The Daily Scan

Aperio's November Asian and European Seminars

I thought I'd note some upcoming Digital Pathology Seminars sponsored by Aperio in Asia and Europe:

For more information on any of these seminars, please click through to a page with more details, and/or contact the Aperio Events Team at events@aperio.com / (760) 539-1193.

Webinar: Slide sharing made easy - the SecondSlide service

Slide Sharing Made Easy- The Innovative SecondSlide Service

Tuesday, September 29, 2009
8:00 am PST / 11:00 am EST / 3:00 pm GMT
OR
4:00 pm PST / 7:00 pm EST (8:00 am JST / 9:00 am Australia EST)

Presenters: Chrystal Adams & Steven Hashagen, Aperio

In this 60-minute complimentary webinar, we will discuss how Aperio's SecondSlide Digital Slide Sharing Service for Pathology makes slide sharing easy for use in a variety of applications, including clinical, research, and education.  Topics include:

• Benefiting the clinical setting by improving turnaround time and reducing costs for secondary consultations.
• Enhancing research through real-time collaboration with academic and research colleagues.
• Bringing educators together through global digital conferences, meetings, and asset sharing.

Please join us...

To register for the 8am PST session, click here.
To register for the 4pm PST session, click here.

You will receive a confirmation email upon registration with a web link that will lead you to the online event.  If you have any questions or would like additional information, please contact the Aperio Events Team at events@aperio.com or 760.539.1193.

SecondSlide at Pathology Visions 2009!

Innovative slide sharing service for pathology

Aperio invites Pathology Visions 2009 attendees to visit us at booth # 205 for a slide sharing demonstration of SecondSlide.  With SecondSlide, you can share pathology expertise with anyone you choose regardless of geographic location.  You can share any images at all - photomicrographs as well as whole-slide images made with a scanner.

• Improve turnaround time for consultations
• Access sub-specialty expertise
• Share slide collections
• Build a decision support library

And best of all, it is FREE.

Be sure to stop by Aperio booth # 205 anytime during exhibit hours to see a demonstration of SecondSlide!

Aperio joins new Digital Pathology Association

I’m excited to announce that Aperio has joined the newly formed Digital Pathology Association (DPA), a non-profit organization committed to the advancement of digital pathology applications in healthcare. 

Goals of the DPA include supporting digital pathology education initiatives, defining best practices, influencing standards and interfaces, organizing an annual conference that addresses diverse needs within the industry, and more.

“I am thrilled about the prospect of a unifying organization, and invite anyone involved with digital pathology to participate and help shape the emergence of this important new healthcare market,” said Dirk Soenksen, CEO of Aperio and Gold Sponsor of the DPA.

For more information, visit the website or contact the DPA:
www.digitalpathologyassociation.org
info@digitalpathologyassociation.org
T 760.539.1162

Don't Miss the Digital Pathology Event of the Year!

5 Key Reasons to Attend Pathology Visions 2009:

#1 Attend Dynamic Product and Peer-to-Peer Workshops

#2 Interact with Peers at Networking Events

#3 Obtain First-hand Knowledge of Industry Advances

#4 View and Discuss Digital Pathology Posters With Authors

#5 See the Latest Product Solutions from Leading Digital Pathology Providers

Register Now!

For more information, visit www.pathologyvisions.com

Aperio webinar: Application-Based Algorithm Tuning

Hey everyone - just wanted to let you know, this Thursday August 20, 2009 Aperio is hosting a FREE webinar.  Please check it out!

Topics in Image Analysis:
Application-Based Algorithm Tuning

Thursday, August 20, 2009
8:00 am PDT / 11:00 am EDT / 3:00 pm GMT
OR
4:00 pm PDT / 7:00 pm EDT
(8:00 am JST / 9:00 am Australia EST)

Presenter: Trevor Johnson, Sr. Image Analysis Specialist Aperio

In this 60-minute, complimentary webinar, we will discuss how the Aperio whole slide image analysis toolbox can be adjusted to analyze several types of histology slides.  Topics covered will include:

• Defining and adjusting color vectors for true stain separation and measurement
• Altering parameters for quantifying and scoring different cell events (i.e. protein expression, positive/negative events)
• Modifying the Microvessel tool for consistent and accurate quantification
• Applications for rare event detection
• Approaches for improving histology pattern recognition

To register for the 8am PDT session, click here. 

To register for the 4pm PDT session, click here. 

Digital IHC - going international!

You may know, Aperio has a comprehensive product for Digital IHC.

What you may not know is that we have translated the product overview video into several different languages:

English	Digital Pathology - What does going digital look like to a pathologist? (English)
German	Digitale Pathologie - Wie sieht die Arbeit eines Pathologen am Bildschirm aus? (Deutch)
French	Pathologie Numérique - A quoi ça ressemble à un pathologiste? (Français)
Spanish	Patología Digital - De cómo lo hace parecerse a un patólogo? (Español)
Portuguese	Como é que pareço para um patologista? (Português) (Português)

Please enjoy in the language of your choice!

Pathology Visions: Posters and Workshops announced

Outstanding Posters Announced

Pathology Visions will host over 40 poster sessions this year.  Congratulations to the presenters!  To view the list of outstanding poster presentations, visit the Pathology Visions Poster Sessions page.

Attend a Pathology Visions Workshop

The Pathology Visions workshops are a great way to enhance your conference experience.  Workshops are available to registered conference attendees at no additional cost.

• Pre-Conference Workshops (September 13)
  • Aperio Product Workshop
  • Definiens Product Workshop
  • HistoRx Product Workshop
  • IMPAC Product Workshop
  • PDS (Preclinical Data Systems)
• Product Workshop Post-Conference Workshops (September 15-16)
  • Multi-site Integration in a Global Environment
  • Image Analysis Workshop: Pathologist-to-Pathologist

Visit the Pathology Visions Workshop page for a detailed listing of available workshops.

Education Lunch Roundtable

Join us for lunch and a roundtable discussion with your peers about how digital histology and pathology are being used to enhance education.   Topics will include classroom teaching, decision support, proficiency testing, and more.  Seating is limited and RSVP is required.  To reserve your seat, please RSVP to info@pathologyvisions.com with "Education Roundtable" in the subject line.

Please Register Now, and for more information, visit www.pathologyvisions.com.

Digital pathology in Latin American Teaching

I don't blog about Aperio too much, but wanted to share this because it is so cool; digital pathology is increasingly being used in Latin American Teaching applications.

The challenge is that traditional microscope-based teaching methods were inefficient, inconsistent, and costly.  The solution: Spectrum Education™ was employed as an adjunct to traditional teaching methods, thereby making slide sets among students consistent, saving the time required for microscope management, and reducing the expense of microscope maintenance.

The Brazilian Agencia FAPESP showcases Digital Biology (Google translation to English):

The Faculty of the Institute of Biomedical Sciences, USP implemented a teaching methodology that replaces the microscope for visualization of cellular structures with digital computers connected by a network.

Using software that accesses hundreds of scanned digital slides, teachers choose the structures they want to display and - unlike microscopes - all students in the class can see them at the same time, and they can even use a zoom with the ability to zoom in up to 40X.

And here's a Mexican white paper on La FMVZ, pioneer in Mexico in using virtual micropscopy (Google translation to English):

The faculty of veterinary medicine and animal husbandry has developed a virtual microscope that benefits a large number of teachers, researchers and alumni of subjects such as parasitology, pathology and histology.

The program started with a project for "the educational impact of virtual microscopy in the laboratory of veterinary parasitology", which proposes the use of virtual microscopy, a sophisticated digital imaging computer, as complementary tools for teaching laboratories and a communication tool between professionals.

As valuable as digital pathology is in the U.S., it is equally valuable if not more so in other countries which may have fewer pathologists to cover larger areas.

 

Aperio Expands Global Digital Pathology Presence with New Subsidiary in Asia

Check this out, as MarketWatch reports Office in Tokyo Latest Milestone in Global Growth for Digital Pathology Leader.  This is pretty exciting, I can't believe our little company is so big now... can't wait to travel out there and meet our Japanese team.  There's a large market for digital pathology in Japan already, and a growing one in Asia overall.

Of course there is a lot more to doing business in Japan than building a team and opening an office (although that's a great place to start); there are also tasks like translating documentation into Japanese (e.g our IHC analysis document at right...)