A submission model for use in the indexing, searching, and retrieval of distributed pathology case and tissue specimens
Namini, A.H.; Berkowicz, D.A.; Kohane, I.S.; Chueh, H.
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics 107(Pt 2): 1264-1267
2004
ISSN/ISBN: 0926-9630 PMID: 15361017 Document Number: 572285
This paper describes the Shared Pathology Informatics Network (SPIN) submission model for uploading de-identified XML annotations of pathology case and specimen information to a distributed peer-to-peer network architecture. SPIN use cases, architecture, and technologies, as well as pathology information design is described. With the architecture currently in use by six member institutions, SPIN appears to be a viable, secure methodology to submit pathology information for query and specimen retrieval by investigators