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J Clin Exp Pathol
ISSN: 2161-0681 JCEP, an open access journal
Pathology Congress 2017
November 13-14, 2017
NOVEMBER 13-14, 2017 OSAKA, JAPAN
14
th
Asia Pacific Pathology Congress
Efficient support for digital pathology in standard medical imaging repositories
Tiago Marques Godinho and Carlos Costa
University of Aveiro, Portugal
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owadays, the field of digital pathology is in the spotlight thanks to advances in whole-slide imaging technologies. In
this area, the exploitation of digital laboratories has significant advantages, namely, faster and more accurate diagnostic,
better support for tele-pathology as well as new clinical and research applications. Despite these advantages, there has been
a very slow adoption of whole-slide imaging. In fact, it raises several technical challenges which may jeopardize the benefits
of its operation, most notably the performance issues associated with storage and distribution of huge volumes of data and
the lack of interoperability with other hospital information systems, such as Picture Archive and Communications Systems
(PACS) based on the DICOM standard. We developed architecture of a web pathology PACS that is able to overcome these
challenges and unlock the full potential of digital pathology and whole-slide imaging for clinical practice. Our solution is fully
compliant with the DICOM standard both for communications and data formats. It includes a PACS archive capable of storing
whole-slide images along with other medical imaging modalities as well as a zero-footprint viewer that runs in any common
web-browser. In summary, it enables the integration of digital pathology and whole-slide imaging with other medical imaging
modalities while being very competitive in terms of efficiency and usability.
Biography
Tiago Marques Godinho has completed his Master’s degree in Computer and Telematics Engineering from the University of Aveiro in 2013. He is currently pursuing
Computer Science PhD program. He was awarded a national scholarship for conducting his research on performance optimization in medical imaging information
systems. He has published 5 papers in international peer-reviewed journals and has participated in the fields major conferences. He focused his research on
computer systems for digital pathology.
tmgodinho@ua.ptTiago Marques Godinho et al., J Clin Exp Pathol 2017, 7:5 (Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2161-0681-C1-040