk diminution in Mexico

  • Author

    Montesinos, Luis ; Puentes, John ; Parra, Alfonso ; Solaiman, Basel ; Roux, Christian

  • Author_Institution
    Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores, Monterrey, Mexico
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    24-26 April 2003
  • Firstpage
    66
  • Lastpage
    69
  • Abstract
    Uterus cancer diagnosis in Mexico confronts a complex problem of high disease incidence, combined with considerable delays introduced by the current diagnostic procedure, particularly in rural zones. This paper presents the scenario, use cases, architecture and conceived prototype of a telediagnostic platform, proposed as a suitable alternative to improve uterus cancer diagnosis in Mexican rural zones. Such platform is intended to reduce the risk of delayed pathology identification, by means of opportune patient data exchange between numerous pathology technicians and few specialized pathologists.
  • Keywords
    Internet; biological organs; biomedical optical imaging; cancer; cellular biophysics; gynaecology; medical diagnostic computing; telemedicine; Mexican rural zones; Mexico; death; delayed pathology identification; diagnostic procedure; high disease incidence; pathologists; pathology technicians; patient data exchange; rural zones; telediagnostic platform; uterus cancer diagnosis; uterus cancer risk diminution; women; Cancer; Delay; Digital cameras; Diseases; Hospitals; Medical services; Microscopy; Pathology; Prototypes; Risk management;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Information Technology Applications in Biomedicine, 2003. 4th International IEEE EMBS Special Topic Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7667-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ITAB.2003.1222438
  • Filename
    1222438