Most of these features are based upon completely open or partly directed interaction between the reader and the system that distributes the article. Overall, VM was considered a great teaching tool.Īpplication of virtual slides (VS), the digitalization of complete glass slides, is in its infancy to be implemented in routine diagnostic surgical pathology and to issues that are related to tissue-based diagnosis, such as education and scientific publication.Įlectronic publication in Pathology offers new features of scientific communication in pathology that cannot be obtained by conventional paper based journals. The survey indicated that the annotated teaching slides and access to the VM, off campus, were well appreciated by the students.Īlthough the students preferred LM, they were able to apply the cytological criteria learned through VM to glass slide screening. The glass slide screening test scores of the participating students who were taught through VM and tested on glass slides (VMLM group) were compared with the last three classes of students who were taught through LM and tested on glass slides (LMLM group).Ī non-parametric statistical analysis indicated no difference (P = 0.20) in the glass screening test scores between VMLM (median = 93.5) and LMLM groups (median = 87). At the end of the study, the students were asked to respond to an online survey on their virtual microscopy experience. Subsequently, all the students were tested on 10 glass slides using light microscopy (LM). Six students including one distant student used these digital images to learn cellular morphology and conduct daily screening. The main objective of this study is to determine if cellular morphology, learned through virtual microscopy, can be applied to glass slide screening.Ī total of 142 glass slides (61 teaching and 81 practice) of breast, thyroid, and lymph node fine needle aspiration body sites were scanned with a single focal plane (at 40X) using iScanCoreo Au (Ventana, Tuscan, AZ, USA, formerly known as BioImagene, California, USA).

Virtual microscopy (VM) is a technology in which the glass slides are converted into digital images.

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