Substantial improvement of histopathological diagnosis by whole-slide image-based remote consultation.

ABSTRACT: Consultation by subspecialty experts is the most common mode of rendering diagnosis in challenging cases in pathological practice. Our study aimed to highlight the diagnostic benefits of whole-slide image (WSI)-based remote consultation. We obtained diagnostically challenging cases from two institutions from the years 2010 and 2013, with histological diagnoses that contained keywords "probable," "suggestive," "suspicious," "inconclusive," and "uncertain." A total of 270 cases were selected for remote consultation using WSIs scanned at 40 × . The consultation process consisted of three rounds: the first and second rounds each with 12 subspecialty experts and the third round with six multi-expertise senior pathologists. The first consultation yielded 44% concordance, and a change in diagnosi

SUBMITTER: Shinohara S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9172976 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature