title: Virtual microscopy and digital cytology: state of the art.
abstract: The paper approaches a new technological scenario relevant for the introduction of the digital cytology (D-CYT) in the health service. A detailed analysis of the state of the art on the status of the introduction of D-CYT in the hospital and more in general in the dispersed territory has been conducted. The analysis was conducted in a form of review and was arranged into two parts: the first part focused on the technological tools needed to carry out a successful service (client server architectures, e-learning, quality assurance issues); the second part focused on issues oriented to help the introduction and evaluation of the technology (specific training in D-CYT, health technology assessment in-routine application, data format standards and picture archiving computerized systems (PACS) implementation, image quality assessment, strategies of navigation, 3D-virtual-reality potentialities). The work enlightens future scenarios of actions relevant for the introduction of the technology.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Tecnologie e Salute, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy. daniele.giansanti@iss.it
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Giansanti
authors.forename: Mauro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grigioni
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: D'Avenio
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morelli
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Maccioni
authors.forename: Arrigo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bondi
authors.forename: Maria Rosaria
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Giovagnoli
mesh_terms: D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D008853:Microscopy; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D019113:Telepathology / Q000379:methods*; D014584:User-Computer Interface