Lifelinger
A new ICT-based diagnosis procedure and tool set for early detection of cervix cancer
Author: Eduardo Merino MacDonnell
Email:mermac@telefonica.net
Edited by: Karl Miller
Email: arayltd@btinternet.com
Home Page: www.arayltd.co.uk
Consortium Web Site: http://www.lifelinger.net/menu/home.htm
Introduction
The Social Problem – Cervical Cancer
The Social Problem – Waiting
The Social Problem – Early Diagnosis
The Medical Problem – Pap Smear
The Medical Problem – Colposcopy
The Medical Problem – Scarcity of trained medical personnel
Diagnosis procedures required:
Lifelinger objectives
Optical Signature’ of disease tissues
Detecting abnormal tissues
Workstation – Hardware
Camera and Light
Colposcope
Central Database
Evolving, extensible software
Working procedure
Adding Lifelinger to current colposcopy :
Lifelinger Imagination
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