Static vs. Dynamic Telepathology Concordance
88.2 % Overall concordance
96.5 % Clinically important concordance
n = 171 (27 cases deferred to glass slides)
- Bradford Halliday, et al., Diagnostic accuracy of an international static-imaging
telepathology consultation service, Human Pathology, 28:000-000,1997
- “Difficult” cases from a group of Arizona practices. Interpreted at UA.
- Static images and separate preliminary report. When images are sent without
a report results are very poor.
- Considering the dynamic data, the problem appears not to be image quality
but rather “sampling error” or “not seeing enough of the specimen”.
- The “telereporting” format may help here - it gives more data.