GODS Project Rui Yu Kimmy Lin Heri Mariwa

GODS Project Rui Yu Kimmy Lin Heri Mariwa Xuedong Chen © 2004 GODS Team

What is GODS? Graphical Oncology Diagnostic System A tool to help physicians to n diagnose patients based on medical images n build personal libraries for educational purpose n communicate medical knowledge More than just a tool…

Where does the idea come from? Dr. Kevin Hughes from MGH n n Surgical Director of Avon Foundation Assistant Professor of Surgery in Harvard Medical School Dr. Ethan Bolker from UMB n n Ph. D of Mathematics from Harvard University Esteemed Professor in CS Department at UMass Boston

What was the problem? Dr. Hughes’ Daily Operation Step 1: Open a mammogram image Step 2: Decide where the bad stuff is Step 3: Carefully hit Print. Screen Step 4: Open up good-old Paint Step 5: Ctr-V Step 6: Ctr-S

What was the problem? – cont. Dr. Hughes’ Daily Operation Step 7: Open annotation template in Word Step 8: Insert the image Step 9: Trying very hard to remember where the bad stuff is Step a: Annotate the image Step b: Match up the patient Step c: Ctr-S

What was the problem? – cont. Algorithm for tedious and cumbersome operation if (your. Goal == Goal. Just. To. Get. By) keep. Wasting. Time(); else if (your. Goal == Goal. Save. Time) buy. Automation. Tool(); else if (your. Goal == Goal. Save. Time&Money) get. UMBStudents. To. Write. The. Tool(); else find. Another. Job();

How does GODS solve the problem? Dr. Happier Hughes’ Daily Operation Step 1: Open GODS Step 2: Select patient record Step 3: Load a mammogram image Step 4: Decide where the bad stuff is Step 5: Annotate the image Step 6: Hit Save button

How does GODS solve the problem? 6 versus C steps More accurate diagnosis More efficient operation More time for Dr. Hughes to spend time with his family instead of playing with Print. Screen and Paint Demo later

What will GODS do in the future? Automate the diagnosis n Embedded oncology detection feature More than just Oncology § Orthopedics § Dentistry § Plastic Cosmetic Surgery § General Surgery

What will GODS do in the future? Networking n HIPAA (United States Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ) n Focus on hospital intranet n Start with image-only internet w No full-face or comparable images n Interfacing inter-hospital collaboration w Internet Security Technology

Who is going to use it? Almost 6000 hospitals registered with American Hospital Association in US Countless hospitals around the world Medical Schools / Institutions Individual Medical Practitioner

What is in the market already? Soundbound Software n n n Deal with medical images, patient records, X-rays and insurance and healthcare forms Highly restricted by HIPAA Heavy investment in Internet Security GODS’s advantage n n Concentrate on medical images and records Less restricted by HIPAA easier to deploy

What is in the market already? LEADTOOLS Medical Technology n Deal with various format of medical images processing and annotations GODS’s advantage n n n Link medical images with patient records Provide more diagnostic / educational values Medical knowledge can be easily found and communicated

What is in the market already? Digi. Soft re. View. MD Desktop n n Deal with medical images processing and annotations Image transmission via email or fax GODS’s advantage n n Provide database technology to accumulate and manage medical knowledge Provide more educational values

What is in the market already? Most of them are not designed for n n Automated Diagnosis Intranet Deployment / Networking Those that have automated diagnosis are proprietary that come with expensive gears Those that have communication features are not designed for networking Those that have networking focus on the internet and are constrained heavily by HIPAA

Tech GURU Why should you trust us? Ph. D. candidate in Computer Science at UMass Boston MS in Information Systems at Northeastern Xuedong Chen Specialized in Data Warehousing and Computational Theory

Why should you trust us? Graduate Student in Computer Science at UMass Boston BA in Mathematics and Computer Science at Bemidji State University, Minnesota Heri Mariwa Specializes in Database and Visual Attention Application

Why should you trust us? Graduate Student in Computer Science at UMass Boston BA in Business Administration at National Taiwan University Kimmy Lin Specializes in web applications and Web Services security

Why should you trust us? Graduate Student in Computer Science at UMass Boston BA in Electronic Engineering (Beijing China) Rui Yu Specializes in enterprise applications and J 2 EE technology

How are we going to do it? Heri will tell you!

What is our schedule? GODS Version Release Date 1. 0 Image Annotation 1. 1 Mammogram Processing 11/09/04 End of 2004 1. 2 Automated Diagnosis End of Feb. 05 1. 3 Multi-User End of Mar. 05 2. 0 Networking End of May 05

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