From: Image standards in Tissue-Based Diagnosis (Diagnostic Surgical Pathology)
Medical Standard (level 2) | Criteria (level 3) | International/national Action |
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Disease order [41] | Hierarchic, 1 – 10 | Proposed |
Formal disease classification | ICD-O, SNO-MED | Accepted |
Disease/human classification | Board discussion | Accepted for tumours (WHO classification) |
Disease frequency | Not evaluated, probably >2 per month | Open |
Mandatory expert consultation | Rare cancer, lymphoma | Proposed |
Mandatory quality assurance | Breast cancer, Hodgkin's disease | Accepted |
Image handling, exchange by DICOM 3, HL 7 | General & individual regulations | Proposed |
HIS, RIS communication by DICOM 3, HL 7 | General & individual regulations | Proposed |
Expert communication guidelines | 4 – 8 images/case, <2 different magnifications/case, | Proposed |
Virtual microscopy: | Â | Â |
Diagnosis/image properties | >50 pixels/object, >40 objects/image, >256 × 256 image size | Proposed |
Disease/image features | Disease – associated texture, object, structure parameters | Open |
Image quality measure | Gray value deviation, image standardization (shading, gray value range, gradient) | Open |
Screening/image size | Texture features: crude screening Object/structure features: classical diagnosis (H&E) | Open |
Diagnosis/colour space | RGB space – classical diagnosis. HSI space – prognosis associated diagnosis, cancer scores (hormone receptor, Gleason, etc.) | Open |