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The answer to February's Case of the Month is pancreatoblastoma (metastatic to liver). Representative images from slide available for review: ...
Recent paper on impact of digital image manipulation in cytology specimens. Download article Jeffery Pinco, MD; Robert A. Goulart, MD; Christopher N. Otis, MD; Jane Garb, MS; Liron Pantanowitz, MD From the Departments of Pathology (Drs Pinco,...
A number of people have asked me recently if healthcare IT initiatives will receive any funding from the recently passed stimulus package. Here is a nice summary I saw recently: The $787 billion economic stimulus package includes $19...
Pathology Visions Moves to SeptemberPathology Visions will be held September 13-15 at the San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina in downtown San Diego, CA. The conference offers a variety of sessions on the uses of digital pathology in research,...
Came across this post from NY Times Health blog this week. Couple of thoughts: Biopsies required to fix for certain time should need for certain IHC (i.e. HER2) required. Formal guidelines coming on ER/PR as well just as we...
The use of digital pathology techniques without stains or reagents is gaining traction for use in clinical practice, particularly for "gray" diagnostic areas where tride-and-true physical stains and or chemicals may not provide high...
