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6th ESACP Congress, Heidelberg, April 7-11, 1999 |
A133
A fully robotic microscope and digital high-resolution camera mounted
on this microscope have been connected to a computer dedicated as an
Internet server. This server was available by means of an Internet browser
with an interpreter of the Java programming language to control a remote
telemicroscope. At the client's side any additional software was necessary.
The robotic microscope with access to the Internet can be remotely controlled
from any place in the world. The user can move the microscope stage,
change the magnification or can execute any other microscope operations by
pressing the related buttons of the downloaded telemicroscopy client
program. The microscope server receives the commands from the client
program, executes the operation on the microscope and after every new
command distributes the next microscope image to the connected
telemicroscopy clients. There is also a software module allowing discussion
and marking a field of interest. Every Internet user can control the remote
microscope and discuss the images with other who have direct access to the
Internet on-line, or are connected by modem or digital ISDN. The quality of
the transferred microscopic images and response time (ca 2 seconds) was
sufficient for practical use, no complicated installation processes are
necessary and the system is easy to use. The system design makes every
pathologist, who is at the same time the Internet user, to be a possible
discussion partner. We think that this will help to overcome one essential
obstacle to practice teleconsultations in pathology.
DYNAMIC TELEPATHOLOGY THROUGH THE INTERNET
Szymas J 1, Wolf G 2
1) Department of Pathology, University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
2) Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Charité, Berlin, Germany