<unk>  is the practice of pathology at a distance. It uses telecommunications technology to facilitate the transfer of image-rich pathology data between distant locations for the purposes of diagnosis, education, and research. Performance of<unk>  requires that a pathologist selects the video images for analysis and the rendering of diagnoses. The use of "television microscopy", the forerunner of<unk> , did not require that a pathologist have physical or virtual "hands-on" involvement in the selection of microscopic fields-of-view for analysis and diagnosis. An academic pathologist, Ronald S. Weinstein, M.D., coined the term<unk> " in 1986. In a medical journal editorial, Weinstein outlined the actions that would be needed to create remote pathology diagnostic services. He and his collaborators published the first scientific paper on robotic<unk> . Weinstein was also granted the first U.S. patents for robotic<unk>  systems and<unk>  diagnostic networks. Weinstein is known to many as the "father of<unk> ". In Norway, Eide and Nordrum implemented the first sustainable clinical<unk>  service in 1989; this is still in operation decades later. A number of clinical<unk>  services have benefited many thousands of patients in North America, Europe, and Asia.<unk>  has been successfully used for many applications, including the rendering of histopathology tissue diagnoses at a distance. Although digital pathology imaging, including virtual microscopy, is the mode of choice for<unk>  services in developed countries, analog<unk>  imaging is still used for patient services in some developing countries.
Telepathology
Tissue typing
Tumor board review
Histopathology
Needle-localized biopsy
Mycology
Histology
Open biopsy