Digital Pathology News
Check out this interesting story out of Israel using spectral imaging for improved diagnostics: "You won't find many professionals in the field admitting it, but the awful truth is that pathology is not an exact science, and mistakes are...
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports on the growth of telemedicine. The Mayo Clinic, for example, is getting into the act. "The technology for telemedicine has been around for years, but there has been a catch: Insurers wouldn't pay for...
In case you follow this market and missed this in the past few days - news from BioImagene. This was discussed and rumored for some months and with previous news about Siemens executive joining BioImagene not too unexpected. No...
An increasing number of pathologists share images for illustration and/or query "What is your diagnosis?" on cases whether for help or other thoughts or as unknowns once a case has been worked up and diagnosed. These include...
Gastric cancer is the second leading cause of cancer mortality in the world and its management, especially in advanced stages, has evolved relatively little. In particular, no targeted modality has so far been incorporated to its treatment...
A colleague of mine in pathology and clinical colleagues in the gastroenterology divison at Mayo have reported their experience with RFID tags for GI biopsy specimens in a high volume practice. The news was picked up on several sites...
