Collaborative Telepathology in a Statewide Telemedicine Environment - First Tests in the Context of the Brazilian Public Healthcare System

Telepathology systems (TPS) can improve and accelerate the process of diagnosis, particularly in those complex cases where the second expert/specialized opinion is required. To support scenarios involving complex cases, a TPS must provide collaborative virtual microscopy and communication between pa...

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Main Authors: Andreoli Petrolini, Vinicius, Beckhauser, Eduardo, Savaris, Alexandre, Ines Meurer, Maria, von Wangenheim, Aldo, Krechel, Dirk
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
cases discussion
Collaboration
collaborative environment
DICOM
evaluation
Microscopy
Pathology
software evaluation
Telemedicine
telepathology
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Summary:Telepathology systems (TPS) can improve and accelerate the process of diagnosis, particularly in those complex cases where the second expert/specialized opinion is required. To support scenarios involving complex cases, a TPS must provide collaborative virtual microscopy and communication between pathologists to accelerate and improve the process of reporting, while guaranteeing a good degree of image quality in order to enable the evaluation of microscopic details. The development of TPSs in large telemedicine environments has not yet been addressed properly. With this problematic in mind, we developed a TPS within the Santa Catarina State Integrated Telemedicine and Telehealth System (STT/SC), that allows pathologists to report pathology cases employing a collaborative environment with audio/video conferencing and that simulates a virtual multi-headed microscopy. To prove the concept of our system we performed a case study with pathologists from different institutions countrywide and applied an evaluation using the AdEQUATE Model. Our system scored good results, especially regarding its effectiveness, learnability, and comfort.
ISSN:2372-9198
DOI:10.1109/CBMS.2019.00139