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. 2021 Sep 16;12:33. doi: 10.4103/jpi.jpi_95_20

Table 3.

Mean diagnostic assessment time for various specimen per case using optical microscopy and whole-slide imaging

Pathologist 1 Pathologist 2 Pathologist 3 Pathologist 4




OM WSI OM WSI OM WSI OM WSI
Overall (s) 34.98 (5-130) 77.2 (12-240) 52.2 (5-197) 76.5 (13-244) 24.95 (5-88) 50.43 (12-240) 53.93 (10-269) 83.95 (6-343)
Lymph nodes (s) 53.5 (5-110) 64.03 (13-127) 37.70 (5-130) 78 (12-200) 21.7 (5-70) 52.1 (10-120) 62.48 (12-269) 93.78 (6-343)
Margin (s) 24 (10-54) 71.70 (50-121) 43.27 (21-89) 67.18 (24-113) 18.09 (10-49) 37.73 (22-52) 39.18 (23-66) 64.55 (20-187)
Primary diagnosis (s) 37.13 (9-95) 78.2 (16-240) 55.5 (10-197) 96.5 (23-244) 32.36 (5-88) 54.72 (10-150) 50.82 (10-102) 81.59 (11-236)

WSI: Whole slide imaging, OM: Optical microscopy