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. 2013 Aug;26(4):668-77.
doi: 10.1007/s10278-013-9572-0.

Digital pathology consultations-a new era in digital imaging, challenges and practical applications

Gonzalo Romero Lauro  1 , William Cable, Andrew Lesniak, Eugene Tseytlin, Jeff McHugh, Anil Parwani, Liron Pantanowitz
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Digital pathology consultations-a new era in digital imaging, challenges and practical applications

Gonzalo Romero Lauro et al. J Digit Imaging. 2013 Aug.

Abstract

Digital pathology has grown dramatically in the last 10 years and has created opportunities to not only support the triaging of difficult cases among specialists within an organization, but also enable remote pathology consultations with external organizations across the world. This study investigated one organization's need for a vendor agnostic Digital Pathology Consultation workflow solution that overcomes the challenges associated with the transfer of large studies across a local area network or across the Internet. The organization investigated is a large multifacility healthcare organization that consists of 20 hospitals spread across a wide geographical area. The organization has one of the largest academic pathology departments in the USA, with more than 100 diagnostic anatomic pathologists. This organization developed a set of web-based tools to support the workflow of digital pathology consultations and allow the viewing of whole slide images. The challenges and practical implementations of two different use cases are addressed: the occasional end user (professional or patient) requesting a second opinion and the external laboratory or hospital looking for an established consultative relationship with a large volume of cases. The solution presented in this study addresses the challenges associated with the distribution of large images and the lack of established imaging standards, while providing for a convenient and secure portal for pathologist report entry and distribution.

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Telepathology user interface
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Vendor-neutral viewer ‐ is showing a viewer of a whole slide image, snapshots and annotation tools
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Asynchronous upload tool ‐ is showing a window with bu;ons to upload images and an uploading progress bar
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