HDC, DCL Medical to create new imaging tests for digital pathology

From HealthImagingNews: HDC, DCL Medical to create new imaging tests for digital pathology.

Health Discovery Corporation (HDC) and DCL Medical Laboratories have signed an agreement for the collaborative development and commercialization of support vector machine (SVM)-based computer-aided detection (CAD) tests for the independent detection of ovarian, cervical and endometrial cancers.

Tests will be performed on digital images to assist pathologists in providing more accurate diagnoses on biopsy and surgical specimens, according to both companies.

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Through the advancing technology of pattern recognition, both companies said that the new SVM-based diagnostic imaging systems are expected to improve the sensitivity of detection for endometrial and cervical cancers and significantly improve the specificity of ovarian cancer diagnosis. In addition, images and interpretative data from the new SVM-based systems will be designed for use in web-based applications, thus allowing remote review, second opinions and collaborative pathologist interpretation.

I assume the tests will use photomicrographs rather than whole-slide images, although the article doesn't say.  It is interesting to see more companies developing software tests in digital pathology.  The industry is evolving rapidly, both on the technical and business fronts...