Description:
- Efficiently view and assess high resolution images between groups of people virtually without troublesome delays or lag
- Ability to easily perform general tasks on images, such as scrolling, pointing, zooming in or out, and contrast manipulation
- Effectively educate and instruct medical students and trainees, and enable medical staff to safely meet virtually to discuss patient status
Abstract
USC researchers have developed REPLICA, a superior image viewer platform that shares medical images in high resolution with minimal delays. This is achieved by the platform directly connecting each participant to each other, rather than indirectly through a separate program. Therefore, there is no compression of data, and all participants can easily follow the actions of others, such as pointing, scrolling, and zooming in/out. This will vastly improve the effectiveness and efficiency of these important meetings between clinicians, and ultimately result in improved patient monitoring and diagnosis.
Benefit
- Efficiently view and assess high resolution images between groups of people virtually without troublesome delays or lag
- Ability to easily perform general tasks on images, such as scrolling, pointing, zooming in or out, and contrast manipulation
- Effectively educate and instruct medical students and trainees
- Enable medical staff to safely meet virtually to discuss patient status
Market Application
In the age of COVID-19, medical staff have transitioned some of their duties online. This includes meetings to assess patient images, including MRIs, EEGs, and EKGs. Current available platforms, such as Zoom, Cisco WebEx, and Microsoft Teams, lack the capabilities to display images in high resolution without experiencing repeated lags between the participants. These delays hinder the learning process of medical trainees and can cause confusion between clinicians, potentially leading to patient misdiagnosis. Thus, there is a critical need for medical practitioners to have an enhanced platform to view images virtually in a synchronized and effective manner.
Applications:
- Image viewer for clinicians to diagnose and assess patients virtually
- Broadly used for virtual meetings that require viewing and discussing images
- Education/training purposes
Publications
Other
Stage of Development:
- Fully functional program
- Demo website that showcases utility and performance
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