Review Article
Digital Imaging in Cytopathology
Table 2
Disadvantages of whole slide imaging in cytopathology practice.
| (1) Costly: an expensive initial setup and storages | | (2) Limited focusing functions at present | | (3) Scanning time | | (4) Storage: large file size | | (5) Training requirements | | (6) Limited validation studies | | (7) Lack of standardization: multiple vendors, software, and lack of interoperability | | (8) Information technology infrastructure support (bandwidth limitation of networks) | | (9) Professional reluctance to adopt | |
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