Virtual microscopy and digital cytology: state of the art.
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.
Giansanti
Daniele
D
Dipartimento di Tecnologie e Salute, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy. daniele.giansanti@iss.it
Grigioni
Mauro
M
D'Avenio
Giuseppe
G
Morelli
Sandra
S
Maccioni
Giovanni
G
Bondi
Arrigo
A
Giovagnoli
Maria Rosaria
MR
D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D008853:Microscopy; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D019113:Telepathology / Q000379:methods*; D014584:User-Computer Interface