Live remote digital microscopy in peripheral blood smear evaluation: Intraobserver concordance and experience.

Journal: International journal of laboratory hematology
Published Date: Aug 14, 2018

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Peripheral blood smear (PBS) review is a routine laboratory test which requires pathologist's interpretation when abnormal indices, atypical cells, or critical findings are identified. Real-time remote digital microscopy (DM) can potentially facilitate rapid review when an on-site pathologist is not available. Herein, we assess intraobserver concordance of PBS evaluation with light microscopy (LM) and DM using VisionTek M6 robotic DM and TeamViewer imaging software.

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  • Diana M Haninger
    Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University school of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.
  • Mehdi Nassiri
    Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University school of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.
  • Elizabeth D Settembre
    Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University school of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.
  • Shanxiang Zhang
    Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University school of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.
  • Jiehao Zhou
    Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University school of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.

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