title: The virtual slide in the promotion of cytologic and hystologic quality in oncologic screenings.
abstract: A regional experience environment in virtual microscopy and digital pathology comprehending the digital cytology is presented. The project has been conducted in Emilia-Romagna and it has been planned for the promotion and the quality assessment in screening cytology and histology for the prevention of the tumors of uterine cervix, breast and colon-rectum cancers. During the project it has been envisaged the design of a dedicated picture archive and communication system (PACS) for cooperative diagnosis, didactics and training, teleconsulting, documentation of rare cases and pilot experiences; furthermore selected cases are catalogued in the PACS with the aim of the check of the diagnostic concordance in the oncologic screening.
authors.affiliation: Unità Operativa di Anatomia Patologica, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna, Italy. arrigo.bondi@ausl.bologna.it
authors.forename: Arrigo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bondi
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pierotti
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Crucitti
authors.forename: Stefania
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lega
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D019113:Telepathology; D014584:User-Computer Interface