Telepathology: 8 June 2013
Telepathology: 8 June 2013
Telepathology: 8 June 2013
8 June 2013
• Definitions and terms
• Brief History
• Approaches in telepathology
• Applications
• Adavantages
• Limitations
The basic requirements for telepathology
1. Microscope
2. High-resolution camera
3. Internet access
4. Telepathology workstation
• Telepathology
• Pathology at a distance
• Telepathology is the practice of pathology at a distance by
visualizing an indirect image on a video monitor screen
rather than viewing a specimen directly through a
microscope.
• Digital pathology
• Virtual Microscopy
Weinstein, R.S., “Prospects for Telepathology” (editorial) Human Pathology 17: 433-
434, 1986.
• Ronald S. Weinstein – father of Telepathology
• Coined the term
History
• 1990- 2000 – Internet era – static image sharing
• Current trend – whole slide imaging (WSI), Virtual
microscopy – high-speed computer networks
DMetrix Digital Eyepiece virtual slide viewer
• Telepathology systems
• Dynamic
• Dynamic robotic telepathology
• Static
• Virtual microscopy/whole slide imaging
Approaches
Sample preparation and staining
Post-processing , compression
Applications
6. Digital slide conferencing
7. Education
• Virtual slide box at www.uscap.org
• Virtual Pathology at the University of Leeds
http://www.virtualpathology.leeds.ac.uk/index.php
• University of Iowa : Virtual slidebox
http://www.path.uiowa.edu/virtualslidebox
8. http://www.slideconsult.com WSI using mScope
software
• Static image telepathology
• Low cost and shorter learning curve
• Less investment in technology
• Limited view of field
• Non-representative images
Telepathology in India
• High-speed scanning : 15x15 mm tissue area at 40x in
<1 min
• Z-scanning
• Scanning fluorescent slides
• Storage costs remain a limiting factor for digital archiving
Future perpspectives
1. Weinstein RS. Prospect for telepathology. Hum Pathol 1986;17:443--‐434.
2. Sankaye SB,Kachewar SG. Telepathology for effective healthcare in developing nations. AMJ
2011, 4, 11, 592– 595
References