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P3.03 - Poster Session with Presenters Present (ID 473)
- Event: WCLC 2016
- Type: Poster Presenters Present
- Track: Mesothelioma/Thymic Malignancies/Esophageal Cancer/Other Thoracic Malignancies
- Presentations: 1
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- Coordinates: 12/07/2016, 14:30 - 15:45, Hall B (Poster Area)
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P3.03-051 - Establishment of Consultation System for Mesothelioma Diagnosis Using Remote Medicine by Internet (ID 4994)
14:30 - 14:30 | Author(s): K. Inai
- Abstract
Background:
In spite of decreased number of mesothelioma in western developed countries, most of Asian countries have still shown an increasing of mesothelioma cases, however it is supposed that in those countries the diagnosis as mesothelioma has not been reached to the level in western countries. Therefore, an improvement of diagnostic accuracy in those Asian countries is necessary. On the contrary, the pathological and/or radiological imaging diagnosis of mesothelioma is a comprehensive matter and the experiences of diagnosis are based on accurate diagnosis. Accordingly, the consultation of diagnosis to other specialists is important. Recent progresses of ICT are conspicuous, and the transmitted radiological imaging and/or pathological figures by means of an optical fiber or Internet are available as routine diagnosis.
Methods:
We have established LOOKREC[®] system for remote imaging and pathological diagnosis. This system consists of several steps on pathological diagnosis as following: scanning of glass slides, transmission of virtual slide to cloud system by Internet, observation of virtual slide on viewer and making of pathological diagnosis, transmission of pathological diagnosis to the clinicians by Internet. On radiological diagnosis, DICOM data are transmitted and radiological diagnosis is transmitted to the clinicians.
Results:
So far, the introduction of this system has been completed at several major hospitals in Vietnam, Iran, and Mongolia. In Japan, we are now using this system at the consensus meeting in the special diagnostic team of mesothelioma by relief or compensation of patients. We have made the consulting system by consensus meeting on the difficult cases of diagnosis as mesothelioma.
Conclusion:
Near future, this system will be effective on the diagnosis of individual mesothelioma case in some Asian countries. In those countries, the statistics on mesothelioma will be improved gradually.
