OP2000
OP2000
The Concept OP 2000
What is Charité?
Charité – University Medicine Berlin is the medical school and university hospital of the Berlin Humboldt University and the Berlin Free University, distributed over four campuses: “Campus Mitte”, “Campus Virchow-Klinikum”, “Campus Benjamin Franklin” and “Campus Berlin-Buch”. Charité is one of the largest university hospital in Europe, with 3,200 beds in 107 clinics and institutes, treating roughly 130,500 inpatients and 530,200 outpatients per year. Charité is the employer of 14,500 people, including 3,750 scientists and an educational facility for 7,300 students in human medicine and dentistry, nursing education and nursing science. Charité has originated 8 Nobel Prize Laureates and can reflect upon a 300 years sucessful history. Charité is a large business enterprise using state-of-the-art data processing and management technologies in medicine and administration. Its total annual budget amounts to 1,12 billion Euro, of which 330 million € for research and education.
What is SRU OP 2000?
SRU OP 2000 is the Surgical Research Unit of the Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC) operated jointly by Charité and the “Max-Delbrueck-Centre for Molecular Medicine" (MDC). The ECRC aims to give fresh impulses to clinical performance by combining basic research in molecular biology with clinical research (translational research). In this context, OP 2000 creates a new operating room, involving the combined application of laser technology, electronic data processing and stereoscopic remote video transmission for achieving optimised and personalised diagnosis and therapy. In the field of medical telecommunication technology OP 2000 has played a crucial role in various leading-edge projects during the last decade: In the GALENOS-project (Generic Advanced low-cost trans-European Network over Satellite, EU-funded, 1999-2000) a European competence network via satellite (13 hospitals in 6 countries), dedicated to telemedical applications, has been realised by the development and implementation of WoTeSa (Workstation for Telemedical applications via Satellite) using the WinVicos software (Wavelet-based interactive video communication system). In DELTASS (Disaster Emergency Logistic Telemedicine Advanced Satellites Systems, ESA-funded, 2001-2002) rescue and medical support applications for disaster emergencies have been developed, including various interactive telemedical applications. In MEDASHIP (Medical Assistance for Ships, co-funded by the EU, 2002-2003) a platform has been validated for medical services for ships, including telesonography and telecardiology. In EMISPHER (Euro-Mediterranean Internet-Satellite Platform for Health, medical Education and Research, co-funded by the EU, 2002-2004) a hybrid Internet-Satellite network has been established for improved health care, medical e-learning and medical assistance in the Euro-Mediterranean region (with 17 partners in 5 EU countries and 6 MEDA countries). Current research includes amongst others the design and implementation of an integrated medical Work Space of the future (Project 2020), concepts for home care services, as well as various applications in molecular imaging and nanomedicine.
History
In 1987, our research group has been established within research facilities of the University of Heidelberg for the clinical implementation of the laser induced fluorescence diagnosis (LIFD) and photodynamic therapy (PDT) in human malignancies. Other participators were the German Center of Cancer Research (DKFZ) in Heidelberg including the departments of radiochemistry and radiopharmacology (Dr. W. Maier-Borst). Between 1988 and 1992 the concept of OP 2000 was developed as a new biomedical technology, since 1993 it has been established and realized in the Robert-Rössle-Hospital, Berlin.
Interfaces
Integrated in the concept OP 2000 is the development of chirurgical user interfaces, molecular-biological user interfaces and the design of man/machine-interfaces.
Modules
The Concept OP 2000 in the surroundings of a newly created operating theatre involves the combined application of laser technology, electronic data processing and three-dimensional remote video transmission. The achieved precision in the diagnosis of malignant tumors is the precondition for an optimal tumor therapy meeting the exacting demands of modern medicine. The virtual reality technique, the imaging and processing modules along with the communication equipment enable the display of all visual information in real-time (3D-video conference, 3D-telemedicine, multimedia programs for education and training).
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