ArticleJournal of pathology informatics2012
Experience with multimodality telepathology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
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- Relevance of the College of American Pathologists guideline for validating whole slide imaging for diagnostic purposes to cytopathology.Cytopathology : official journal of the British Society for Clinical Cytology · 2023Pooled it
- Technical and Diagnostic Issues in Whole Slide Imaging Published Validation Studies.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Pooled it
- A critical analysis of CellaVision systems in the modern hematology laboratory.American journal of clinical pathology · 2025Review
- Whole Slide Imaging (WSI) in Pathology: Emerging Trends and Future Applications in Clinical Diagnostics, Medical Education, and Pathology.Iranian journal of pathology · 2025Review
- Digital pathology systems enabling quality patient care.Genes, chromosomes & cancer · 2023Review
- The Critical Value of Telepathology in the COVID-19 Era.Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS · 2023Review
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- An update on computational pathology tools for genitourinary pathology practice: A review paper from the Genitourinary Pathology Society (GUPS).Journal of pathology informatics · 2023Review
- Integrated digital pathology at scale: A solution for clinical diagnostics and cancer research at a large academic medical center.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2021Article
- Artificial intelligence and algorithmic computational pathology: an introduction with renal allograft examples.Histopathology · 2021Review
- The histopathological diagnosis of atypical meningioma: glass slide versus whole slide imaging for grading assessment.Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology · 2021Article
- Advantages of Using a Web-based Digital Platform for Kidney Preimplantation Biopsies.Journal of pathology informatics · 2021Article
- Commentary: The Digital Fate of Glomeruli in Renal Biopsy.Journal of pathology informatics · 2021Article
- Remote Reporting from Home for Primary Diagnosis in Surgical Pathology: A Tertiary Oncology Center Experience during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of pathology informatics · 2021Article
- Validation of a digital pathology system including remote review during the COVID-19 pandemic.Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc · 2020Article
- Banff Digital Pathology Working Group: Going digital in transplant pathology.American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2020Article
- The Next Generation Robotic Microscopy for Intraoperative Teleneuropathology Consultation.Journal of pathology informatics · 2020Article
- The Landscape of Digital Pathology in Transplantation: From the Beginning to the Virtual E-Slide.Journal of pathology informatics · 2019Review
- Accuracy of rapid on-site evaluation of endobronchial ultrasound guided transbronchial needle aspirates by respiratory registrars in training and medical scientists compared to specialist pathologists-an initial pilot study.Journal of thoracic disease · 2018Article
- The Challenges of a Complex and Innovative Telehealth Project: A Qualitative Evaluation of the Eastern Quebec Telepathology Network.International journal of health policy and management · 2018Article
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Abstract
Several modes of telepathology exist including static (store-and-forward), dynamic (live video streaming or robotic microscopy), and hybrid technology involving whole slide imaging (WSI). Telepathology has been employed at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) for over a decade at local, national, and international sites. All modes of telepathology have been successfully utilized to exploit our institutions subspecialty expertise and to compete for pathology services. This article discusses the experience garnered at UPMC with each of these teleconsultation methods. Static and WSI telepathology systems have been utilized for many years in transplant pathology using a private network and client-server architecture. Only minor clinically significant differences of opinion were documented. In hematopathology, the CellaVision(®) system is used to transmit, via email, static images of blood cells in peripheral blood smears for remote interpretation. While live video streaming has remained the mode of choice for providing immediate adequacy assessment of cytology specimens by telecytology, other methods such as robotic microscopy have been validated and shown to be effective. Robotic telepathology has been extensively used to remotely interpret intra-operative neuropathology consultations (frozen sections). Adoption of newer technology and increased pathologist experience has improved accuracy and deferral rates in teleneuropathology. A digital pathology consultation portal (https://pathconsult.upmc.com/) was recently created at our institution to facilitate digital pathology second opinion consults, especially for WSI. The success of this web-based tool is the ability to handle vendor agnostic, large image files of digitized slides, and ongoing user-friendly customization for clients and teleconsultants. It is evident that the practice of telepathology at our institution has evolved in concert with advances in technology and user experience. Early and continued adoption of telepathology has promoted additional digital pathology resources that are now being leveraged for other clinical, educational, and research purposes.
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