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Penn Medicine to participate in PathCentral Pathology Network

PathCentral, a technology-enabled company dedicated to the success of the international pathology community, announced today that Penn Medicine will participate in the PathCentral Pathology Network, the specialty's most comprehensive online information exchange and digital consultation forum.

17 Jun 2013

PathCentral releases APLIS platform to serve the needs of community pathologist

PathCentral, a technology-enabled company dedicated to the success of the pathology community, today introduced AP Anywhere, its bundled Anatomic Pathology Laboratory Information System technology offering.

20 May 2013

New evidence-based guideline for using WSI systems for diagnostic work

The College of American Pathologists released today a new evidence-based guideline, "Validating Whole Slide Imaging for Diagnostic Purposes in Pathology." The guideline is the first of its kind and is now available in the CAP's peer-reviewed journal, Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine.

3 May 2013

Transformatix Technologies, NCH partner to create BioLinQ

The latest significant biomedical informatics technology is not coming from the biotech industry or a university. In fact, it's coming from a children's hospital.

1 Nov 2012

Carnegie Mellon University awarded CURE grant by the Pennsylvania Department of Health

Pennsylvania Department of Health Executive Deputy Secretary Michael Wolf today presented a Commonwealth Universal Research Enhancement Program, or CURE, grant to Carnegie Mellon University. The $983,783 grant will be used for a two-year research project focused on cancer treatment technologies.

13 Aug 2012

NeoGenomics second quarter 2012 revenue increases 49% to $15.6 million

NeoGenomics, Inc., a leading provider of cancer-focused genetic testing services today reported its results for the second quarter 2012.

19 Jul 2012

Indica Labs' image analysis algorithm portfolio integrated into Leica Microsystems' digital pathology solution

Leica Microsystems, world-leading provider of Total Digital Pathology solutions, and Indica Labs, developing excellence in image analysis for Digital Pathology, today announce the integration of Indica Labs' advanced image analysis algorithm portfolio into Leica Microsystems digital pathology solution.

22 Jun 2012

Agfa HealthCare opens state-of-the-art, worldwide R&D facility for clinical imaging IT solutions development

Facility is a center of excellence for the design of innovative solutions that will bring further revolutionary developments for radiology, pathology and healthcare delivery as a whole to image-enable the Electronic Health Record (EHR)

17 May 2012

Ventana granted FDA clearance for Companion Algorithm p53 (DO-7) image analysis application

Ventana Medical Systems, Inc., a member of the Roche Group, received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the VENTANA Companion Algorithm p53 (DO-7) image analysis application using the VENTANA iScan Coreo Au scanner and VIRTUOSO software.

7 May 2012

FDA clears Ventana PR (1E2) image analysis algorithm and digital read applications

Ventana Medical Systems, Inc., a member of the Roche Group, received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the VENTANA Companion Algorithm Progesterone Receptor (PR) (1E2) image analysis application used with the VENTANA iScan Coreo Au scanner running VIRTUOSO software.

14 Mar 2012

FDA grants 510(k) clearance for Ventana Ki-67 image analysis algorithm

Ventana Medical Systems, Inc., a member of the Roche Group, received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the VENTANA Companion Algorithm Ki-67 (30-9) image analysis application used with the VENTANA iScan Coreo Au scanner running VIRTUOSO software.

27 Feb 2012

St. Baldrick's Foundation awards $47,000 to help kids with cancer

It takes life-saving research and access to clinical trials to help children with cancer. The St. Baldrick's Foundation, a volunteer-driven charity dedicated to raising money for childhood cancer research, awarded an infrastructure grant of $47,000 to the Biopathology Center (BPC), housed in The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital.

18 Jan 2012

ASCP honors BMC resident for clinical and anatomic pathology

Stephen Hammond, MD, a fourth-year resident in clinical and anatomic pathology at Boston Medical Center (BMC), recently received the highly coveted Resident Leadership Representative Award from the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) for demonstrating leadership and promoting ASCP membership and resident activities.

2 Dec 2011

Psyche Systems and Aperio partner to provide integrated LIS and Digital Pathology solution

Psyche Systems Corporation and Aperio announced today that the companies have formed a strategic relationship which will provide customers an end-to-end integrated LIS and Digital Pathology solution.

31 Oct 2011

Leica Microsystems introduces complete case management solution for digital pathology at Pathology Visions

Leica Microsystems announce the launch of its clinical workflow solution for Digital Pathology at Pathology Visions 2011. Digital Image Hub Enterprise* with its powerful image management, integration and communication capabilities, in conjunction with a new high performance, intuitive client viewer, SlidePath Gateway*, combine to make this the ideal solution for clinical centers moving towards true Digital Pathology implementation. Furthermore, Leica’s Total Digital Pathology solutions now provide an implementation of the DICOM Supplement 145 standard for both slide scanning and viewing.

24 Oct 2011

NeoGenomics third quarter revenue increases 30% to $11.3 million

NeoGenomics, Inc., a leading provider of cancer-focused genetic testing services today reported its results for the third quarter 2011.

19 Oct 2011

USPTO awards HistoRx two patents for methods of standardization of digital microscopy instruments

HistoRx, the leader in quantitative immunohistochemistry, advances its proprietary position in digital pathology through the recent issuance of US patents covering key features necessary for achievement of reproducible, standardized image analysis results.

7 Oct 2011

Leica Microsystems bringing digital pathology excellence to the hematopathology workshop

Leica Microsystems, world-leading providers of Total Digital Pathology solutions, are a proud platinum sponsor of this year’s joint workshop of the Society for Hematopathology and the European Association for Haematopathology (SH/EAHP) being held at the Ritz-Carlton Marina Del Rey, Los Angeles, USA, from October 27-29, 2011.

15 Sep 2011

Pathology Visions Conference to be held at Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego

Mahul B. Amin, MD, chair of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, will offer his perspectives and expertise on personalized medicine and digital pathology at the 2011 Pathology Visions Conference.

3 Sep 2011

NovaUCD honors leading cancer researcher with 2011 Innovation Award

Professor William Gallagher, a leading cancer biology researcher in UCD's School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, was today presented with the NovaUCD 2011 Innovation Award.

5 Jul 2011