BREAST CANCER BASE

Berlin, Germany, the summer LTL hospital developed a "virtual reality microscope." With it, a number of experts in the field of computer observation of patients with breast cancer biopsies, like at the scene observed with a microscope samples of the same kind.

Summer LTL hospital on the 23rd released a statement, said that the breast cancer diagnosis difficult, and often the fate of the patients have a significant impact <BR> sound. To ensure accurate diagnosis, Germany on a point of order, when a pathology experts to patients at the time of diagnosis, we must also listen to the second expert opinion. If other experts in second place, the current practice is to use glass containers over the handling of the tissue samples loaded, and sent through the post. This is not only a time delay, and increase the cost of diagnosis.

Thus, Harcourt LTL Hospital Institute of Pathology, Dr. Hu and others suggesting the development of "virtual reality microscope." It will organize scanned into a computer chip, converted into digital images, and make high-resolution images, please foreign counterparts through the network of diagnostic images and make comments. Some experts in different places simultaneously observed image or images cut off the part of the local image resolution than ordinary microscope high six times. In addition, organizations with a slice of the image can also infected software of different colors, appear on the computer screen.

German scientists and a Hungarian company to develop a new type of scanner, as "virtual reality microscope," part of it in one night more than 100 biopsy samples were scanned into digital images. "Virtual reality microscope" has been applied for patent, is expected to go into operation this autumn, summer LTL Hospital Pathology Institute is setting up a remote pathology Counseling Center. Experts say that this system could also be used for other remote diagnosis of cancer.