TABLE 5 Summary of Reviewers' Comments Regarding Limitations of Evaluating Digitalized Photographs

From: Interobserver Variability in the Diagnosis of Ulcerative Colitis-Associated Dysplasia by Telepathology

Pathologists' Comments

No. Observations (N = 152)a

Poor resolution of photograph

5

Inappropriate field selection

5

Surface not clearly visible

4

Slide “more atypical” than photograph

4

Lack of clarity at low power

3

Lack of depth perception

1

Poor nuclear detail

1

Poor stain

1

  1. aTotal number of observations (152) = no. of pathologists (4) × no. of cases (38).
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