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Digital Pathology & Pathologists 2016
December 05-06, 2016
Volume 6 Issue 5(Suppl) J Clin Exp Pathol
ISSN: 2161-0681 JCEP, an open access journal
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December 05-06, 2016 Madrid, Spain
9th World Digital Pathology & Pathologists Congress
Christian Munzenmayer et al., J Clin Exp Pathol 2016, 6:5(Suppl)
A web-based platform for education and quality control in cell morphology
Christian Munzenmayer1, Thomas Bindl1, Sebastian Krappe1, Cornelia Schurer2, Patrick Schwarz 2, Michaela Benz1 and Thomas Wittenberg 1
1Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, Germany
2Instand e.V., Germany
The morphological differentiation of cells is a challenging task for which experience and continuous qualification over
many years is needed. In the field of diagnostics of variations in blood and hematopoietic organs the qualification of
health personnel is of particular importance. For this reason an interactively usable knowledge and qualification platform for
professionals in hematology in the area of cell morphology has been developed. The HemaWeb platform covers significant
aspects of knowledge transfer, knowledge development and knowledge assurance and provides professional exchange with
tutorial support and certified examinations. Fundamental information about cell morphology is contained in a case database
and in a cell dictionary. Interactive test assignments provide the opportunity to check this basic knowledge. Knowledge
Transfer from experts to platform users is supported by interactive discussion of clinical cases in webinars and case conferences
through a discussion platform. The core element of the platform is a module for internal and external quality control
(inter-laboratory tests) by means of virtual microscopy. Digitized samples are pre-annotated by a clinical expert as supervisor
of the test. Participating laboratories can access and navigate slides, enter their annotations and receive automated reports on
their performance. The platform has been evaluated in a several pilot studies with hematology laboratories in Germany. It
provides access to high-quality slides and flexible, extra-occupational education without the obligation to be present. Improved
education and training possibilities can be realized and cost-efficient execution of inter-laboratory tests with a higher grade of
comparability are possible.
Biography
Christian Munzenmayer has completed his Doctorate from the University of Koblenz-Landau in 2006. Since 2000, he is with the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated
Circuits IIS, Germany. His primary research interests center on image and texture analysis, automated microscopy and digital pathology. He is the Head of the
research group Medical Image Processing and Manager of the business field Digital Pathology and Laboratory Diagnostics. He is the author and co-author of over
60 publications in scientific journals and proceeding volumes and has been Reviewer for Medical Engineering and Physics.