Validation of Image Quality and Diagnostic Accuracy Using a Mobile Phone Camera Microscope Adaptor Compared With Glass Slide Review in Teledermatopathology
| Autor: | Karolyn A. Wanat, Carrie L. Kovarik, Elizabeth E. Bailey, Roberto A. Novoa, Caroline W. Laggis, Campbell L. Stewart, Benjamin K. Stoff, John S. Barbieri |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Microscope
Image quality Computer science Dermatology Skin Diseases Article Pathology and Forensic Medicine law.invention 030207 dermatology & venereal diseases 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine law Glass slide Humans Computer vision Mobile phone camera Medical diagnosis Microscopy Pathology Clinical business.industry Usability General Medicine Telemedicine Mobile phone Artificial intelligence Dermatopathology business Cell Phone |
| Zdroj: | Am J Dermatopathol |
| ISSN: | 0193-1091 |
| Popis: | New modalities of evaluating histopathology, such as whole slide imaging, have been validated in the field of dermatopathology, but are often unfeasible and unavailable in developing countries. Widely available across the globe, mobile phone camera technology represents a potential simple and inexpensive method of imaging histologic slides through the use of a mobile phone camera microscope adaptor. This study aims to validate the use of a commercially available adaptor in the diagnosis of inflammatory and infectious conditions in dermatopathology. Representative images were taken of slides for fifty-four cases using the adaptor and shared via a cloud-based platform with five dermatopathologists who rendered diagnoses and judged the quality of the images. After a wash-out period of eight weeks, the same cases were assessed by the same dermatopathologists using the original glass slides. The intraobserver concordance rate was 93.3%, and the quality of the mobile phone images was rated as “excellent” or “diagnostic” in 94.4% of the cases. This study validates the use of this low-tech and low-cost adaptor as a reliable tool in teledermatopathology. Limitations of the study include those inherent to use of the adaptor and the limited panel of diagnoses. The primary value of this device may be in developing countries, but its practicality and ease of use lends itself to use in academic and consultative settings in the developed world as well. |
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