An experimental study of pathologists navigation patterns in virtual microscopy.docVIP

Roa-Pe?aetal.DiagnosticPathology2010,5:71 /content/5/1/71 RESEARCH OpenAccess Anexperimentalstudyofpathologist’ snavigation patternsinvirtualmicroscopy LuciaRoa-Pe?a1,FranciscoGómez2,EduardoRomero2* Abstract Invirtualmicroscopy,asequentialprocessofcapturesofmicroscopicalfields,allowstoconstructavirtualslide whichisvisualizedusingaspecializedsoftware,calledthevirtualmicroscopyviewer.Thistoolallowsuseful explorationofimages,composedofthousandsofmicroscopicalfieldsofviewatdifferentlevelsofmagnification, emulatinganactualmicroscopicalexamination.Theaimofthisstudywastoestablishthemainpathologist’