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ArticleVirchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology2024

Swiss digital pathology recommendations: results from a Delphi process conducted by the Swiss Digital Pathology Consortium of the Swiss Society of Pathology.

Andrew Janowczyk, Inti Zlobec, Cedric Walker, Sabina Berezowska, Viola Huschauer, Marianne Tinguely, Joel Kupferschmid, Thomas Mallet, Doron Merkler, Mario Kreutzfeldt and 13 more

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Article in Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  6. Digital transformation of pathology - the European Society of Pathology expert opinion paper.Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

23 authors.

Andrew JanowczykDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Emory University and Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA. Andrew.r.janowczyk@emory.edu.
Inti ZlobecInstitute for Tissue Medicine and Pathology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Cedric WalkerInstitute of Animal Pathology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Sabina BerezowskaInstitute of Pathology, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5442-9791
Viola HuschauerInstitute of Pathology Enge, Zurich, Switzerland.
Marianne TinguelyInstitute of Pathology Enge, Zurich, Switzerland.
Joel KupferschmidBasys Data GmbH, Basel, Switzerland.
Thomas MalletDivision of Clinical Pathology, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.
Doron MerklerDivision of Clinical Pathology, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.
Mario KreutzfeldtDivision of Clinical Pathology, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.
Radivoje GasicCantonal Hospital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland.
Tilman T RauInstitute of Pathology, University Hospital and Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Luca MazzucchelliIstituto Cantonale Di Patologia EOC, Locarno, Switzerland.
Isgard EybergInstitute of Pathology, Cantonal Hospital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland.
Gieri CathomasInstitute of Tissue Medicine and Pathology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Kirsten D MertzInstitute of Pathology, Cantonal Hospital Baselland, Liestal, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3074-6925
Viktor H KoelzerDepartment of Pathology and Molecular Pathology, University and University Hospital of Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9206-4885
Davide SoldiniPathologie Zentrum Zürich Medica, Zurich, Switzerland.
Wolfram JochumInstitute of Pathology, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Matthias RösslePathologie Luzerner Kantonsspital (Pathology Cantonal Hospital Lucerne), Spitalstrasse, Switzerland.
Maurice HenkelResearch & Analytic Services University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Rainer GrobholzMedical Faculty, University of Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1901-7967
Swiss Digital Pathology Consortium

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Integration of digital pathology (DP) into clinical diagnostic workflows is increasingly receiving attention as new hardware and software become available. To facilitate the adoption of DP, the Swiss Digital Pathology Consortium (SDiPath) organized a Delphi process to produce a series of recommendations for DP integration within Swiss clinical environments. This process saw the creation of 4 working groups, focusing on the various components of a DP system (1) scanners, quality assurance and validation of scans, (2) integration of Whole Slide Image (WSI)-scanners and DP systems into the Pathology Laboratory Information System, (3) digital workflow-compliance with general quality guidelines, and (4) image analysis (IA)/artificial intelligence (AI), with topic experts for each recruited for discussion and statement generation. The work product of the Delphi process is 83 consensus statements presented here, forming the basis for "SDiPath Recommendations for Digital Pathology". They represent an up-to-date resource for national and international hospitals, researchers, device manufacturers, algorithm developers, and all supporting fields, with the intent of providing expectations and best practices to help ensure safe and efficient DP usage.

Indexed as

Delphi TechniqueArtificial IntelligenceConsensusHumansImage Interpretation, Computer-AssistedPathology, ClinicalSocieties, MedicalSwitzerlandWorkflowDelphi processDigital pathologyDP usageIntegrationSwiss Digital Pathology Consortium

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PMID38112792
PMCPMC11271322

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