摘要：Summary. Today thanks to the technological advances in information technology the scenario of
utilization of digital cytology has radically changed. New competitive systems, such as client-server
architectures are now available in digital cytology. Their application in telemedicine should be investigated.
A new interactive tool designed for the final destination user (the cytopathologist) has been
proposed. Taking into account the different expertise of the subjects of the study, the investigation
was focused both on the senior cytopathologist and on the younger student pathologist. The methodology
was tested on 10 students of a Master in cytopathology and on 3 senior cytopathologists.
The study showed that the use of digital cytology applications is effective and feasible for telediagnosis.
In particular, the study on younger and senior expert investigators showed that, although they
interacted with the novel technology of the virtual slide in a different manner, all of them reached
the objective of a “correct diagnosis”. This investigation, in consideration of the effectiveness of the
digital cytology, also showed other indirect and tangible cost-beneft and quantitative advantages. In
particular for the learning methodologies for the students of the Master itself and for the biomedical
personnel involved in diagnosis
关键词：Key words: telemedicine, digital cytology, tele-pathology.
