Prototype of a computer system for managing data and video colonoscopy exams

Abstract

Coy CsR, fagundes JJ, Wu fC. Prototype of a computer system for managing data and video colonoscopy exams. J Coloproctol, 2012;32(1): 50-60.AbstrACt: Objective: develop a prototype using computer resources to optimize the management process of clinical information and video colonoscopy exams. Materials and Methods: Through meetings with medical and computer experts, the following requirements were defined: management of information about medical professionals, patients and exams; video and image captured by video colonoscopes during the exam, and the availability of these videos and images on the Web for further analysis. The technologies used were Java, flex, Jboss, Red5, Jboss sEAM, MysQL and flamingo. results and Discussion: The prototype contributed to the area of colonocospy by providing resources to maintain the patients' history, tests and images from video colonoscopies. The web-based application allows greater flexibility to physicians and specialists. The resources for remote analysis of data and tests can help doctors and patients in the examination and diagnosis. Conclusion: The implemented prototype has contributed to improve colonoscopy-related processes. future activities include the prototype deployment in the service of Coloproctology and the utilization of this model to allow real-time monitoring of these exams and knowledge extraction from such structured database using artificial intelligence.Keywords: colonoscopy; telemedicine; exam management; remote patient monitoring; communication with hospital equipment. resuMO: Objetivo: desenvolver um protótipo por meio de recursos computacionais para a otimização de processos de gerenciamento de informações clínicas e de exames de videocolonoscopia. Materiais e Métodos: Por meio de reuniões com especialistas médicos e computacionais, definiram-se os seguintes requisitos: gestão de informações sobre profissionais médicos, pacientes e exames complementares; aquisição dos vídeos e captura de imagens a partir do videocolonoscópio durante a realização desse exame, e a disponibilidade por meio da Web para análise posterior dessas imagens. As tecnologias aplicadas foram: Java, flex, JbOss, Red5, JbOss sEAM, MysQL e flamingo. resultados e Discussão: O protótipo contribuiu para a área de colonocospia disponibilizando recursos para manutenção de histórico de pacientes, exames e imagens. O acesso à aplicação, por meio de browser, permite maior flexibilidade aos médicos e especialistas. Os recursos para análise remota de dados e exames podem auxiliar médicos e pacientes na realização de exames e diagnósticos. Conclusão: O protótipo implementado contribuiu para melhoria de processos relacionados a exames de videocolonoscopia. Trabalhos futuros incluem implantação do protótipo no serviço de coloproctologia, bem como a extensão do modelo para o acompanhamento dos exames em tempo real e extração de conhecimento dessa base de dados estruturada por meio de inteligência artificial.Palavras-chave: colonoscopia; telemedicina; gerenciamento de exames; acompanhamento remot...

Method and System for Real-Time Audio and Video Transmission of Colonoscopy Exams: A Study Case on a Local Network

“…This feature enables interoperability of the solution with various medical equipments. In addition, the following characteristics differ from other developed system [1,4,8,9,11,13,31,33,34,35,36,37]:  It allows access, share and real-time following of remote colonoscopy exams during its realization, with features of video and image manipulation, such as magnification and image capture;  The system enables real-time interaction through audio, video and text messages between medical experts during colonoscopy exams;…”

“…The Laboratory of Bioinformatics (LABI) from the Western Paraná State University (UNIOESTE) in partnership with the Coloproctology Service of the Faculty of Medical Sciences from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) has been developing research in the fields of Telemedicine [8,9,11] and Intelligent Analysis of Medical Data [10,12]. Most of these researches aim to facilitate the remote monitoring of patients and medical procedures, as well as to build databases with information about these procedures applying data quality concepts, allowing the application of Intelligent Data Analysis, thus aiding the diagnosis and prevention of specific diseases [30].…”

“…Furthermore, the solution includes building a structured medical database for the application of data mining methods. With this database it will be possible to provide diagnostic and prevention aid for colonoscopy [9,13].…”