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www.KUGEL-medical.de C O LO R U P YO U R L A B Join us at the Arab Health 2016 Za´abeel Hall · Booth Z3F14 Equipment for Histo-Pathology Labs Azg_KM_European-Hospital_103x133.indd 1 01.12.15 12:53 SPECI AL:DIGITALPATHO LOGY EUROPEAN HOSPITAL  Vol 24 Issue 6/15 14 DIGITAL PATHOLOGY Dr. Bas Hulsken is the Chief Technology Officer of Philips Digital Pathology Solutions. He received an M.Sc. in phys- ics and an M.Sc. in biophysics from the Radboud University in Nijmegen. He received his PhD in physics from the same university, on the development and sub- sequent application of scanning tunneling microscopy to study chemical reactions with atomic resolution one reaction step at a time. He joined Philips corporate research in 2008 to explore the applica- tion of Philips’ optical storage technol- ogy to the field of digital pathology. Four years later he joined Philips Digital Pathology Solutions as their CTO. His areas of interest include: digital microsco- py, image analysis, image processing and compression, and big data analytics 25-28 May Berlin, Germany The basis for a vision of digital pathology: using it must be as easy as watching television The 13th European Congress on Digital Pathology - 2016 The world’s first digital clinical path lab Originally an offshoot of telepathology, digital pathology is advancing to incor- porate modern medicine The field is so new that the annual Digital Pathology Congress* was held for only the second time. Yet, Philips Healthcare could announce a world-first – in partnership with the Netherlands-based LabPON, the company has created the first clini- cal pathology laboratory to be com- pletely converted to digital diag- nosis. ‘No one has written a book on how this can be done, but now it can be done and is going to help people who are still down the road deciding about digital pathology, it is going to make the journey easier for them,’ said Bas Hulsken, Chief Technology Officer for Digital Pathology Solutions with Philips Group Innovation. Dr Hulsken spoke to European Hospital during the Digital Pathology Congress, sharing his experiences with this first-ever tran- sition of a major clinical laboratory to the digital age. Philips and LabPON installed and deployed the IntelliSite Pathology Solution, which has CE Mark in the EU for in vitro diagnostic use and is also approved for in vitro diagnostic use in other regions including Canada, Singapore and Middle East. ‘We designed a scanner for pathol- ogy that requires no interaction by the technicians,’ Dr Hulsken explained. ‘You load the system, you close the door, and you don’t even need to press the start button. Everything runs automatically. We have made it as easy as watching tel- evision, and this is the basis for our vision of digital pathology, because if it’s not that simple, then it won’t happen. ‘We believe in digital pathology. That, while it brings radical change, it also will bring enormous improve- ments over current clinical practice.’ Hulsken continued. ‘What we have learned is that there is not one thing that will decide the success. ‘Whilst there various challenges, there are also a variety of benefits seen with the first successes, when the pathologists see improvements to their work and the business. It enhances the sharing and distribu- tion of work. Work becomes faster, more efficient thanks to improved logistics and some features in the digital workflow that can help to speed up diagnosis, such as instant access to previous cases, side-by- side viewing of slides with different staining, measurements, counting, and annotations, as well as sim- plification of internal and external consults. We expect that future use of image analysis software could help pathologists to further acceler- ate diagnosis. Next to efficiency, digital pathol- ogy could also improve the quality of diagnosis by enabling cross func- tional integration and aggregated views of a patient’s clinical work-up for better informed decision mak- ing. Ultimately digital pathology will open up new ways to get more information from tissue samples. These unique insights may enable the development of predictive ana- lytics to help further personalize patient care for complex diseases, including cancer. Even the process of writing their experiences is part of the continuing journey for the pathology group, he added. ‘They will transfer lessons from their practice and from this we will learn, so that together we will be able to further improve processes as a partner.’ * 3-4 December in London with systems science, image pro- cessing, business process model- ling and knowledge management. Methodological changes in micro- scopic techniques, imaging, molecu- lar pathology, genetics and bioinfor- matics are drivers of digital pathol- ogy. The fascinating programme for the 13th European Congress on Digital Pathology (ECDP 2016) promises insights in several new technologies. The time is now right for an overview of potentials of scanning technology and their applicability in daily practice, the organisers point out, adding a list of special sessions to note. The 3rd International Scanner Contest (ISC) 2016 - for all slide scanner manufacturers and ven- dors of accompanying systems, this aims to explore the current sta- tus of scanner technology, soft- ware and integration development. Goals, methods, participants and first results will be introduced in a dedicated session. IHE/DICOM joint meetings - The DICOM working group 26 (patholo- gy) will discuss pathology workflow and whole-slide image management. The IHE working group Anatomic Pathology wants to integrate this standard in routine pathology pro- cesses and specifies requirements and interfaces to other standards, such as HL7. ‘This joint meeting is quite important for the coordina- tion of standard development and application. Experts from universi- ties, hospitals, DICOM WG26 and vendors will discuss the usage of standards in pathology,’ the organis- ers report. Interactive congress - The ECDP 2016 is featured by multiple inter- active components such as ePoster (electronic poster exhibition), spe- cial hands-on workshops, dedicated round table sessions for selected topics and pecha kucha* sessions for young scientists. * Pecha Kucha (Japanese - chit-chat) is a presentation method in which 20 slides are each shown for 20 seconds – totalling six minutes 40 seconds. This system ensures presentations become concise and fast- paced, and drives multiple-speaker events known as Pecha Kucha Nights (PKNs). Business Processes in Pathology •Workflow/hospital integration • Computer aided diagnosis • Standardisation (DICOM, HL7, IHE) •Validation • Quality assessment and quality management • E-learning Image and Data Processing •Virtual microscopy • Image analysis • Imaging technology • Label Free technologies • Content-based image retrieval • Knowledge formalisation and modelling System pathology, Integrative and collaborative pathology • Molecular pathology • Systems biology in pathology • Integrative pathology •Telepathology •Technical advances • Bio-banking • Bioinformatics Main congress topics Peter Hufnagl Congress President Klaus Kayser Honorary President Azg_KM_European-Hospital_103x133.indd 101.12.1512:53

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