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The second objective is to break down the APW profile into a set of smaller, easier to implement building blocks, each of these focusing on one key aspect of the anatomic pathology digital workflow. The expectation is to collect sufficient feedback from all stakehoders of digital pathology (vendors, pathologists, institutions) in order to confirm and/or refine this set of profiles before starting to build them as new supplements to the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Technical Framework. | The second objective is to break down the APW profile into a set of smaller, easier to implement building blocks, each of these focusing on one key aspect of the anatomic pathology digital workflow. The expectation is to collect sufficient feedback from all stakehoders of digital pathology (vendors, pathologists, institutions) in order to confirm and/or refine this set of profiles before starting to build them as new supplements to the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Technical Framework. | ||
| + | ==Open Issues== | ||
| + | *APW-EDM-01: Involve industrial offer for archiving and communication of whole slide images, as well as slide scanner manufacturers | ||
| + | *APW-EDM-02: Check the market for imaging modalities, PACS, and image reviewing and annotating software solutions, supporting the DICOM standard with the DICOM 122 supplement “Specimen Module and Revised Pathology SOP Classes” and the DICOM 145 supplement “Whole Slide Microscopic Image IOD and SOP Classes” | ||
| + | ==Closed Issues== | ||
| + | *APW-EDM-03: Tissue microarrays may break the current specimen model. DICOM does cover this as a use case. Tissue microarrays are not used in clinical care, and so are left out of the scope of the profiles that will be derived from this white paper. | ||
==Use Cases== | ==Use Cases== | ||
Revision as of 02:40, 15 February 2018
Foreword
This is the collaborative space of the white paper "Anatomic Pathology Workflow in an Era of Digital Medicine (APW-EDM)"
Current contributors:
- Raj C. Dash, MD,
- Riki Merrick,
- Francesca Frexia,
- Francesca Vanzo, ,
- John D Nolan,
- Dan Rutz,
- Nicholas Jones,
- Gunter Haroske,
- François Macary
Introduction
This document, the IHE PaLM “Anatomic Pathology Workflow in an Era of Digital Imaging” White Paper, describes use cases, data elements, actors, and transactions necessary to support anatomic pathology workflows that leverage digital technologies. Abbreviation for the title is APW-EDM.
This white paper lays out a collection of future integration profiles to address how vended systems for supporting anatomic pathology workflows interact and is intended to replace the former Anatomic Pathology Workflow (APW) profile. The first objective is to better take into account the latest advancements in digital imaging, spanning but not necessarily limited to two primary aspects of anatomic pathology workflow:
- the gross/macroscopic examination leveraging state-of-the art more interoperable imaging modalities,
- the histologic/microscopic examination taking advantage of whole slide imaging technology.
The second objective is to break down the APW profile into a set of smaller, easier to implement building blocks, each of these focusing on one key aspect of the anatomic pathology digital workflow. The expectation is to collect sufficient feedback from all stakehoders of digital pathology (vendors, pathologists, institutions) in order to confirm and/or refine this set of profiles before starting to build them as new supplements to the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Technical Framework.
Open Issues
- APW-EDM-01: Involve industrial offer for archiving and communication of whole slide images, as well as slide scanner manufacturers
- APW-EDM-02: Check the market for imaging modalities, PACS, and image reviewing and annotating software solutions, supporting the DICOM standard with the DICOM 122 supplement “Specimen Module and Revised Pathology SOP Classes” and the DICOM 145 supplement “Whole Slide Microscopic Image IOD and SOP Classes”
Closed Issues
- APW-EDM-03: Tissue microarrays may break the current specimen model. DICOM does cover this as a use case. Tissue microarrays are not used in clinical care, and so are left out of the scope of the profiles that will be derived from this white paper.