Telepathology in the Diagnosis of Routine Dermatopathologic Entities

Teledermatopathology: A Controlled Study About Diagnostic Validity and Technical Requirements for Digital Transmission

“…The virtual slides taken by the system can be viewed via the university web browser. [18][19][20] Our results show that digital diagnoses were in a high range of accordance (93.2%) with the original diagnoses, which is comparable to the results of Morgan et al 13 , although another group of diagnoses was investigated in this study. However, direct diagnoses rendered 1 month later correlated in a significantly higher percentage with the original reports.…”

Teledermatopathology: A Controlled Study About Diagnostic Validity and Technical Requirements for Digital Transmission

“…The virtual slides taken by the system can be viewed via the university web browser. [18][19][20] Our results show that digital diagnoses were in a high range of accordance (93.2%) with the original diagnoses, which is comparable to the results of Morgan et al 13 , although another group of diagnoses was investigated in this study. However, direct diagnoses rendered 1 month later correlated in a significantly higher percentage with the original reports.…”

Feasibility and diagnostic agreement in teledermatopathology using a virtual slide system

“…Feasibility in teledermatopathology with VSS in regard to diagnostic accuracy has not yet been investigated. Moreover, a specific study in teledermatopathology focusing only on inflammatory skin disease has never been performed [1,[6][7][8][9][10][11]. Even if it is difficult to compare our results with those of the literature, our percentage of correct telediagnoses (73%) is the lowest ever reported [1,[6][7][8][9][10][11].…”

A static-image telepathology system for dermatopathology consultation in East Africa: The Massachusetts General Hospital Experience

“…1,2,4,6,8,9,25,26 Technical factors include field selection error, inadequate photographic sampling, and poor image quality. In our study, field selection error was identified as the major contributing factor in the initial misdiagnosis of the toxic epidermal necrolysis case (Table I, case 26), in which the diagnostic area was not present in static telepathology images submitted for review.…”

“…grading dysplastic nevi), or lesions in which subtle cytologic or architectural features must be assessed to arrive at a diagnosis (eg, inflammatory conditions). 2 Many of the technical factors that have been identified as limitations of static-image telepathology are mitigated by robotic and whole-slide imaging telepathology systems, which enable the consulting pathologist to view a digital image of an entire slide with full control over field selection and magnification. For this reason, whole-slide imaging technology has been favored over static-image telepathology.…”

Teledermatopathology: A Controlled Study About Diagnostic Validity and Technical Requirements for Digital Transmission

“…The virtual slides taken by the system can be viewed via the university web browser. [18][19][20] Our results show that digital diagnoses were in a high range of accordance (93.2%) with the original diagnoses, which is comparable to the results of Morgan et al 13 , although another group of diagnoses was investigated in this study. However, direct diagnoses rendered 1 month later correlated in a significantly higher percentage with the original reports.…”

Feasibility and diagnostic agreement in teledermatopathology using a virtual slide system

“…Feasibility in teledermatopathology with VSS in regard to diagnostic accuracy has not yet been investigated. Moreover, a specific study in teledermatopathology focusing only on inflammatory skin disease has never been performed [1,[6][7][8][9][10][11]. Even if it is difficult to compare our results with those of the literature, our percentage of correct telediagnoses (73%) is the lowest ever reported [1,[6][7][8][9][10][11].…”

A static-image telepathology system for dermatopathology consultation in East Africa: The Massachusetts General Hospital Experience

“…1,2,4,6,8,9,25,26 Technical factors include field selection error, inadequate photographic sampling, and poor image quality. In our study, field selection error was identified as the major contributing factor in the initial misdiagnosis of the toxic epidermal necrolysis case (Table I, case 26), in which the diagnostic area was not present in static telepathology images submitted for review.…”

“…grading dysplastic nevi), or lesions in which subtle cytologic or architectural features must be assessed to arrive at a diagnosis (eg, inflammatory conditions). 2 Many of the technical factors that have been identified as limitations of static-image telepathology are mitigated by robotic and whole-slide imaging telepathology systems, which enable the consulting pathologist to view a digital image of an entire slide with full control over field selection and magnification. For this reason, whole-slide imaging technology has been favored over static-image telepathology.…”

Teledermatopathology: A Controlled Study About Diagnostic Validity and Technical Requirements for Digital Transmission

“…The virtual slides taken by the system can be viewed via the university web browser. [18][19][20] Our results show that digital diagnoses were in a high range of accordance (93.2%) with the original diagnoses, which is comparable to the results of Morgan et al 13 , although another group of diagnoses was investigated in this study. However, direct diagnoses rendered 1 month later correlated in a significantly higher percentage with the original reports.…”

Feasibility and diagnostic agreement in teledermatopathology using a virtual slide system

“…Feasibility in teledermatopathology with VSS in regard to diagnostic accuracy has not yet been investigated. Moreover, a specific study in teledermatopathology focusing only on inflammatory skin disease has never been performed [1,[6][7][8][9][10][11]. Even if it is difficult to compare our results with those of the literature, our percentage of correct telediagnoses (73%) is the lowest ever reported [1,[6][7][8][9][10][11].…”

A static-image telepathology system for dermatopathology consultation in East Africa: The Massachusetts General Hospital Experience

“…1,2,4,6,8,9,25,26 Technical factors include field selection error, inadequate photographic sampling, and poor image quality. In our study, field selection error was identified as the major contributing factor in the initial misdiagnosis of the toxic epidermal necrolysis case (Table I, case 26), in which the diagnostic area was not present in static telepathology images submitted for review.…”

“…grading dysplastic nevi), or lesions in which subtle cytologic or architectural features must be assessed to arrive at a diagnosis (eg, inflammatory conditions). 2 Many of the technical factors that have been identified as limitations of static-image telepathology are mitigated by robotic and whole-slide imaging telepathology systems, which enable the consulting pathologist to view a digital image of an entire slide with full control over field selection and magnification. For this reason, whole-slide imaging technology has been favored over static-image telepathology.…”