Nowadays, there is no standard solution for acquiring, archiving and communication of pathology digital images. In addition, there does not exist any commercial Pathology Information System (LIS) that can manage the relationship between the reports generated by the pathologist and their corresponding images. Due to this situation, the Healthcare Service of Castilla-La Mancha decided to create a...

We present here a system (hardware+software) for telemicroscopy and telecolposcopy, which can be extended for other pathological studies. Their application is intended for the support of the diagnostics and treatment of patients in remote zones within Mexico, without having to spend the resources associated with transporting them to the cities or towns where this instruments and techniques are ...

Dynamic telepathology uses a remotely controlled microscope to allow a pathologist to view samples at a remote location. However, time delays introduced by remote operation have made use of a commercial dynamic telepathology system difficult and frustrating. This paper describes experiments to evaluate and redesign the user interface. We also make recommendations for further automation to suppo...

BACKGROUND This project sought to identify the most common telepathology consultation needs of pathologists based on the anatomic section of tissue to improve quality of consultations. METHODS This cross-sectional study used a questionnaire with four questions to assess pathologists' consultation needs. The questionnaire was distributed to the 16 pathologists recruited for this study. All 16 ...

BACKGROUND Many digital microscopy images suffer from poor illumination at the peripheries (vignetting), often attributable to factors related to the light path between the camera and the microscope. A commonly used method for correcting this has been to use the illumination of an empty field as a correction filter (white shading correction). AIMS To develop an alternative shading correction ...