using telepathology to train residents

Keith Kaplan: using telepathology to train residents, a presentation from a team at the University of Arizona.  They used a hardware system to track eye movements as students viewed digital slides. 

These data are similar to the information provided by the Tracking feature of Aperio's ImageScope viewer.  Perhaps the most interesting slide shows the way an experienced pathologists zeros right into the areas of medical interest, while a less experienced student views much more of the slide in a more random fashion:

The technique used by the University of Arizona researchers - hardware to track eye movements - might possibly be useful to compare the way people view slides on a microscope vs the way they view them on a computer monitor; that would be fascinating.

Comments

[Brian E. Moore, MD]

This illustrates why we can progressively lose neurons as we age and yet maintain and even improve our expertise. The remaining neurocircuits are used more efficiently as we gain experience.