title: Development of a dermatological image atlas with worldwide access for the continuing education of physicians.
abstract: We constructed a dermatological image database as a telemedicine tool for clinical, histopathological and scientific use. The database contained about 1300 clinical images from the 40,000 slides in our archive, to provide a general overview of dermatological diseases and to cover basic student education. Some of the images were made available on the Internet through the World Wide Web system in the middle of 1994. This paper describes the architecture and components of the image database, which was designed for international access and submission of data. It allowed combined searches according to diagnosis, location and appearance of skin lesions, as well as on-screen visualization of the resulting images.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of Erlangen, Germany. Bittorf@derma.med.uni-erlangen.de
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bittorf
authors.forename: N C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Krejci-Papa
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Diepgen
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000639:trends; D003626:Data Display; D016208:Databases, Factual; D003880:Dermatology / Q000193:education* / Q000295:instrumentation; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D005544:Forecasting; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*