
AbstractTelepathology facilitates histological diagnoses through sharing expertise between pathologists. However, the associated costs are high and frequently prohibitive, especially in low-resource settings, where telepathology would paradoxically be of paramount importance due to a paucity of pathologists.We have constructed a telepathology system (TelePi) with a budget of < €120 using the small, single-board computer Raspberry Pi Zero and its High-Quality Camera Module in conjunction with a standard microscope and open-source software. The system requires no maintenance costs or service contracts, has a small footprint, can be moved and shared across several microscopes, and is independent from other computer operating systems. TelePi uses a responsive and high-resolution web-based live stream which allows remote consultation between two or more locations. TelePi can serve as a telepathology system for remote diagnostics of frozen sections. Additionally, it can be used as a standard microscope camera for teaching of medical students and for basic research. The quality of the TelePi system compared favorable to a commercially available telepathology system that exceed its cost by more than 125-fold. Additionally, still images are of publication quality equal to that of a whole slide scanner that costs 800 times more.In summary, TelePi is an affordable, versatile, and inexpensive camera system that potentially enables telepathology in low-resource settings without sacrificing image quality.
ddc:610, Microscopy, Remote Consultation, Telepathology, Humans, Original Article, Telepathology/economics [MeSH] ; Humans [MeSH] ; Raspberry Pi ; Digital pathology ; Microscopy/instrumentation [MeSH] ; Remote Consultation/economics [MeSH] ; Remote Consultation/instrumentation [MeSH] ; Low-resource setting ; Telepathology ; Original Article ; Telepathology/instrumentation [MeSH] ; Microscopy/economics [MeSH] ; Low cost ; Microscopy/methods [MeSH] ; Open source
ddc:610, Microscopy, Remote Consultation, Telepathology, Humans, Original Article, Telepathology/economics [MeSH] ; Humans [MeSH] ; Raspberry Pi ; Digital pathology ; Microscopy/instrumentation [MeSH] ; Remote Consultation/economics [MeSH] ; Remote Consultation/instrumentation [MeSH] ; Low-resource setting ; Telepathology ; Original Article ; Telepathology/instrumentation [MeSH] ; Microscopy/economics [MeSH] ; Low cost ; Microscopy/methods [MeSH] ; Open source
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