Dynamic display of turnaround time via interactive 2D images

  • Authors:
  • Peter Gershkovich;Alexander Tselovalnikov

  • Affiliations:
  • Yale University, Medical School, Department of Pathology, New Haven, Connecticut;Signal Studio, Barnaul, Russia

  • Venue:
  • VIEW'06 Proceedings of the 1st first visual information expert conference on Pixelization paradigm
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

One of the key characteristics of the clinical practice of anatomic pathology is turnaround time. However, standard methods of reporting and data representation provide limited insight. Many factors have to be taken into consideration. Significance of various points on a timescale varies depending on days of the week and holidays. The number of pathologists, subspecialty, and case mix- all has to be in front of an observer to understand events and their circumstances. Currently, reporting requires printing of numerous tabular data sets that provide different views of the same event. Through the use of Java 2D API, we demonstrate how 2D graphic, color gradient and interactive display of data delivered via the Web could facilitate analysis of a particular problem of turnaround time in anatomic pathology operations and similar complex events.