Digital pathology

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Digital pathology is pathology done with a digital computer.

Digital slides

  • Typical cytology slide ~ 5 GB.
  • Typical anatomical pathology slide > 2 GB.

Whole-Slide Images

  • Most common formats:
   Aperio (.svs, .tif)
   Philips (.tiff)
   Hamamatsu (.vms, .vmu, .ndpi)
   Leica (.scn)
   Sakura (.svslide)
   MIRAX (.mrxs)
   Ventana (.bif, .tif)
   Generic tiled TIFF (.tif)

SlideJ is a plugin for ImageJ for viewing most of the above mentioned formats.[1] A free C library exists to read whole-slide images.[2]

  • There is a push for an open virtual slide format.
  • There is now a DICOM standard for whole slide images.
  • Most important criterion for virtual microscopy: Pathologists need the ability to rapidly pan and zoom images. When Z‑planes are available, viewers must also provide rapid scrolling though the planes.

See also

External links

  1. ↑ Della Mea, V.; Baroni, GL.; Pilutti, D.; Di Loreto, C. (2017). "SlideJ: An ImageJ plugin for automated processing of whole slide images.". PLoS One 12 (7): e0180540. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0180540. PMID 28683129.
  2. ↑ URL: http://openslide.org/. Accessed on: 3 May 2013.
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