[Cidrz] Final Poster

[Gari Clifford]

sorry about that phone call Leo - you were cracking up - I couldn't hear you
very well, and then dropped the call.
Anyway - hope the suggestions are useful - just wanted to catch you before
you printed it.
Feel free to use them or not - it's up to you - you're the boss :)
-G

On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 3:45 PM, Gari Clifford <gari.clifford at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Leo,
>
> looks great apart from the last box - the grammar is a little mixed up I
> think.
> You have written:
>
> "Once a large database of cervical images *has *accumulated that are
> linked to both diagnoses that *have *been QA'd and clinical outcomes, it
> is *likely possible* to come up with artificial intelligence tools that
> can classify images of indeterminate cervical lesions, further reducing the
> need for specialist support."
>
> I would use
>
> "Once a large database of cervical images with associated clinical
> outcomes and other pertinent medical data has accumulated and been QA'd, it
> is likely that artificial intelligence tools can be used to classify images
> of indeterminate cervical lesions and provide real-time QA, further reducing
> the need for specialist support."
>
> Also, the next sentence doesn't make sense: "Although this software
> application was initially developed to facilitate cervical cancer screening,
> this software application can be used for longitudinal care of patients who
> live in remote areas, especially if visual inspection is crucial in their
> clinical monitoring, such as in dermatology and wound care."
>
> First - I would change "this software" to "our software" to make it clear
> that you are talking about the existing software rather than the AI
> classifier you refer to in the preceding sentence.
> Then, it still reads a little oddly. How about:
>
> "Although initially developed to facilitate cervical cancer screening, our
> software application has a general applicability for the longitudinal care
> of patients who live in remote areas, particularly for medical problems
> where visual inspection is crucial for a patient's ongoing clinical
> evaluation, such as for skin cancer, dermatology and wound care."
>
> -G
>
> 2008/5/4 Leo Anthony Celi <leoanthonyceli at yahoo.com>:
>
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> Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
> Instructor in Biomedical Engineering, HST,
> (Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences & Technology)
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G. D. Clifford, PhD, SMIEEE
Principal Research Scientist,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Instructor in Biomedical Engineering, HST,
(Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences & Technology)
Engineering Manager for the L.C.P. at M.I.T.
(Laboratory for Computational Physiology),
Rm E25-505DA, 45 Carleton St., Cambridge MA 02142
Tel: +16172537937 / +448444368530
Fax: +16172587859 email: gari at alum.mit.edu
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