INTERNET BASED TELE-DIAGNOSTIC INTERFACE FOR BREAST PATHOLOGY

摘要

This paper presents our development of a multimedia tele-diagnostic interface for breast pathology via Internet. To enhance telepresence capabilities, our interface is com-prised of an anthropomorphic arm/hand equipped with hap-tic and tactile sensing, ultrasound imaging capabilities, a physician interface capable of rendering both haptic and tactile information, and two-way audio and video. This multimedia interface was tested via the Internet and enables tele-diagnostics. Preliminary experiments had demon-strated the effectiveness of the developed multimedia tele-diagnostic interface. That is, it will greatly enhance and improve the diagnostic performance as well as promote the tele-diagnostics of breast pathology in remote areas a real-ity.