LP 4&5: Examples and analogies
1. SPOTMeeting: Interactive Real Time Telepathology
SPOTMeeting™ is an easy to use, fully interactive software environment for sharing high definition images and collaborating with remote specialists in real time. Audio, cursor, annotations, files and software controls are also shared, and presenters can be swapped, making communication simple. SPOTMeeting is the ideal choice for remote pathology consultations (SPOTMeeting Collaborative Imaging System - SPOT Imaging, n.d.).
2. SPOTBroadcast: Real Time Telepathology Broadcasting
SPOTBroadcast captures video in high definition and provides cost-effective, one-way streaming of images over the internet without a computer or software(Pathology Imaging Systems | SPOT Imaging, n.d.).
PathStation 2: Macro Imaging System with Real Time Interactive Telepathology
The PathStation 2 macro digital imaging system makes it easy to capture, annotate, measure, and save high-quality images of gross specimens in the frozen section room, and to share the images with specialists in other locations. Its fully enclosed HD camera and touch screen monitor take up minimal workspace, and can be mounted in a grossing hood, configured as a freestanding unit with lighting, or mounted on a wall in the laboratory per your needs(Pathology Imaging Systems | SPOT Imaging, n.d.).