UK’s NHS to Build Five New Digital Path and Imaging Centers

By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXV No. 18 – December 24, 2018 Issue

TO SHORTEN THE TIME FOR CANCER DIAGNOSES, the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) will open five new digital pathology and imaging centers that will use artificial intelligence. The digital pathology and imaging centers will open in Coventry, Glasgow, Leeds, London, and Ox…

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Philips digital pathology system scores huge success as FDA clears digital path for primary diagnosis

By Mary Van Doren | From the Volume XXIV No. 6 – April 24, 2017 Issue

This is an excerpt from a 1,400-word article in the April 24, 2017, issue of THE DARK REPORT. The complete article is available for a limited time to all readers, and available at all times to paid members of the Dark Intelligence Group. …

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DMetrix, Bio-Reference Labs, US Clinical Labs, Vidalia Laboratory Services

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XVIII No. 9 – July 5, 2011 Issue

DMETRIX PREPARES TO INTRODUCE CHEAPER PATHOLOGY SCANNER PATHOLOGISTS MAY SOON BE ABLE TO PURCHASE a smaller and less expensive digital scanning system that fits on a microscope. DMetrix, Inc., of Tucson, Arizona, is working to downsize its flagship digital p…

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Why Toronto Is Site of Global Digital Path Center

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XVIII No. 7 – May 23, 2011 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: GE Healthcare and Omnyx chose Canada to be the location of their new Global Pathology Innovation Centre of Excellence (PICOE). PICOE’s mission is to demonstrate that digital pathology can improve patient outcomes in a cost-effective manner. GE and Omnyx will use PI…

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February 7, 2011 “Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XVIII No. 2 – February 7, 2011 Issue

In Nigeria, the kidnap of a professor of pathology at the University of Uyno last month caused work stoppages by academic union members in protest of the government’s failure to protect medical faculty from the recent rash of kidnappings. Pathologist Dr. Memfin Ekp…

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Growing Role for Digital Image Analysis in Pathology

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XVII No. 15 – October 25, 2010 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: For more than three years, pathologists at Washington University in St. Louis have worked with several different scanning products and digital pathology systems. Step-by-step, the Pathology Department has learned important lessons in how to capture digital images, ar…

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FDA Advisory Panel Convenes To Assess Whole Slide Imaging

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XVI No. 15 – November 02, 2009 Issue

Editor’s Note: Guest writer Martin Perry attended the FDA’s advisory panel on digital pathology conducted earlier this month. He is CEO of The Perry Group and has extensive experience in imaging and healthcare. He offers his insights from the FDA proceedings on digital pathology imaging….

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Scripps’ Tumor Board Finds Value in Digital Imaging of Slides

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XVI No. 14 – October 12, 2009 Issue

CEO Summary: When the Pathology Department at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, California, was considering the purchase of a digital imaging system, it gained unlikely allies. Non-pathologist physicians participating in the department’s tumor boards advocated for the purchase afte…

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Momentum Continues for Digital Pathology

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XV No. 16 – December 01, 2008 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: Last month, digital imaging in pathology gained additional momentum with the latest FDA clearance. Aperio Technologies, Inc., now has FDA clearance to market its slide scanning system for reading digital progesterone receptor (PR) slides on a computer monitor. Aperio plans to…

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Siemens, BioImagene, Clarient University of Pennsylvania, Mayo Clinic

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XV No. 14 – October 20, 2008 Issue

SIEMENS INVESTS IN DIGITAL PATHOLOGY, BUYS STAKE IN BIOIMAGENE IMAGING AND RADIOLOGY GIANT SIEMENS just made an interesting investment in digital pathology systems. On October 16, Siemens Venture Capital (SVC) revealed that it had purchased…

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