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Hello! Thomas:<br>
The following is the things we have done recently, this introduction is
written by my colleague Jazz Wang. It will be in the
sarsgrid.nchc.org.tw in a few days. Hope this will provide you some
useful information.<br>
All the jobs we have done is in Linux, and of course, it's FOSS.<br>
We greatly appreciate your kindness. Really really thank you.<br>
<br>
Sincerely,<br>
Steven.<br>
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title="c00ycw00@nchc.org.tw" href="mailto:c00ycw00@nchc.org.tw">JazzWang</a> </div>
<div><b>To:</b> <a title="d00swh00@nchc.gov.tw"
href="mailto:d00swh00@nchc.gov.tw">d00swh00@nchc.gov.tw</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 18, 2003 9:55 AM</div>
<div><b>Subject:</b> Introduction of SARS Grid</div>
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<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"><img
alt="" hspace="0" src="cid:part1.07000807.07040405@nchc.org.tw"
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<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> </font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New">SARS Grid
includes two main applications. One is the web protal named "SARS
Hope", and you</font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New">can find
the web protal here:</font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> </font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> <a
href="http://www.sarshope.org">http://www.sarshope.org</a></font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> </font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New">The SARS
Hope web portal is trying to build a patient database to
track patients who might</font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New">be
infected with SARS. The other part of SARS Grid is an user
interface modified from </font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New">ReLaTe
project of UCL. Our main efforts are trying to provide doctors a
friendly platform </font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New">to
discuss and cooperate with each other. We will describe the features of
this application</font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New">and show
some screenshots of it.</font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> </font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"><font
face="Courier New">FEATURES:</font></font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> </font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> 1. "One
Click Startup"</font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> </font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New">
Since our end-users are doctors who might not be fimiliar to operate
computer,</font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> we
should provide an easier interface for them to startup the program.</font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> </font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> We
put a large icon on the desktop and it will bring up a functional menu
like</font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> the
screenshot shown below.</font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> </font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> <img
alt="" hspace="0" src="cid:part2.03030304.02020706@nchc.org.tw"
width="640" align="bottom" border="0"></font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> </font></font></div>
<div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> Fig. 1
-- Large Shotshut Icon on Desktop</font></font></div>
</div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> </font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> <img
alt="One Click Startup" hspace="0"
src="cid:part3.06080907.07020908@nchc.org.tw" align="bottom" border="0"></font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> </font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> Fig.
2 -- Functional Menu</font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> </font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> 2. User
interface optimized for dual-view display.</font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> </font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> The
usre interface is modified from ReLaTe project of UCL. We tried to
optimize</font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> it
for our hardwares. The left view is the video conference tool (vic)
which </font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New">
allows doctors to know who participates in this conference. The right
view is a</font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New">
modified whiteboard (wbd) program which allow doctors to download
X-Ray pictures</font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> from
patient database of SARS Hope website.</font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> </font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> <img
alt="" hspace="0" src="cid:part4.00030708.02020706@nchc.org.tw"
width="1024" align="bottom" border="0"></font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> </font></font></div>
<div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> Fig. 3
-- User interface optimized for dual-view display</font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> </font></font></div>
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<div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> 3.
Modified whiteboard program for medical purpose.</font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> </font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> For
doctors who want to discuss the symptoms of a patient who might be
infected</font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New">
with SARS, it's important to discuss with the X-Ray pictures. In the
project of</font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New">
"SARS Hope", we develope a patient database with these X-Ray image
records of </font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> each
patient. When doctors want to discuss the symptoms, they only need to
know</font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> the
patient's ID, then he can query from the image database and download
these</font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> X-Ray
pictures.</font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> </font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New">
Besides, we add a scrollbar for doctors to adjust the Gamma of X-Ray
pictures. </font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> It
will help doctors to find out where the SARS symptom is.</font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> </font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> <img
alt="" hspace="0" src="cid:part5.06020501.08080603@nchc.org.tw"
align="bottom" border="0"></font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> </font></font></div>
<div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> Fig. 4
-- Modified whiteboard program for medical purpose</font></font></div>
</div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> </font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> <img
alt="" hspace="0" src="cid:part6.09040804.04070206@nchc.org.tw"
align="bottom" border="0"></font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> </font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> Fig. 5
-- the case of increasing the Gamma</font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> </font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> <img
alt="" hspace="0" src="cid:part7.00040200.09000906@nchc.org.tw"
align="bottom" border="0"></font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> </font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> Fig. 6
-- the case of decreasing the Gamma</font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> </font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> 4. User
interface modified for comparison of X-Ray pictures.</font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> </font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> There is
still a requirement from the opinion of doctors. That is we should
provide an</font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New">
interface for them to compare two or more X-Ray pictures. By now, we
use two whiteboard</font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> program
to achieve it temporarily.</font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> </font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> <img
alt="" hspace="0" src="cid:part8.06080801.05020606@nchc.org.tw"
width="1024" align="bottom" border="0"></font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> </font></font></div>
<div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> Fig. 7
-- User interface modified for comparison of X-Ray pictures</font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> </font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New">FUTURE
WORKS:</font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> </font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> 1. We
still need to do more efforts to make the user interface more friendly.</font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> Our
final goal is to make the user aware nothing of the existance of OS.</font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> Let
users operate this application like using ATM machine.</font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> 2. We
will try to modified the codec of vic, make the quality of video </font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New">
conference become better than it is now.</font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> </font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New"> 3. For
further usage, we need to work out a version which might take care of</font></font></div>
<div><font face="?s???FONT" size="2"><font face="Courier New">
meeting seesions and ensure the security of the conference meeting.</font></font></div>
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