Specifications and implementation of a new exchange format to support computerized consensus in pathology.
In the pathology domain, consensus sessions around multi-headed microscopes enhance reproducibility and can reduce inter- and intra-observer variability. Computerized tools and Web technology could facilitate the organization of consensus sessions and assist pathologists to agree on features that are relevant to diagnosis. In the context of the IDEM project, whose aim is to achieve a computerized platform to allow pathologists to derive consensual diagnostic during Internet-based collaborative sessions, we propose a new extension of the existing TELESLIDE format. This new extended format enables the storage and the exchange of multi-experts descriptions that will be processed by the IDEM consensus engine to produce consensual descriptions. We describe this new format and its implementation in the IDEM teleconsensus platform.
Zapletal
Eric
E
Laboratoire de Santé Publique et d'Informatique Médicale, INSERM ERM 202, Faculté de médecine Broussais Hôtel Dieu, 15 rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, 75006 Paris, France. eric.zapletal@spim.jussieu.fr
Le Bozec
Christel
C
Degoulet
Patrice
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Guinebretière
Jean-Marc
JM
Jaulent
Marie-Christine
MC
D032921:Consensus; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000592:standards*; D020407:Internet; D015588:Observer Variation; D010336:Pathology; D012984:Software; D019113:Telepathology