The Development of
Telemedicine and Teleconferencing
Using AccessGrid Technology
The West Anglia Cancer Network
• Cancer Centre
– Addenbrooke’s/
Papworth
• Cancer Units
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Bedford
Peterborough
West Suffolk
Harlow
Hinchingbrooke
King’s Lynn
Project Background
• NHS Cancer Plan
• MDT Meetings
– Specialisation
– Data Sets
• Clinicians sharing
expertise
• Raise standards
and improve
patient care
Requirements
• Multi-site
videoconferencing
• Real-time delivery of
microscope images
• Communication and
archiving of medical
images
• Access to remotely
stored patient
records through
organisational LANs
The Demonstrator
• Install, operate
and evaluate a
comprehensive
demonstrator for
voice, video and
data
• Prototyped over
ISDN lines
The Vision
• Use the CeSC
Access Grid
facility to
prototype secure
VVID services
• Integrate the
Access Grid with
the demonstrator
system
• Implement
complex data
mining from
medical archives
• Investigate use of
CeSC grid for
remote
visualisation of
volumetric images
Specialist MDT Meetings
Over the Grid
3D Image Visualization
• 3D Volume rendered
images
• Access to mass
imaging data
• Visualization of
complex medical
imaging
Milestones - Year 1
• Installation of voice, video and data
demonstrator at four WACN sites
• Train NHS staff in effective use of system
• Specify NHS requirements for Access Grid
• Prototype CeSC/Addenbrooke’s Access
Grid
• Develop additional code to ensure data
security
Milestones - Year 2
• Integrate the
demonstrator
hardware and
software with Access
Grid system
• Roll-out
demonstrator system
to remaining WACN
sites
• Integrate remote
volume visualisation
into Access Grid
• Customise Access
Grid with NHS
requirements based
upon demonstrator
and prototype
systems
Milestones - Year 3
• Full evaluation of the clinical
application of the Access Grid
system
• Implement complex data mining of
compatible data sources
Summary
• Highly topical application
• Using technology to improve clinical decision
making processes
• The demonstrator is up and running in four
pilot sites