The aim of the present study was to assess whether a telemicroscopy system based on static imaging could provide a remote intraoperative frozen section service. Three pathologists evaluated 70 consecutive frozen section cases (for a total of 210 diagnoses) using a static telemicroscopy system (STeMiSy) and light microscopy (LM). STeMiSy uses a robotic microscope, enabling full remote control by consultant pathologists in a near real-time manner. Clinically important concordance between STeMiSy and LM was 98.6\% (95.2\% overall concordance), indicating very good agreement. The rates of deferred diagnoses given by STeMiSy and LM were comparable (11.0\% and 9.5\%, respectively). Compared with the consensus diagnosis, the diagnostic accuracy of STeMiSy and LM was 95.2\% and 96.2\%. The mean viewing time per slide was 3.6 minutes, and the overall time to make a diagnosis by STeMiSy was 6.2 minutes, conforming to intraoperative practice requirements. Our study demonstrates that a static imaging active telepathology system is comparable to dynamic telepathology systems and can provide a routine frozen section service.
Titolo: | Robotic telepathology for intraoperative remote diagnosis using a still-imaging-based system. | |
Autori: | Demichelis, Francesca; M., Barbareschi; S., Boi; C., Clemente; P. D., Palma; C., Eccher; S., Forti | |
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Titolo del periodico: | AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY | |
Anno di pubblicazione: | 2001 | |
Codice identificativo Scopus: | 2-s2.0-0035736668 | |
Codice identificativo Pubmed: | 11710693 | |
Codice identificativo WOS: | WOS:000171928400017 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1309/D71Y-7RLE-JGJP-A427 | |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11572/89005 | |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 03.1 Articolo su rivista (Journal article) |