startscreen contents search Subject Index hitlist help 181 Subject Index A abdominal cavity 45 acoustic information transfer 54 acoustic telecommunication 5 active shutter glasses 47 administrative data 7, 56 Africa 26 alarm device 51 alimentary tract 41 ALS/DCEE Telepathology Project 149 American Airlines Medical Department 43 American College of Radiology-National Electrical Manufactors 86 anatomic pathology 37 angiography 42 Apollo Software 138 appendix 48 Arithmetic Binary Image Compression 78 Arizona International Telemedicine Network 26 Arizona Telemedicine Program (ATP) 124 Armed Forces Institute of Pathology 28, 123, 152 Art catalog 81 artificial intelligence 46, 88 Asia 26 Asia, Hank’s Pathologic Page, Taiwan 161 Asia, Japan, University of Kyoto 161 astronauts 33 asynchronous transfer mode 55, 57, 65 ATP Update 35 Aurich 26 Austria 113 AutoCyte Image Management System 139 automated microscope 92 Axioplan 127 B Barcelona 34 Basle 25 battlefield 49 Belgium 113 Bellsouth and University of Alabama Birmingham 154 Berlin 26, 34 bias 5, 6, 8, 36 blood bank 52 board discussion 83 Bosnia and Herzegovina 114 Bowman Gray School of Medicine/Wake Forest University 153 brightness 40 broad-band networks 38, 42, 55, 57, 59, 65 C cancer registry 8 cancer screening 4 cardiac metabolism 42 cellular telephone 51, 59, 64 central medical information 52 central nursing office 50 centralized systems 8 CGH karyogram 95 chromosome 53, 93, 95 clinical pathology 38 coloscopy 41 Committee Consultative for International Telephone 78 communication 1 communication in medicine 8 communication networks 8 communication systems 7 comparative genomic hybridization 53, 93 computed radiography 90 computed tomography 40, 72, 90 computer networks 64 computer-aided design (CAD) 87 computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) 87 conception 5, 6 confocal light microscopy 76 consultation 153 contrast 40, 77 control data 5 conventional surgery 47 coordination skills 49 Corabi International Telemetrics Incorporated 25, 138 Cornell Doctors Tele Pathology Network 157 182 Croatia 115 cryptogram 66 cryptographic systems 66 cytometry 54, 55 D data compression 67 data integrity 66 data protection 56 data security 58 data selection 58 deconvolution 76 Department of Pathology at the K. Marcinkowski, Poznan 159 Department of General Practice, University of Aberolecan 158 Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers (VA) 155 depression 45 Dermatohistologisches Labor, St. Barbara Hospital, 158 dermoscope 44 diagnosis 4, 8, 20, 32, 36, 69 DICOM 3.0 68, 84, 86 Diffie and Hellmann 107 digital camera 44, 72 digital signature 67, 107 digital TV 51 digitizing grid 73 dilation 77 distributed systems 8 DNA 19, 53, 55 DNA analysis 27 Dresden 26 drug intake 44 dynamic image transfer 38 dynamic range 75 E earthquake in Armenia 40 ECG 42, 55, 80 echocardiography 42 education 43, 44, 51, 59, 82, 153 education: continuous 44 EEG 55, 80 electron microscopy 72, 76 electronic card 3 Electronic Journal of Pathology and Histology 27, 30, 35 Electronic publication 29, 30 electronic signature 109 ELISA tests 80 emergency 5, 43, 51 emergency call 50 emergency surgery 49 Subject Index EMG 55 encoding models 85 encryption algorithms 107 endoscopy 41, 45 energy 19 entropy 10 entropy: current of 10 environment 6, 10 erosion 77 Ethernet 65 Ethernet, 1 Giga 65 EurIPACS 86 Europath 26 European Committee on Telepathology 26, 124 European Conference on Telepathology 26 examination 51 expert consultation 25, 43, 44, 59, 82, 112 Extranet 68 F Fast Ethernet 65 Fetch 1.0 81 fiber optic connections 58 field force 10 field hospital 49 filters 77 FISH 54 Fletcher Allen Health Care (FAHC) and University 156 Fletcher Allen Health Care Telemedicine Project Fl 41 flow cytometry 75 fluorescence microscope 93 force feedback 47, 49 Fourier transformation 71 frame grabber 72 France 115 frozen section 38, 82 function 19 G gallbladder 48 gastroscopy 41 Georgetown University Medical Center 124 German Heart Center 43 Germany 115 glass fiber optics 29 Global Standard Operating Procedure for Telepathology 123 graphic workstations 87 gray level 75 Great Britain 116 Grenoble 26 gynecology 48 183 Subject Index H hand motion 47 hand-to-eye coordination 48 handicapped person 50 Hangzhou 26 haptic feedback 49 Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General 153 headline, 30 health care network 8, 33 healthcare 32 Heidelberg 25, 35 Hermosillo 26 high-resolution CT 90 highly sensitive CCD camera 93 Hilditch skeleton 95 HISTKOM 141 histopathological images 4 history 24 HL7 standard 68 home nursing 50 hospital systems 7 Hounsfield numbers 90 house physicians 56 Hungary 117 hybrid computer 70, 76 Hypercard system 81 I IBM Person to Person 147 ICD 68 ICPM 68 IEE P1073 standard 71 illumination 75 image access 148 image acquisition 40, 93 image arithmetic procedures 78 image classification 83 image compression 78 image data bank 22, 83 image data banks and multimedia archives 79 image descriptor 83 image distribution 86 image library 79 image maintenance 82 image management and communication system 84 image presentation 74 image processing 71 image quality 76 image representation 88 image resolution 75 image segmentation 77, 93 immunohistochemistry 10 impact factor 9 in situ hybridization 93 information 1, 2 information acoustic 1, 5 information cluster 29 information level 2 information network 3 information semantics 67 information storage and retrieval 7 information transfer 33 information visual 1, 2 Institute of Anatomic Pathology, California University 156 Intel Proshare 147 interdisciplinary telepathology 112 interface 38 International Conference on Telemedicine 26 Internet 26, 29, 30, 51, 54, 56, 65, 68 Internet protocol 54 interphase cell 93 Intranet 68 ISDN 25, 41, 42, 57, 59, 61 ISSA 81 Italy 118 J JAVA 69 jogging 44 Johns Hopkins Hospital 40 Joint Photographic Experts Group 85 Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare 35 junction quality 60 K K56flex standard 60 Karyotyping 94 key distribution 67 keywords 30 Knight Ridder Corporation 81 Kodak Showbox 81 L LAMP 147 language 6 laparoscopy 48 Laplace filters 77 leased lines 61 Leica 128, 133 life images 4 ligand histochemistry 10, 54, 72 light intensity 75 light microscope 76 live images 61 Logan International Airport 24, 34 logopedic exercises 51 look-up table 73 184 M magnetic resonance 40 manual dexterity 49 master manipulator 47 measurement 82 medical data 7 Medical Image and Related Data Structure 86 Medical information 4, 4 medical journals 29 metallography 76 metaphase 93 metathesaurus 85 Meteosat 3 81 metropolitan area networks 64 microcomputer 87 microdissection 48 micropositioning 48 microsurgery 47, 48 microtelemanipulation 48 microvascular surgery 48 microwave transmission 25 MIGRA 144 minimal invasive surgery 47, 48 modem standard 60 morphology function 10 multimedia 51 multimedia archives 81 N NASA 24, 34, 40 National Bladder Cancer Group 25 National Cancer Center, Tokyo 124 National Center for Health Services Research 39 natural disaster 53 network requirements 59 neural networks 7, 88 neurosciences 89 neurosurgery 45, 48 noise 77 non-deniability 67 non-local filters 77 Norway 25, 118 nuclear resonance images 42 Nyquist frequency 71 O obstetrics 48 occupation 56 off-line 38 Olympus 128, 133, 144 on-line 38 on-line communication 52 Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center 43 Open System Interconnection (OSI) 86 ophthalmology 48 Subject Index organ transplant centers 52 otology 48 Oxford University 124 P pacemaker 42 PAPNET system 88 passive polarized glasses 47 pathology laboratory 20 Pathology Review International Score (PARIS) 27, 32 PATHOWATH 159 Pathsight 140 patient's file 3 Papyrus 86 PCR 54 PH-Net (Public Health Network) 159 Pharos 146 physiotherapy 44 picture archiving and communication system 39, 84 picture card box 81 picture digitization standards 85 PictureTel 146 pixel 73 play-cards 29 Portugal 120 positron emission techniques 72 Poland 119 Poznan 26, 119 prescription 44 priority levels 2 protocols 84 public key cryptography 107 public telephone network 59 publication interactive 30 Q quality assurance 22, 82, 112 quality protocol 123 quantitative fluorescence 54 R radioisotopes 42 rectoscopy 41 Reference Laboratory Alliance, University Pittsburgh 154 references 30 rehabilitation 51, 56 reimbursement 108 relational data bank systems 7 remote control 38, 45 remote data recognition 67 remote manipulator 46 remote slide preparation 98 185 Subject Index remote treatment 34 retrieval 80, 86 ROBODOC 46 robot 45 robotic system 45 Roche Image Analysis System 145 RS 232 C standard 128 RS-232 standard 71 rural areas 49 S Saddle Back Memorial, Laguna Hills 43 Santojanni-Teleintar Hospital, Buenos Aires 43 science 32 second opinion, 20 secondary journals 9 signal analysis 70 signal coding 66 signal processing 66 Silicon Graphics InPerson 153 Singapore 28 slave manipulator 48 snapshot camera 133 SNOMED 37, 69 South America, Universidad Catolica de Chile 160 Spain 121 spatial resolution 39, 40 specimen 22 spectral analysis 92 spectral transformation 92 SpektraCube microscope 92 staining 22 standards 34 steel analysis 76 stereo microscope 48 stereographic image 47 stereotactic surgery 46 still image 9 structure 10 subscribers 30 suicide 45 super karyogram 96 surgical simulation 49 Sweden 121 Switzerland 121 T TCP/IP 65 teaching 51 teleadministration 56 telecancer treatment 63 telecardiological Diagnostic Network 43 telecardiology 42 telecare 50 teleconsultation 36 teledermatology 44, 59 telediagnosis 22, 36 teleeducation 27, 51, 63 teleendoscopy 41 telefamilycare 63 telegastroenterology 59 telegraph 5 telelogopedy 63 telemeasurement 55 telemedicine 24, 33 Telemedicine and Telehealth Network 35 Telemedicine Services 36 Telemedicine Spacebridge 40 telemedicine training 124 telemolecularbiology 53 telepathalogy standard 123, 126 telepathology 34, 37, 57, 97 Telepathology Consultants 148 Telepathology System of the Japanese Dermatologist 149 Telephone Nursing Telemedicine 35 telepresence 44, 45, 46 telepresentation 98 telepsychiatry 45, 59, 63 teleradiology 39, 59 teleresearch 54 telesurgery 44, 45 Texas Houston Chronicle ‘s electronic morgue 81 texture 9, 90 Thai-German telepathology group 26 therapy 4, 32 thermodynamic 10 three-dimensional imaging 87 time-relationship 10 TMR: Triangle Micro Research 147 TNM stage 80 TPIS (Transplant Pathology Internet Services) 157 transmission protocol 57 transmission speed 58, 59, 65, 86 Transpath 128 transurethral resection 46 treasury data 81 tremor 49 Tromsö 25 Tucson 124 TV standards 72 U U.S. Army Medical Research 39 Udine 26, 156 ultrasound 40 Umtata 26 Unified Medical Language System 85 University Hospital in Tromsö (Norway) 158 186 Subject Index University of South Florida, College of Medicine 157 urology 48 V V34 standard 60 video conference 41, 44, 45, 53 videoconferencing 62 Vienna 26 virtual channels 65 virtual path 65 virtual patient 47 virtual trauma 50 virtual workspace 47 virtual world 2 vision field 6 visual data 6 visual information 6 voxel 73, 87 W Washington 27 WDS Technologies 147 Weekly TeleMed 35 wide area networks 64 wireless data networks 55 workflow 20, 34 workflow, continuous 20 workflow, discontinuous 20 workload 34 Y Yugoslavia 122 X X-ray 40, 70, 90 X.25 package network 60 X2 standard 60 Z Zeiss 127 ZEM Technology 149 exit