Overview of Telepathology

Navid Farahani; Liron Pantanowitz

doi:10.1016/j.cll.2015.09.010

Overview of Telepathology

Clin Lab Med. 2016 Mar;36(1):101-12. doi: 10.1016/j.cll.2015.09.010.

Authors

Navid Farahani¹, Liron Pantanowitz²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Electronic address: nfarahan@gmail.com.
² Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

PMID: 26851668
DOI: 10.1016/j.cll.2015.09.010

Abstract

Telepathology is the practice of remote pathology using telecommunication links to enable the electronic transmission of digital pathology images. Telepathology can be used for remotely rendering primary diagnoses, second opinion consultations, quality assurance, education, and research purposes. The use of telepathology for clinical patient care has been limited mostly to large academic institutions. Barriers that have limited its widespread use include prohibitive costs, legal and regulatory issues, technologic drawbacks, resistance from pathologists, and above all a lack of universal standards. This article provides an overview of telepathology technology and applications.

Keywords: Digital imaging; Robotic; Static; Teleconsultation; Telemicroscopy; Telepathology; Virtual microscopy; Whole-slide imaging.

Publication types

Review