Table 1
From: Expanding application of digital pathology in Japan - from education, telepathology to autodiagnosis
Major Developmental Steps of Digital Pathology in Japan | |
|---|---|
1991 | Open experiment of satellite telepathology challenged (Kyoto) |
1992 | Use of a digital line, ISDN net 64, for a still image telepathology (Kyoto) |
1993 | Introduction and prevalence of internet started in academic institutions |
1995 | Use of digital images in routine surgical pathology started (Kyoto) |
1997 | Web based internet telecytology started (Hokkaido) |
2003 | Virtual slide (VS) system development, domestic in Japan (Aomori) |
2004 | Use of VS system for pathology laboratory education (Yamaguchi) |
2005 | Network conferences using VS systems challenged |
2006 | Use of VS images in hospital information system (Toyama) |
2007 | VS telepathology using a public optic fibre line started (Kyoto) |
2007 | Introduction of VS system supported by Japanese government having its peak |
2008 | Quantification of immunostain VS images introduced |
2009 | Quantification of immunostain VS images on business (Toyama) |
2009 | Diagnostic consultation of difficult tumour cases using VS in National Cancer Centre, Tokyo, in progress (Tokyo) |
2009 | Diagnostic aid system development challenged (Kanagawa) |
2009 | Experimental diagnostic aid system for prostate carcinoma (Kyoto) |