Telepathology

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The telepathology is a branch of telemedicine , specifically with the interpretation of remotely transmitted deals digitized microscope and laboratory findings. A special additional designation or medical training for telepathology does not yet exist in Germany. Typically, it is a specialist for pathology or laboratory medicine made.

A basic distinction is made in telepathology between static telepathology and dynamic telepathology:

  • Static Telepathology - Using digital images of different parts of a section
    • Choosing the relevant images is crucial and critical
    • Image transfer via ISDN , Internet , FTP , e-mail
    • Acoustic information exchange simultaneously or offline
    • Expert is only responsible for evaluating the images received
  • Dynamic Telepathology - Use of modern telecommunication structures for

Small hospitals have the advantage of not having to keep their own pathologists on hand. Larger clinics can request second opinions or reference pathologists via the connections. Telepathology software has been around since the 1990s; today the systems are offered by numerous companies around the world. A non-commercial software solution called iPath from the University of Basel, implemented as open source in 2001, is aimed primarily at users from developing countries.

The first stable solutions exist in the form of fully automatic digital microscopes that can be remotely controlled and transmit the recorded images live for the professional networking of, for example, OP Sahl and the pathology laboratory. Examples are the M8 from the manufacturer PreciPoint or the Nanozommer SQ from Hamamatsu.

Literature and individual references

  • Stephan Metzger, Legal Aspects and Perspectives of Telemedicine - With Special Consideration of Contract Law, Helbing & Lichtenhahn, Basel 2009, ISBN 978-3-7190-2880-0 .
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  3. ↑ A. Abdirad, B. Sarrafpour, p Ghaderi-Sohi: Static Telepathology in cancer institute of Tehran university: report of the first academic experience in Iran. In: Diagnostic Pathology . Volume 1, 2006, p. 33, ISSN  1746-1596 . doi : 10.1186 / 1746-1596-1-33 . PMID 17018157 . PMC 1594583 (free full text)
  4. ↑ M8 Microscope & Scanner . In: PreciPoint . ( precipoint.com [accessed September 6, 2018]).
  5. ↑ Hamamatsu Photonics KK: NanoZoomer-SQ Digital slide scanner C13140-01. Retrieved September 6, 2018 .