Summary
This review is an evidence-based summary of digital pathology: past, present and future.
It discusses digital surgical pathology and the cytopathology digitisation challenge
as well as the performance of digital histopathology and cytopathology as a diagnostic
tool, particularly in contrast to user perceptions. Time and cost efficiency of digital
pathology, learning curves, education and quality assurance, with the importance of
validation of systems, is emphasised. The review concludes with a discussion of digital
pathology as a source of ‘big data’ and where this might lead pathologists in the
digital pathology future.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: December 03, 2018
Accepted:
October 4,
2018
Received in revised form:
October 3,
2018
Received:
July 8,
2018
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© 2018 Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
