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'''Digital Pathology''' is an image-based information environment enabled by computer technology that allows for the management of information generated from a digital slide. Digital pathology is enabled in part by [[virtual microscopy]], which is the practice of converting glass slides into digital slides that can be viewed, managed, and analyzed.

== Digital Pathology Environment ==

'''Scan'''

Digital slides are created from glass slides using a scanning device.

'''View'''

Digital slides are accessible for viewing via a computer monitor and viewing software. 

'''Manage'''

Digital slides are maintained in an information management system that allows for archival and intelligent retrieval.  

'''Analyze'''

Image analysis tools are used to derive objective quantification measures from digital slides.  

'''Integrate'''

Digital pathology workflow is integrated into the institution's overall operational environment.

'''Sharing'''

Digital pathology also allows internet information sharing for education, diagnostics, publication and research.

==See also==
*[[Pathology]]
*[[Anatomical Pathology]]
*[[Histology]]
*[[Cytopathology]]
*[[Microscopy]]
*[[Virtual microscopy]]
*[[Medical laboratory]]
* [[List of publications in biology#Pathology|Important publications in pathology]]
* [[Telepathology]]

= References =

1. Kayser K, Kayser G, Radziszowski D, et al. From telepathology to virtual pathology institution: the new world of digital pathology. Rom J Morphol Embryol 1999-2004;45:3-9.

2. Schlangen D, Stede M, Stede, Bontas, E, P, Feeding OWL: Extracting and Representing the Content of Pathology Reports. [http://acl.ldc.upenn.edu/W/W04/W04-0607.pdf]

3. Graschew, G, Roelofs, T.A., Rakowsky, S, & Schlag, P.M. Digital medicine in the virtual hospital of the future. [http://omikron.rrk.charite-buch.de/op2000/Deutsch/Files/CARS-2006.pdf]

4. Mccullough, B, Ying, X, Monticello, T, & Bonnefoi, M, Digital Microscopy Imaging and New Approaches in Toxicologic Pathology. [http://tpx.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/32/2_suppl/49]

5. Fine JL, Grzybicki DM, Silowash R, Ho J, Gilbertson JR, Anthony L, Wilson R, Parwani AV, Bastacky SI, Epstein JI, Jukic DM. Evaluation of whole slide image immunohistochemistry interpretation in challenging prostate needle biopsies. [http://www.humanpathol.com/article/S0046-8177(07)00451-0/abstract]

== External links ==
'''Informative sites or links'''
* [http://apiii.upmc.edu/ APIII] (a national pathology informatics meeting's website with archived presentations and contact information for faculty)
* [http://www.pathologyvisions.com/index.html Pathology Visions] (a national digital pathology conference)
* [http://www.pathologyinformatics.org/ Association for Pathology Informatics]
* [http://www.digitalpathologyassociation.org/ Digital Pathology Association]
* [http://www.tissuepathology.com/ Digital Pathology Blog]
*[http://www.thedigitalpathologywiki.com/ The Digital Pathology Wiki]


'''Links to articles'''
* [http://iospress.metapress.com/content/hgjhbq80evk7x8un/ New Developments in Digital Pathology: from Telepathology to Virtual Pathology Laboratory]
* [http://acl.ldc.upenn.edu/W/W04/W04-0607.pdf Feeding OWL: Extracting and Representing the Content of Pathology Reports]
* [http://www.springerlink.com/content/17k5vbjjawljmrd7/ Organizing Knowledge in a Semantic Web for Pathology]
* [http://omikron.rrk.charite-buch.de/op2000/Deutsch/Files/CARS-2006.pdf/ Digital medicine in the virtual hospital of the future]

'''Academic Digital Pathology Sites'''
* [http://www.brown.edu/Courses/Digital_Path/ Welcome to Digital Pathology at Brown Medical School]
* [http://www.telepatologia.onkol.kielce.pl/index.php?page=wszystkie_slajdy Holycross Cancer Center (Poland, Kielce) Pathomorphology Department virtual slides]
* [http://telepathology.upmc.edu/ Digital Pathology Imaging Group at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center]

'''System Vendors (Image Analysis, WSI robots, Virtual Microscopy Software, and/or PACS/Image management software)'''
* [http://www.3dhistech.com/ 3DHISTECH]
* [http://www.aperio.com/ Aperio]
* [http://apollopacs.com/ Apollo]
* [http://www.aurorainteractive.com/ Aurora Interactive]
* [http://www.bioimagene.com/ BioImagene]
* [http://www.cri-inc.com/ CRi]
* [http://www.definiens.com/tissuestudio/ Definiens]
* [http://www.i-path.co.uk/ i-Path Diagnostics]
* [http://www.olympusamerica.com/seg_section/seg_vm.asp Olympus]
* [http://www.omnyx.com/ Omnyx]
* [http://slidepath.com/ SlidePath]
* [http://pathlogik.com/ PathLogik]
* [http://www.philips.com/digitalpathology/ Philips Digital Pathology]
* [http://www.leica-microsystems.com/products/light-microscopes/clinical/upright-microscopes/details/product/leica-scn400-2/ Leica Microsystems]
* [http://www.vmscope.com/ VMscope]

'''Other Digital Pathology Vendors'''
* [http://www.digitalpathologyconsultants.com/ Digital Pathology Consultants]
* [http://www.flagshipbio.com/ Flagship Biosciences]

'''Other Relevant sites'''
* [http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1282562.1282636&jmp=cit&coll=GUIDE&dl=GUIDE&CFID=72380999&CFTOKEN=86827451#CIT/ Digital pathology: DICOM-conform draft, testbed, and first results]
* [http://www.flagshipbio.com/blog/ Guidon Blog on whole slide image analysis]
* [http://openslide.cs.cmu.edu/ OpenSlide - C library that provides a simple interface to read whole-slide images.]

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