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Clinical map document based on XML (cMDX): document architecture with mapping feature for reporting and analysing prostate cancer in radical prostatectomy specimens

Okyaz Eminaga1*, Reemt Hinkelammert1, Axel Semjonow1, Joerg Neumann2, Mahmoud Abbas2, Thomas Koepke1, Olaf Bettendorf3, Elke Eltze4 and Martin Dugas5

1 Prostate Center, Dept. of Urology, University Hospital Muenster, Albert-Schweitzer-Str. 33, D-48149 Muenster, Germany

2 Prostate Center, Gerhard-Domagk Institute for Pathology, University Hospital Muenster, Domagkstr. 17, D-48149 Muenster, Germany

3 Institute of Pathology and Cytology, Technikerstrasse 14, D-48465 Schüttorf, Germany

4 Institute for Pathology, Saarbrücken-Rastpfuhl, Rheinstrasse 2, D-66113 Saarbrücken, Germany

5 Department of Medical Informatics and Biomathematics, University of Muenster, Domagkstr. 9, D-48149 Muenster, Germany

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BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2010, 10:71 doi:10.1186/1472-6947-10-71

Published: 15 November 2010

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Additional file 1:

An example cMDX file "Example.cMDX". Please open the file using a zip programme to view the document architecture.

Format: CMDX Size: 176KB Download file

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Additional file 2:

An example of a report in electronic form "Example_ElectronicForm.pdf". The paper version of this report is depicted in Figure 1.

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