SBIR-STTR Award

The goal of this project is to design a fullfunction Pathology Diagnoses Support System to facilitate the collection, storage, and analysis of histopathology data.The system will be designed to provide the pathologist maximum flexibility in specification of:(1) glossary content and organization;(2) method of identification of key data entities (cage, study, animal, etc.); and(3) sequencing of menuselectable items. This flexibility will allow the pathologist to tailor the system to the requirements of the site or study. The system will also incorporate emerging artificial intelligence/expert system techniques for data collection and presentation, such as voice input/output and automatic menu sequencing based on frequency of use.Major technical design criteria beyond the flexibility and variety of specifications provided to the user will focus on :(1) allowing the system to operate on multiple types of computers and to operate in both single and multi-user environments;(2) designing a modular layered system for maximum machine portability and extensibility of system functions;(3) using commercial data storage and analysis tools to capitalize on their expanding base of capabilities; and(4) providing maximum ease of integration into existing information systems through extensive import and export utilities for all system data.National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

The Pathology Diagnosis Support System (PDSS) has been designed as a full function information processing tool to facilitate the collection, storage and analysis of histopathology data.The system has been designed to take advantage of the latest state of the art software and hardware tools to facilitate the porting of the system from IBM-PC compatible stand alone and networked machines to multi-user DEC-VAX environments. The system provides the user a high degree of flexibility in the selection and validation criteria of the data elements to be collected, a high degree of flexibility in the designation of the structure of the supporting nomenclature, and data compatibility with the National Toxicology Programs - Post Experiment Information System and Pathology Code Table.The system is designed to allow ease of integration into existing information environments and to provide the latest in man- machine interface technology such as voice recognition and voice synthesis. The design utilizes a relational model for the supporting data architecture.

Thesaurus Terms:
Biomedical Systems Automated, Computer Assisted Diagnosis Biomedical Systems Automated, Computer Processing Of Clinical Data Biomedical Systems Automated, Computer Processing Of Laboratory Data Computer Computer, Design And Evaluation Of Computers (Incl. Hardware) Computer, Man-Computer Interaction Computer Programming Histopathology Information Systems (Incl Banks Andcenters) Toxicology Information SystemsNational Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)