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Virtual Microscopy Beyond the Pyramids, Applications of WSI in Cairo University for E-Education & Telepathology

Background: Telepathology, the practice of pathology at a long distance, has advanced continuously since 1986. The progress of telepathology passed through four stages: Static, Dynamic, Hybrid & Whole Slide Imaging. Materials and Methods: A pilot project between the Italian Hospital in Cairo &am...

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Autores principales: Ayad, Essam, Yagi, Yukako
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: IOS Press 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4605605/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22297472
http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/ACP-2011-0027
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description Background: Telepathology, the practice of pathology at a long distance, has advanced continuously since 1986. The progress of telepathology passed through four stages: Static, Dynamic, Hybrid & Whole Slide Imaging. Materials and Methods: A pilot project between the Italian Hospital in Cairo & the Civico Hospital in Palermo was completed successfully, applying the static & dynamic techniques of telepathology. This project began in 2003 and continued till now. In 2004, centers in Venice, London and Pittsburgh participated actively in our project. Results: Over eight years we consulted on many problematic pathological cases with specialized pathological centers in Italy, UK & USA. In addition to the highly specialized scientific value, we saved a lot of time and money. Conclusion: We concluded from our experience that telepathology is a very useful and applicable tool for additional consulting on difficult pathological cases especially for emerging countries. In view of this success we have already established our Digital Telepathology Unit in Cairo University, using the WSI technique in teaching which was greatly successful and encouraged us to build a huge digital pathology library which will expand our telepathology & E-learning programs to cover staff and students in Egypt and Eastern Mediterranean.
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spelling pubmed-46056052015-12-13 Virtual Microscopy Beyond the Pyramids, Applications of WSI in Cairo University for E-Education & Telepathology Ayad, Essam Yagi, Yukako Anal Cell Pathol (Amst) Other Background: Telepathology, the practice of pathology at a long distance, has advanced continuously since 1986. The progress of telepathology passed through four stages: Static, Dynamic, Hybrid & Whole Slide Imaging. Materials and Methods: A pilot project between the Italian Hospital in Cairo & the Civico Hospital in Palermo was completed successfully, applying the static & dynamic techniques of telepathology. This project began in 2003 and continued till now. In 2004, centers in Venice, London and Pittsburgh participated actively in our project. Results: Over eight years we consulted on many problematic pathological cases with specialized pathological centers in Italy, UK & USA. In addition to the highly specialized scientific value, we saved a lot of time and money. Conclusion: We concluded from our experience that telepathology is a very useful and applicable tool for additional consulting on difficult pathological cases especially for emerging countries. In view of this success we have already established our Digital Telepathology Unit in Cairo University, using the WSI technique in teaching which was greatly successful and encouraged us to build a huge digital pathology library which will expand our telepathology & E-learning programs to cover staff and students in Egypt and Eastern Mediterranean. IOS Press 2012 2012-02-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4605605/ /pubmed/22297472 http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/ACP-2011-0027 Text en Copyright © 2012 Hindawi Publishing Corporation and the authors.
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