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ArticleJournal of clinical pathology2020

Intraoperative frozen section consultation by remote whole-slide imaging analysis -validation and comparison to robotic remote microscopy.

Thomas Menter, Stefan Nicolet, Daniel Baumhoer, Markus Tolnay, Alexandar Tzankov

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Article in Journal of clinical pathology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Thomas MenterInstitute of Pathology and Medical Genetics, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0847-6156
Stefan NicoletInstitute of Pathology and Medical Genetics, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Daniel BaumhoerInstitute of Pathology and Medical Genetics, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Markus TolnayInstitute of Pathology and Medical Genetics, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Alexandar TzankovInstitute of Pathology and Medical Genetics, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland alexandar.tzankov@usb.ch.
University Hospital of Basel · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Digital pathology including whole slide image (WSI) acquisition is a promising tool for histopathologic teleconsultation. To test and validate the use of WSI in comparison with robotic microscopy for intraoperative frozen section consultation of peripheral hospitals serviced by our department, we compared the VENTANA DP 200 slide scanner with an established remote-controlled digital microscope. Thirty cases were retrospectively analysed. In comparison with a median specimen handling time of 19 min using remote-controlled microscopy, the WSI handling was significantly shorter (11 min, p=0.0089) and offered better image quality, for example, allowing to detect a positive resection margin by a malignant melanoma that had been missed using the former system. Prospectively assessed on 12 cases, the median handling time was 6 min. Here, we demonstrate the applicability and the advantages of WSI for intraoperative frozen section teleconsultation. WSI-based telepathology prooves to be an efficient and reliable tool providing superior turn-around time and image resolution.

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Frozen SectionsImage Processing, Computer-AssistedRobotic Surgical ProceduresTelepathologyDiagnostic ImagingHumansIntraoperative PeriodMicroscopyRemote ConsultationRetrospective Studiesdigital pathologysurgical pathologytelepathology

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PMID31719106
PMCPMC7279565
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