Now that drupal, the open source CMS powering this site, has been released in version 5.1, I finally did take the time to update this website. I also created a new layout which resemles a bit the layout of the main iPath server (http://telemed.ipath.ch).

Some folks from Sweden have compiled a very nice documentation how to install iPath on a linux server. You can find their report here.

Did you ever wonder how you could make a cheap digital imaging solution for your microscope?

Well, I just experimented with a simple USB-webcam, a Logitech Quickcan Connect. I opened the case and took out the camera, removed the objective and "mounted" it on a microscope with a piece of cardboard and a rubber. Then plugged it into my PC and started the old "iPath capture" which allows automatic capture of images form a VfW (video for windows) device and stores them to a case on iPath ... look at the images, they are not bad for a 50 US$ imageing solution and our pathologists feels they are adequate for distance interpretation.

Have a look at this page for some examples and images of the setup

Last week I had the pleasure of delivering a presentation on iPath at the Geneva Forum on Global Access to Health. All the presentations from that forum will be online soon and you can already now have a glance on the presented issue:

• www.genevahealthforum.org
  
• presentation on iPath 

An article about iPath has been recently published in the Ukrainian Journal of Telemedicine:
M.Blunier, T.Zahorulko, D.Dobryanskyy, K.Brauchli Information computer technologies for distant medical collaboration in the Ukraine Swiss Perinatal Health Project Ukraininan Journal of Telemedicine 2006(1) [pdf]

There is now also an independet iPath server at the Mohila School of Public Health in Kiev: http://ipath.ukma.kiev.ua/