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…

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.

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…

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.

News • Critical check for deep learning models

AI labeling in radiology: filling in the missing step

Researchers at Osaka Metropolitan University have discovered a practical way to detect and fix common AI labeling errors in large collections of radiology images.

Article • Functional neuroradiology

When music lights up the brain: insights from fMRI

At the JFR 2025 (Journées Françaises de Radiologie), the annual meeting of the French Society of Radiology, an organist and a neuroradiologist came together to share a story that bridges two worlds…

News • Identification of high-risk CAD patients

FFR-CT: AI tool predicts heart attack risk in angina patients

Can CT-derived fractional flow reserve (FFR-CT) be used in patients with angina to predict future major cardiovascular events? A novel AI-based approach for CCTA analysis yields promising results.

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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.

News • Remote sampling

Home blood test for Alzheimer's shows promise

An international study shows that Alzheimer’s disease biomarkers can be accurately detected using simple finger-prick blood samples that can be collected at home and mailed to a laboratory.

Article • Hospital hygiene

Breaking chains of infection to combat antimicrobial resistance

With antimicrobial resistance causing over 5 million deaths annually, rapid outbreak detection is critical. A German lab demonstrates how FTIR spectroscopy can transform hospital infection control.

News • Tissue sample analysis

Demographic bias creeps into pathology AI, study finds

A sample of inequality: A new study shows that AI models can infer demographic information from pathology slides, leading to bias in cancer diagnosis among different populations.

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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.

News • Clinical phase entered

'Final push' for new device to prevent birth trauma

A first-time mother has about a 30% chance of complication in the second stage of labour, requiring assisted delivery or emergency C-section. A new device could help reduce birth trauma.

News • Prevention of unnecessary emergency admissions

Mobile Stroke Units could reduce pressure on healthcare systems, study finds

Mobile Stroke Units, equipped with a CT scanner, point-of-care laboratory, and communications capabilities, could reduce unnecessary emergency department transfers by 86%, a new study finds.

News • Prevalence, changes and associated factors

How to reduce the risk of head and neck lymphedema after radiotherapy

Researchers have discovered that low physical activity is associated with a higher risk of lymphedema. They have also noted that a lymph scanner objectively measures changes in the condition.

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.

News • From bird flu to pandemic

How Europe can prepare for avian flu spillover

In response to rising H5N1 avian influenza cases in Europe, a new framework aims to help countries detect and respond to spillover to humans – from enhanced surveillance to pandemic preparedness.

News • Global rise in infectious diseases

'Creeping catastrophe': New study warns of health impact of climate change

Climate change, poverty, and drug resistance are combining to create an escalating health crisis that could become a ‘creeping catastrophe’ if left unaddressed, a new international study finds.

News • Crisis-resilient hospital design

Taiwan and Sweden explore roads towards smart and sustainable healthcare

How can hospital design help adapt to pandemics and climate emergencies? To explore new solutions for smart and sustainable healthcare, experts from Taiwan and Sweden shared their experiences.

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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Estonia – driving digital health transformation

While digital health remains fragmented across much of Europe, one EU member state has already connected its system end to end – and continues to push the boundaries.

News • Clinically validated framework

AI helps detect kidney cancer faster

A novel machine-learning-based solution analyses CT images and helps radiologists detect both malignant and benign lesions in the kidney more quickly and reliably.

News • iCTG for resource-constrained settings

Mobile fetal heart monitoring linked to fewer newborn deaths

Introducing mobile iCTG dramatically improves the detection of fetal heart rate abnormalities and strengthens perinatal outcomes - even in resource-constrained environments, a new study shows.

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.

News • 'Islands of consciousness' in ICU patients

Tool opens new way to detect awareness in unresponsive patients

To better diagnose patients who appear unconscious in ICUs, and predict their recovery potential, researchers developed a tool that integrates multiple modalities for analyzing consciousness.

News • Acellular dermal matrix for breast reconstruction

Injectable breast ‘implant’ as alternative to surgery

Researchers have developed a prototype injectable paste that could help restore breast volume after tumor removal, with less scarring and shorter healing time than current options.

News • Dynamic supramolecular peptide therapy

Injection could protect the brain after a stroke

Scientists from Northwestern University have developed an injectable regenerative nanomaterial that helps protect the brain during the vulnerable window after a stroke.

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