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Clunie D, Hosseinzadeh D, Wintell M, De Mena D, Lajara N, Garcia-Rojo M, Bueno G, Saligrama K, Stearrett A, Toomey D, Abels E, Apeldoorn FV, Langevin S, Nichols S, Schmid J, Horchner U, Beckwith B, Parwani A, Pantanowitz L. Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine Whole Slide Imaging Connectathon at Digital Pathology Association Pathology Visions 2017. J Pathol Inform 2018; 9:6. [PMID: 29619278 PMCID: PMC5869966 DOI: 10.4103/jpi.jpi_1_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2018] [Accepted: 02/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
As digital pathology systems for clinical diagnostic work applications become mainstream, interoperability between these systems from different vendors becomes critical. For the first time, multiple digital pathology vendors have publicly revealed the use of the digital imaging and communications in medicine (DICOM) standard file format and network protocol to communicate between separate whole slide acquisition, storage, and viewing components. Note the use of DICOM for clinical diagnostic applications is still to be validated in the United States. The successful demonstration shows that the DICOM standard is fundamentally sound, though many lessons were learned. These lessons will be incorporated as incremental improvements in the standard, provide more detailed profiles to constrain variation for specific use cases, and offer educational material for implementers. Future Connectathon events will expand the scope to include more devices and vendors, as well as more ambitious use cases including laboratory information system integration and annotation for image analysis, as well as more geographic diversity. Users should request DICOM features in all purchases and contracts. It is anticipated that the growth of DICOM-compliant manufacturers will likely also ease DICOM for pathology becoming a recognized standard and as such the regulatory pathway for digital pathology products.
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Affiliation(s)
| | | | - Mikael Wintell
- Department of Regional Health, Region Västra Götalandsregionen, Sweden
| | - David De Mena
- Department of Pathology/UGC Anatomía Patológica, Hospital Universitario Puerta del Mar, Cádiz, Spain
| | - Nieves Lajara
- VISILAB, Grupo de Visión y Sistemas Inteligentes, E.T.S. Ingenieros Industriales, Universidad De Castilla-La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain
| | - Marcial Garcia-Rojo
- Department of Pathology/UGC Anatomía Patológica, Hospital Universitario Puerta del Mar, Cádiz, Spain
| | - Gloria Bueno
- VISILAB, Grupo de Visión y Sistemas Inteligentes, E.T.S. Ingenieros Industriales, Universidad De Castilla-La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain
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- Philips Digital Pathology Solutions, Best, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, North Shore Medical Center, Salem, MA, USA
| | - Anil Parwani
- Department of Pathology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
| | - Liron Pantanowitz
- Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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