Objective: this study is aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of digital images for telecytology diagnosis and compares it with routine cytology diagnostic under the conditions of Georgia.
Materials and methods: gynecological cytology cases (n = 420) were taken from the clinical laboratory. Cases were diagnosed routinely by one of four certified cytologists who provided cytology diagnoses. Digital images were obtained on all cases and were evaluated as computer images by a panel of cytologists.
Results: there was 94% concordance in average between routine versus digital images diagnostic. Intracytologists concordance averaged 95.5%. Image sharpness and quality were rated "good" and "excellent" in 97% cases. With respect to image color, 96% of the images were rated as "excellent" or "good."
Conclusions: digital images for cytology diagnostic are of adequate quality, with diagnostic concordance rates.