virtual slide

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 slides can be retrieved from a storage system, and viewed on a computer screen, by running image management software on a standard web browser, and assessed in exactly the same way as on a microscope.[http://nivta.md.qub.ac.uk Home. Some companies manufacturing digital slide scanners for pathology include Zeiss, Aperio, and Olympus] Digital slides can be used as an alternative to traditional viewing for the purpose of teleconsultation.{{Cite journal|last=Molnar|first=B|author2=Berczi, I. |author3=Diczhazy, C. |author4=Tagscherer, A. |author5=Varga, S.V. |author6=Szende, B. |author7= Tulassay, Z. |date=2003-06-01|title=Digital slide and virtual microscopy based routine and telepathology evaluation of routine gastrointestinal biopsy specimens.|journal=Journal of Clinical Pathology|doi=10.1136/jcp.56.6.433 |volume=56 |issue=6|pages=433–438|pmc=1769977 |pmid=12783970}}

The main virtual slide collection is the "[http://rosaicollection.org/ Juan Rosai's collection of surgical pathology seminars]", curated by USCAP.