March 2023—Assessing cardiac allograft rejection from endomyocardial biopsy​ and assigning a differential diagnosis to cancers of unknown origin have been shown to get a boost from AI-driven computational pathology models. So too has identifying subregions of high diagnostic value on whole slide images.
Read More »Histology lab tips for top-tier whole slide images
July 2022—Good slides in, good images out. Liron Pantanowitz, MD, MHA, explained how to get those good images in a recent webinar on preanalytics quality control in digital pathology, sponsored by Sunquest and made available by the Association for Pathology Informatics.
Read More »Cytopathology in focus: Telecytology for rapid on-site evaluation
January 2021—Rapid on-site evaluation (ROSE) for cytology specimens is performed at many institutions to improve the quality of health care by proper triage of obtained material to increase the diagnostic yield, or to direct appropriate investigation. It also helps to control health care costs by reducing the rate of nondiagnostic specimens, unnecessary passes, and repeat procedures. The number of procedures requiring ROSE is growing due to the increase in the number of platforms used to perform minimally invasive procedures.
Read More »Program zeroes in on histology, digital scan connection
December 2018—Quality in histology is at the heart of successful whole slide imaging, and a new program that rolls out in January will provide laboratories the aid they may need as they bring whole slide imaging on board.
Read More »New scope for trial drives FDA verdict
June 2017—The new FDA-enabled milestone in pathology—approval in April of whole slide imaging for primary diagnosis—allows pathology to dip its toe into the technological revolution that has already transformed other fields. Widespread adoption will take time, training, and money, but it no longer awaits breakthrough approval.
Read More »It’s here: whole slide imaging validation
May 2013—For the past four years, a group of pathologists has been diligently considering one question—Exactly how should whole slide imaging be validated?—all the while knowing that some laboratories consider WSI validation an unnecessary undertaking.
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