IHC goes digital

Advance, a magazine for lab administrators, has a nice article by Holger Lange entitled IHC goes digital.

Digitization is revolutionizing medicine; like similar advances in the radiology market, we will see tremendous improvements in workflow efficiency and the emergence of new computer-assisted tools, methods and tests that will help pathologists improve patient care.

Adoption of digital pathology is well under way, with hundreds of systems being deployed in many countries across several segments such as education, research, biopharmaceutical and clinical settings. Adoption also is occurring in niches; immunohistochemistry (IHC) is one of the first adopted digital pathology applications in the clinical market.

A digital pathology solution for IHC consists of:

• a high-quality, high-throughput slide scanner with walk away automation and automated data entry;

• a Web-based pathology Picture Archive and Communication System (PACS) with secure anytime, anywhere access to all case, specimen and slide information;

• slide viewing software;

• a suite of IHC image analysis tools; and

• a reporting tool-all integrated into one clinical workflow.

Digital pathology solutions for IHC help pathologists provide better patient care through more accurate and consistent test results, faster turnaround times and more informed decision making.

You can find out more about Aperio's Digital IHC solution here...