ReviewHistopathology2019
Being fully digital: perspective of a Dutch academic pathology laboratory.
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- Computational pathology in breast cancer: optimizing molecular prediction through task-oriented AI models.NPJ breast cancer · 2025Review
- Practical implementation of AI in a non-academic, non-commercial Pathology laboratory: Real world experience and lessons learned.Histopathology · 2025Review
- Implementing digital pathology: qualitative and financial insights from eight leading European laboratories.Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology · 2025Article
- Digital slide scanning at scale: Comparison of whole slide imaging devices in a clinical setting.Journal of pathology informatics · 2025Article
- Streamlining a Patchwork - Exploring the Challenges of Digital Transformation in Pathology: Ethnographic Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Variation within and between digital pathology and light microscopy for the diagnosis of histopathology slides: blinded crossover comparison study.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2025Article
- An update on applications of digital pathology: primary diagnosis; telepathology, education and research.Diagnostic pathology · 2025Review
- Economic evaluation: Impact on costs, time, and productivity of the incorporation of integrative digital pathology (IDP) in the anatomopathological analysis of breast cancer in a national reference public provider in Chile.Journal of pathology informatics · 2025Article
- Recent advance in early oral lesion diagnosis: the application of artificial intelligence-assisted endoscopy.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Review
- Understanding the financial aspects of digital pathology: A dynamic customizable return on investment calculator for informed decision-making.Journal of pathology informatics · 2024Article
- Artificial Intelligence-Based Sentinel Lymph Node Metastasis Detection in Cervical Cancer.Cancers · 2024Article
- Feasibility of an MR-based digital specimen for tongue cancer resection specimens: a novel approach for margin evaluation.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Article
- High-throughput digital quantification of Alzheimer disease pathology and associated infrastructure in large autopsy studies.Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology · 2023Article
- Impact of the transition to digital pathology in a clinical setting on histopathologists in training: experiences and perceived challenges within a UK training region.Journal of clinical pathology · 2023Article
- Time Trends in Histopathological Findings in Mammaplasty Specimens in a Dutch Academic Pathology Laboratory.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2023Article
- Using Systemised Nomenclature of Medicine (SNOMED) codes to select digital pathology whole slide images for long-term archiving.Journal of clinical pathology · 2023Article
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Abstract
The introduction of fast and robust whole slide scanners has facilitated the implementation of 'digital pathology' with various uses, the final challenge being full digital diagnostics. In this article, we describe the implementation process of a fully digital workflow for primary diagnostics in 2015 at the University Medical Centre in Utrecht, The Netherlands, as one of the first laboratories going fully digital with a future-proof complete digital archive. Furthermore, we evaluated the experience of the first 2 years of working with the system by pathologists and residents. The system was successfully implemented in 6 months, including a European tender procedure. Most pathologists and residents had high confidence in working fully digitally, the expertise areas lagging behind being paediatrics, haematopathology, and neuropathology. Reported limitations concerned recognition of microorganisms and mitoses. Neither the age of respondents nor the number of years of pathology experience was correlated with the confidence level regarding digital diagnostics. The ergonomics of digital diagnostics were better than those of traditional microscopy. In this article, we describe our experiences in implementing our fully digital primary diagnostics workflow, describing in depth the implementation steps undertaken, the interlocking components that are required for a fully functional digital pathology system (laboratory management, hospital information systems, data storage, and whole slide scanners), and the changes required in workflow and slide production.
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