title: A submission model for use in the indexing, searching, and retrieval of distributed pathology case and tissue specimens.
abstract: This paper describes the Shared Pathology Informatics Network (SPIN) submission model for uploading de-identified XML annotations of pathology case and specimen information to a distributed peer-to-peer network architecture. SPIN use cases, architecture, and technologies, as well as pathology information design is described. With the architecture currently in use by six member institutions, SPIN appears to be a viable, secure methodology to submit pathology information for query and specimen retrieval by investigators
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Computer Science, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Ahmad H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Namini
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Berkowicz
authors.forename: Isaac S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Kohane
authors.forename: Henry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chueh
mesh_terms: D000043:Abstracting and Indexing; D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D003199:Computer Systems; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D010340:Pathology, Surgical; D011381:Programming Languages; D012984:Software; D019113:Telepathology