Internet as a consultation medium for telepathology: a cooperative study

Author

Elsayed, AI M. ; Shimosato, Yukio ; Yagi, Yasushi

Author_Institution

Armed Forces Inst. of Pathology, USA

fYear

1995

fDate

20-24 Aug 1995

Firstpage

169

Abstract

Summary form only given. For this application, we utilized Unix-based computer systems. The communication link between our two institutes is based upon TCP/IP and UDP/IP for the US and Japan respectively. An analysis of a sample communication is provided. We prepared the cases to be exchanged, relayed them by FTP, and subsequently held interactive teleconferences centered on the transmitted cases. We followed the following steps in our preparations: (1) record documentation of the sessions; (2) schedule four 15-minute segments for each weekly session; (3) acquire the images and write files to local workstations and FTP files to remote workstations; (4) conduct the scheduled teleconference sessions. From our experience, the Internet appears to be a promising medium for providing a low-cost vehicle for international inter-institutional consultation and pathology case exchange

Keywords

Internet; Unix; electronic data interchange; medical administrative data processing; teleconferencing; transport protocols; FTP; Internet; TCP/IP; UDP/IP; Unix-based computer systems; communication link; consultation medium; cooperative study; interactive teleconferences; international inter-institutional consultation; pathology case exchange; scheduling; session documentation; telepathology; Application software; Documentation; Image segmentation; Internet; Pathology; Relays; TCPIP; Teleconferencing; Vehicles; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Image Management and Communications, 1995., Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Oahu Island, HI

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7560-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMAC.1995.532579

Filename

532579