A virtual slide is created when glass slides are digitally scanned in their entirety to provide a high resolution digital image using a digital scanning system for the purpose of medical digital image analysis..
Digital cytology allows specimens to be processed in the clinic and immediately sent to pathologists.
With technology becoming more affordable, digital cytology is revolutionizing the field of clinical pathology and patient care..
Whole slide images (WSI) have proved to be a reliable method for teaching both histology and histopathology [ 5 – 13] and are useful for diagnostic histopathology and cytopathology [ 14 – 16 ]
There are potential limitations for digital cytopathology, because WSI have difficulty displaying the z-axis
Digital cytology has shifted from static images toward WSI, which involves scanning a glass slide at various magnifications to form a digital slide
The evaluation of the digital slide is performed, not by using a microscope but by using a large computer monitor or tablet computer with a mouse or stylus
Some of the interactive cytology websites are commercially available through private vendors such as Hologic, and others are available from cytopathology associations, such as the International Academy of Cytology
