Lifelinger

A new ICT-based diagnosis procedure and tool set for early detection of cervix cancer

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Table of Contents

Introduction

The Social Problem - Cervical Cancer

The Social Problem - Waiting

The Social Problem - Early Diagnosis

The Medical Problem - Pap Smear

The Medical Problem - Colposcopy

The Medical Problem - Scarcity of trained medical personnel

Diagnosis procedures required:

Lifelinger objectives

'Optical Signature' of disease tissues

Detecting abnormal tissues

Workstation - Hardware

Camera and Light

Colposcope

Central Database

Evolving, extensible software

Working procedure

Adding Lifelinger to current colposcopy :

Lifelinger Imagination

Author: Eduardo Merino MacDonnell

Email: mermac@telefonica.net

 

Edited by: Karl Miller

Email: arayltd@btinternet.com

Home Page: www.aray.net

 

Consortium Web Site:
http://www.lifelinger.net/menu/home.htm