This paper introduces an open implementation of DICOM for whole-slide microscopic imaging, following Supplement 145 of the DICOM standard. The software is divided into two parts: (a) a command-line tool to convert an whole-slide image to the DICOM format, and (b) a zero-footprint Web interface to display such DICOM images. The software architecture leverages the DICOM server Orthanc. The entire...

AIM To evaluate the feasibility of an inexpensive, generally applicable video-conferencing system for frozen section telepathology (TP). METHODS A commercially widely available PC-based dynamic video-conferencing system (Picture-Tel LIVE, model PCS 100) has been evaluated, using two, four and six ISDN channels (128-384 kilobits per second (kbs)) bandwidths. 129 frozen sections have been analy...

The mathematical morphology is a non-linear image processing approach which is based on the application of lattice theory to spatial structures. This technique is proven to be a very powerful tool in microscopic image analysis. In this chapter, we present the architecture of a system of quantitative microscopy which yields an integrated platform for the morphological image analysis, pattern rec...

A network of distributed image-based medical services (Imagencies) is proposed. Each one is a community of specialised, co-operating programs (Imagents), providing acquisition, processing, archiving and management facilities. Both synchronous and asynchronous communication are proposed, based on the standard protocols available on the Internet. We describe a prototype implementation in the fiel...

Digital pathology and telepathology allow an extended usage of electronic images for diagnostics, support or educational purposes in anatomical or clinical pathology. Current approaches have not found wide acceptance in routine pathology, mainly due to limitations of image retrieval. In this paper we propose a semantic retrieval system for the pathology domain. The system combines text and imag...

S RELATED TO THE SUBJECT OF THE THESIS Varga VS, Ficsor L, Galamb B, Kamarás V, Molnár B, Tulassay Z. Speed improvement of automated fluorescent digital slide scanning. 2008., 9th European Congress on Telepathology / 3rd International Congress on Virtual Microscopy, Toledo, Spain Varga VS, Ficsor L, Kamarás V, Monár B, Tulassay Z. Automated fluorescent slide scanning. 2007., 21th European Congr...