Both histology and pathology as a scientific fields and as an educational
subjects have always relied on technology. In the 19th century a major
breakthrough happened in certain areas related to histotechnology, so
histology and pathology were rapidly developing. Technological revolution has
lead to modernization of histology and pathology teaching, resulting in
virtual microscopy. Advantage of virtual microscopy is an improved way of
teaching and better cost-effectiveness. As a method of histology and
pathology teaching, it was implemented at the Faculty of Medicine of the
University of Novi Sad in 2016, in a specially equipped classroom at the
Institute of Histology and Embryology. Virtual Local Area Network segregation
is enabled in this classroom, which allows network traffic from different
groups of users to be securely segregated, creating an independent
environment for each student?s computer. Students can simultaneously view
audio-visual contents on their monitors, on projector screen and on 6 large
55-inch screens. Preexisting microscope glass slides with most representative
tissue or organ sections and optimal staining quality were selected and
scanned with NanoZoomer S210 Digital slide scanner - Hamamatsu that can
rapidly scan glass slides and convert them to digital data. For viewing
digital slides we use NDP.view2 program. It allows moving, rotating, zooming
and focusing of digital slides via the mouse or keyboard. Program enables
morphometric measurements, colorful special pointers, annotations on slides
and ?bird?s-eye-view?.
Emerging paradigm of virtual-microscopy for histopathology diagnosis: survey of US and Canadian oral pathology trainees
