Practical applications of telepathology using morphology-based anatomic pathology.

摘要

This article is an overview of a presentation from the 2007 College of American Pathologists Foundation Fu-turescape of Pathology meeting. At this meeting, the goal was to envision the future of pathology in light of technologic advances. In this context, this article addresses practical applications of telepathology in anatomic pathology. This area is referred to by a number of names including distance pathology, digital pathology, and virtual pathology. All of these terms refer to the application of digital scanning of traditional histologic slides and review of these slides at remote sites using a computer-based interface.