Telepathology

About this book

• Up-to-date and timely publication in the fast-growing field of telepathology
• Focus on telepathological procedures and practical implementations
• Overview on current status of technology and service in various specialties and its future implications
• Valuable reference source for specialists from all related disciplines

Written by experts from around the globe "Telepathology" explains technical issues, digital information processing and collective experiences from practitioners in different parts of the world practicing a wide range of telepathology applications. This includes e.g. telepathology for gastrointestinal biopsy specimens, telepathology at the United States Veterans Health Administration, experience with teleneuropathology, applications of virtual microscopy, telepathology in micrographic surgery, dynamic and static robotic techniques for realtime telepathology, telecytology, feasibility and diagnostic agreement in teledermatopathology, remote control of the scanning electron microscope, ultrastructural telepathology, remote EM-diagnostics, and telepathology for rapid diagnosis of neurosurgical specimens.

The authors lay the foundation for the globalisation of telepathological procedures, based on the facts that a pathological analysis can be performed on a patient anywhere in the world.

Written for: Pathologists, general physicians, specialists from various sub specialities, general and specialist surgeons, medical and health informaticians, medical and computer science researchers, academicians, students, healthcare administrators, primary and remote healthcare providers and nurses

Keywords:

• remote
• remote EM-diagnostics
• rural health
• telecytology
• telemedicine
• teleneuropathology
• virtual microscopy