- Digital Pathology
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.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
References
1. Kayser K, Kayser G, Radziszowski D, et al. From telepathology to virtualpathology institution: the new world of digital pathology. Rom J MorpholEmbryol 1999-2004;45:3-9.
2. Schlangen, D, Stede M, Stede, Bontas, E, P, Feeding OWL: Extracting and Representing the Content of Pathology Reports. [http://acl.ldc.upenn.edu/W/W04/W04-0607.pdf]
3. Graschew, G. Roelofs, T.A., Rakowsky, S., & Schlag, P.M. Digital medicine in the virtual hospital of the future. [http://omikron.rrk.charite-buch.de/op2000/Deutsch/Files/CARS-2006.pdf]
4. Mccullough, B, Ying, X, Monticello, T, & Bonnefoi, M, Digital Microscopy Imaging and New Approaches in Toxicologic Pathology. [http://tpx.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/32/2_suppl/49]
External Links
[http://iospress.metapress.com/content/hgjhbq80evk7x8un/ New Developments in Digital Pathology: from Telepathology to Virtual Pathology Laboratory]
[http://acl.ldc.upenn.edu/W/W04/W04-0607.pdf Feeding OWL: Extracting and Representing the Content of Pathology Reports]
[http://www.springerlink.com/content/17k5vbjjawljmrd7/ Organizing Knowledge in a Semantic Web for Pathology]
[http://omikron.rrk.charite-buch.de/op2000/Deutsch/Files/CARS-2006.pdf/ Digital medicine in the virtual hospital of the future]
[http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1282562.1282636&jmp=cit&coll=GUIDE&dl=GUIDE&CFID=72380999&CFTOKEN=86827451#CIT/ Digital pathology: DICOM-conform draft, testbed, and first results]
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