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Diagnostic Concordance of Telecytology and Conventional Cytology for Evaluating Breast Aspirates

Diagnostic Concordance of Telecytology and Conventional Cytology for Evaluating Breast Aspirates Acta Cytologica Diagnostic Concordance of Telecytology and Conventional Cytology for Evaluating Breast Aspirates Jose Galvez, M.D., Lydia Howell, M.D., Michael J. Costa, M.D., and Robin Davis, S.C.T.(ASCP) OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the diagnostic concordance be- CONCLUSION: Evaluation of the electronic images in- tween static electronic images versus glass slides for dicated that almost all the cellular features were compa- breast fine needle aspiration rable to those viewed though (FNA) cytology. a microscope. (Acta Cytol STUDY DESIGN: Nine ma- 1998;42:663–667) The “comfort” that users have with lignant and 12 benign breast digital images may contribute to FNA cases were imaged Keywords: teleconsulta- using the Roche Image Man- tion, breast neoplasms, as- how well they are able to render a di- ager, at a resolution of piration biopsy. agnosis from digital images. 1,024× 768 pixels. A cy- totechnologist or pathology Telepathology can be de- resident selected five to nine fined as the use of com- representative images per case. Case histories and images puters and telecommunications as an adjunct to, or were assembled into hypertext documents. Two patholo- to facilitate the usual practice of, pathology and its gists blindly made diagnoses for each case based on the subspecialties. As a developing field, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Acta Cytologica Karger

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Publisher
Karger
Copyright
© 1998 S. Karger AG, Basel
ISSN
0001-5547
eISSN
1938-2650
DOI
10.1159/000331823
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Abstract

Acta Cytologica Diagnostic Concordance of Telecytology and Conventional Cytology for Evaluating Breast Aspirates Jose Galvez, M.D., Lydia Howell, M.D., Michael J. Costa, M.D., and Robin Davis, S.C.T.(ASCP) OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the diagnostic concordance be- CONCLUSION: Evaluation of the electronic images in- tween static electronic images versus glass slides for dicated that almost all the cellular features were compa- breast fine needle aspiration rable to those viewed though (FNA) cytology. a microscope. (Acta Cytol STUDY DESIGN: Nine ma- 1998;42:663–667) The “comfort” that users have with lignant and 12 benign breast digital images may contribute to FNA cases were imaged Keywords: teleconsulta- using the Roche Image Man- tion, breast neoplasms, as- how well they are able to render a di- ager, at a resolution of piration biopsy. agnosis from digital images. 1,024× 768 pixels. A cy- totechnologist or pathology Telepathology can be de- resident selected five to nine fined as the use of com- representative images per case. Case histories and images puters and telecommunications as an adjunct to, or were assembled into hypertext documents. Two patholo- to facilitate the usual practice of, pathology and its gists blindly made diagnoses for each case based on the subspecialties. As a developing field,

Journal

Acta CytologicaKarger

Published: Jan 1, 2011

Keywords: teleconsultation; breast neoplasms; aspiration; biopsy

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