Digital Pathology is an image-based information environment enabled by computer technology that allows for the management of information generated from a digital slide. Digital pathology is enabled in part by virtual microscopy, which is the practice of converting glass slides into digital slides that can be viewed, managed, and analyzed.

Contents 1 Digital Pathology Environment 2 See also 3 References 3.1 External links

[edit] Digital Pathology Environment

Scan

Digital slides are created from glass slides using a scanning device.

View

Digital slides are accessible for viewing via a computer monitor and viewing software.

Manage

Digital slides are maintained in an information management system that allows for archival and intelligent retrieval.

Analyze

Image analysis tools are used to derive objective quantification measures from digital slides.

Integrate

Digital pathology workflow is integrated into the institution's overall operational environment

Sharing Digital pathology also allows internet information sharing for education, diagnostics, publication and research.

[edit] See also

• Pathology
• Anatomical Pathology
• Histology
• Cytopathology
• Microscopy
• Virtual microscopy
• Medical laboratory
• Important publications in pathology

[edit] References

1. Kayser K, Kayser G, Radziszowski D, et al. From telepathology to virtual pathology institution: the new world of digital pathology. Rom J Morphol Embryol 1999-2004;45:3-9.

2. Schlangen D, Stede M, Stede, Bontas, E, P, Feeding OWL: Extracting and Representing the Content of Pathology Reports. [1]

3. Graschew, G, Roelofs, T.A., Rakowsky, S, & Schlag, P.M. Digital medicine in the virtual hospital of the future. [2]

4. Mccullough, B, Ying, X, Monticello, T, & Bonnefoi, M, Digital Microscopy Imaging and New Approaches in Toxicologic Pathology. [3]

5. Fine JL, Grzybicki DM, Silowash R, Ho J, Gilbertson JR, Anthony L, Wilson R, Parwani AV, Bastacky SI, Epstein JI, Jukic DM. Evaluation of whole slide image immunohistochemistry interpretation in challenging prostate needle biopsies. [4]

[edit] External links

• BioImagene - innovative digital pathology
• Omnyx - Transforming the scope of pathology with digital pathology scannera and clinical enterprise software platform. A joint venture of GE Healthcare and University of Pittsburgh Medical center
• Digital Pathology Consultants: Offers senior level experience to empower consumers in making an unbiased, knowledgeable decision about digital pathology technology. Services include strategic planning, project management, and solution validation.
• i-Path Diagnostics: Range of virtual microscopy software developed by Pathologists.
• SlidePath: the only high performance, multivendor compliant Digital Pathology Slide web server available today.
• Aurora MSC: Developers of mScope, the World's Most Advanced Medical Imaging Education and Clinical Solution. View more. Share more. Achieve more.
• Apollo PACS Leaders in Digital Imaging for Pathology
• Digital Pathology Blog
• New Developments in Digital Pathology: from Telepathology to Virtual Pathology Laboratory
• Feeding OWL: Extracting and Representing the Content of Pathology Reports
• Organizing Knowledge in a Semantic Web for Pathology
• Digital medicine in the virtual hospital of the future
• Welcome to Digital Pathology at Brown Medical School
• Holycross Cancer Center (Poland, Kielce) Pathomorphology Department virtual slides
• Digital pathology: DICOM-conform draft, testbed, and first results