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Article • Going digital

Time to speed up adoption of digital pathology

Early adoption of image analytical tools and artificial intelligence are crucial if health systems across Europe are to see the full potential of digital pathology, according to a leading expert. While a growing number of European institutions are beginning to embrace digital pathology, Professor Johan Lundin remains concerned about the slow pace of progress. He acknowledges that more…

News • NanoZoomer S360

Hamamatsu introduces new WSI Scanner

Hamamatsu Photonics introduces the NanoZoomer S360, a new high throughput Whole Slide Imaging scanner, engineered using Hamamatsu Photonics’ extensive experience of imaging technology and designed…

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Article • Digital Pathology

Deep Blue meets Hematoxilin and Eosin

In the nineties Deep Blue, the famous chess computer, defeated Kasparow. Only a year ago Google’s Deepmind managed to master the ancient Chinese Go, known for its utmost complexity.

Article • Computational pathology

The tipping point for digital pathology

Digital pathology has been the next big thing for about a decade. Yet, today only a few pathology laboratories are fully equipped to digitise their workflow, mainly for legal or financial reasons.

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Article • Dutch pathology platform

Augmenting pathology image exchange

A national pathology image exchange platform for The Netherlands is expected to be in place and operational within the next 12 months.

Article • Digital Pathology

Europe’s most advanced histopathology unit

Among the earliest centres to embrace the concept of digital pathology, the Leeds Digital Pathology Project began in 2003 thanks to a Department of Health grant. Today the centre is Europe’s…

Article • Digital pathology

Boosting diagnostic accuracy and efficiency

Certain members of Generation Y, who grew up alongside enormous information technology (IT) advances, now occupy decision-making roles. Meanwhile, generation Z is emerging into the continuing IT…

Article • Denmark

Successful digital pathology

Advanced computer software underpins a service - coupled with a countrywide database, which enables Denmark’s pathologists to optimise the assessment of patients’ specimens.In turn, the…

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Article • Moving on

I saw the future of pathology – and it’s digital

Healthcare is going digital. No doubt about it, Prof. Hufnagl predicts. Information and communication technologies have gone beyond moving data from one place to the other; they are triggering…

Article • Overcoming barriers

Scaling the barriers to precise diagnoses

Whilst digital pathology has the potential to deliver more precise diagnostics, there remain a number of barriers to its widespread implementation.

Article • Strategies

Three-step process for digital pathology

As laboratories in Europe shift to systems for digital pathology, they must ensure the technology not only works, but works for them, says Dr Liron Pantanowitz, director of pathology informatics at…

Article • Digitisation

Pathology departs from a dark back room

A UK-based neuropathologist has highlighted how the digitisation of pathology will play a pivotal role in taking patient care on to a new and more efficient level. Speaking in a recent Webinar under…

Article • Microarrays

Taking biomarker research to a new level

Harnessing the potential of digital pathology is taking research into new and more efficient biomarkers to a new level. By combining strategic planning with the latest digital pathology technology,…

Diagnostic imaging

Radiology, sonography and beyond: Keep reading to find out how imaging techniques like MRI, CT and ultrasound can be used in the diagnosis of diseases and the guidance of medical procedures.

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News • Molecular imaging

CE mark cleared for new 'videography' PET/MR system

The uPMR Zenith PET/MR system from United Imaging has received CE marking. It aims to transform MR imaging from photography to videography.

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News • Meta-analysis of mammography trials

Overdiagnosis in breast cancer screening less common than previously thought

The extent of overdiagnosis has been one of the most debated issues in breast cancer screening for decades. Now, a new study suggests that it is less of a problem than previously thought.

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Sponsored • New Whitepaper

AI-Enabled Care Pathway: Shifting the Paradigm in Prostate Cancer Diagnosis

Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men worldwide. As clinical guidelines increasingly recommend MRI before biopsy, prostate MRI has become a critical decision point in the diagnostic…

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Laboratory/pathology

From clinical chemistry to digital pathology: Read more about how modern medical laboratories and procedures in pathology play a vital role in the detection and prevention of diseases and in medical research.

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News • Haematology

Pneumonia as a warning sign of hidden blood cancer

A Swedish study shows that one in four patients hospitalised with invasive pneumococcal disease had M protein in their blood – a marker linked to blood cancer.

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News • Fluidic-shear device

Novel cell-collector to improve early detection of ovarian cancer

Early detection of ovarian cancer is difficult as precursor lesions can be microscopic and hard to sample. To address this, researchers developed a handheld device that can gently collect living…

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News • Point-of-Care test system

From a drop of blood to results in under 10 minutes

Danish researchers have developed a technology that identifies and measures the concentration of pharmaceuticals in the blood in under 10 minutes. The faster turn-around time can mean the difference…

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Treatment

Medical innovations are rapidly expanding therapy options for many diseases. Keep reading to find more information on new therapies, surgical techniques, effective medication and patient care.

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News • Gynaecologic oncology

Vulvar cancer: New surgical technique can restore the clitoris

Surgery for vulvar cancer can save lives, but also significantly affect a woman's sexual function and quality of life. Now, a new surgical technique makes it possible to restore the clitoris.

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News • Radiation oncology trial

Tile-based radiation therapy to lower risk of recurrence in brain metastases

Using implanted collagen tiles during brain surgery, a new kind of radiation therapy (TBRT) could significantly lower the risk of recurrence in brain metastases, a new study finds.

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Interview • Personalised implants in CMF surgery

Digital planning in skull reconstruction: from benefit to necessity

Whenever cranioplasty is discussed, the conversation usually centres on the implant material: titanium or PEEK. However, for Prof. Thomas Schouman, a CMF surgeon at the AP-HP Pitié-Salpêtrière…

Management

Time to bring out the white collars: Read more about the economy and politics of health as well as optimised hospital and patient management.

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Article • Respiratory health in a warming world

How global warming turns the climate against the lungs

Heatwaves killing thousands of Europeans every summer, desert dust settling over cities that have never seen a desert, and floodwaters destroying entire valleys, leaving mouldy homes: The effects of…

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News • 10 years without a single case

"Farvel", congenital syphilis: how Denmark eliminated mother-to-child transmission

Congenital syphilis is on the rise across Europe, nearly doubling in a single year. Yet Denmark has marked a full decade without a single case. How one country managed what many others haven't.

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News • Medical professionals after the referendum

How Brexit transformed the UK health care workforce

Decreased health care worker migration, worsening physician shortages: Brexit – the UK's vote to leave the EU – has profoundly impacted the English healthcare system, a new study finds.

IT/Tech

From AI-based image analysis to virtual therapies: Find out how digitalisation and cutting-edge IT solutions advance the medical landscape.

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News • Vs. conventional knee replacements for arthritis

Robotic hip and knee surgery does not reduce risk of repeat surgery

Two major studies involving researchers at Queen Mary University of London have found that robotic-assisted hip and knee replacement does not reduce the overall early risk of repeat surgery.

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News • Emergency medicine

Cardiac arrest: Drones could speed up delivery of AEDs

Drones could be used to deliver automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to where a person is suffering an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, according to a study presented at the EUSEM Congress.

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News • After-effects of implantation

Drug-releasing electrode preserves hearing after cochlear implant surgery

Surgical insertion of a cochlear implant into the inner ear often triggers acute inflammation, tissue scarring, and other damage. Researchers have developed a electrode to protect residual hearing.

Research

When scientific curiosity paves the way for improved healthcare: Read more about promising studies and trials that lead to more effective drugs, procedures as well as medical guidelines.

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News • Current insights and research priorities

Atrial fibrillation during sepsis: what clinicians know (and what they don't)

A new review brings together the current evidence on sepsis-associated atrial fibrillation (SAAF) – and maps the research needed to close the gaps.

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News • Study on differing connectivity gradients

Alzheimer's: Researchers explore the dark side of the aging brain

Normal aging and Alzheimer’s disease reshape communication across the brain in distinct patterns. By differentiating these patterns, researchers are developing a new way for early detection.

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News • Nature images and calming music

VR instead of medication? A new approach to high blood pressure in the ED

Patients who arrive in the emergency department with elevated blood pressure are extremely common. Instead of treating them with blood pressure medication, a new study tried a calming VR experience.

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