Static telepathology is most accurately described as storing images that are forwarded, with many publications.

• A. It uses live video feeds of slides
• B. It involves robotic manipulation of slides
• C. It stores images that are forwarded, with the majority of published work
• D. It requires z-stacking of whole slides

Answer: (C)

Static telepathology focuses on capturing still images from slides and sending those images to a remote pathologist for review. It doesn’t rely on real-time video or remote control of the microscope. The defining idea is asynchronous image sharing: you store the images and forward them for interpretation, and there’s a large body of published work describing this approach.

Live video feeds would be dynamic telepathology, not static. Robotic manipulation involves remotely controlling the microscope to move slides, again a different mode. Z-stacking refers to taking multiple focal planes to create depth, which can be used in various imaging contexts but isn’t what defines static telepathology.