GYNAS – Gynaecology Expert System (1986)

The GYNAS - Gynaecology Analysis System represents an application of image processing and image analysis. It consists of a workstation platform concept of powerful computers linked through a LAN (Local Area Network) or WAN (Wide Area Network) with distributed intelligence in the various stations: server, analysis station, work station, scanning station, etc. The system contains a database of textual description and support information as well as an image database for raw and processed images with tools for the gynaecologist to analyse the images.

The author’s expertise over the past 20 years spans areas such as image processing in astronomy and space applications, with archiving and intelligent retrieval concepts utilizing advanced indexing and information extraction techniques on very large volumes of data (as in Laser disk archives of computer data, text, or image form or public online information systems - Intranets). The base technology is a proprietary patented data compression process and data security; from this technology, intelligent optical quality control systems for the manufacturing industry have also been derived.

Through discussions with experts in the field of early breast cancer research it is a well known fact that breast cancer is spreading at an alarming rate within the Western woman throughout all ages. With more knowledge accumulated on the subject, the old myth of breast cancer developing during the menopause and possibly from prolonged use of oral contraceptives gives way to a rather alarming situation: breast cancer can be found in any age group and increases dramatically within the Western civilization.

A known origin of breast cancer is the formation of micro-calcium deposits (micro-calcifications) within the breast tissue, around which degenerate cells accumulate which in turn cause breast cancer to form. Identifying those early and extremely tiny micro-calcium deposits can hold a key to possible cure of this type of breast cancer in its earliest form through various methods.

The human factor in breast cancer identification by the gynaecologist is particularly important: on many occasions, he or she has not spotted the micro-calcium deposits in a mammography; the patient comes back one year later and a lump has evolved. The tragic part is that in many cases re-inspection of the previous film does show very small micro-calcium deposits. They have been simply overlooked due to various reasons because of their extremely small size.

GYNAS – Gynaecology Expert System (1986)

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