Send us a text Smartphone, smartwatch, smart TV...internet of things (IoT) and artificial intelligence of things (AIoT) is ubiquitous. But did it already make it into any of the digital pathology devices? Oh yes! There is a smart whole slide scanner out there. In this episode, I am talking with Don Van Dyke, the chief business officer of Bionovation Biotech . Bionovation holds a patent to a potentially revolutionary scanning technology powered by AI. Due to the ability of the scanner to predict ...
Mar 14, 2021•26 min•Ep. 19
Send us a text Medical tests and procedures can get reimbursed. The basis of the reimbursement are the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes developed by the American Medical Association (AMA). But how can such a code be obtained for digital pathology which is so much more complex than a group of tests or procedures that could be reimbursed on a fee-for-service basis? According to Esther Abels, Visiopharm’s Chief Clinical and Regulatory Officer , to align the digital pathology reimbursement...
Mar 08, 2021•31 min•Ep. 18
Send us a text This episode is brought to you by Visiopharm Artificial Intelligence is starting to cross from pathology research into pathology clinical practice. With several AI-based algorithms approved for clinical use in Europe and many more in the making, it is clear that rather sooner than later it will be an integral part of practicing pathology. Does everyone practicing pathology have to keep up with this new trend? Those who wish not to and are close to retirement probably not, but ever...
Feb 22, 2021•31 min•Ep. 17
Send us a text If you are working with immunohistochemistry (IHC) you know how challenging it can sometimes be to optimize all the steps in the process to obtain a high-quality stain. It often takes testing different antibodies, antibody concentrations, antigen retrieval methods, and incubation times. What if there was a way to produce an IHC stain virtually, without antibodies or even the need to step into the lab? Today's episode's guest is Victor Dillard, the commercial operation di...
Jan 31, 2021•34 min•Ep. 16
Send us a text Machine learning is not a new technology, but it started to revolutionize pathology relatively recently. The ideal combination of untapped, abundant pathology data necessary to leverage machine learning and the relevance of pathology applications has drawn scientists to this field and caused an artificial intelligence (AI) explosion. Within just two years from 2018 to 2020 AI-based tissue image analysis went from “cutting edge technology” to “mainstream”. The deep learning explosi...
Jan 17, 2021•25 min•Ep. 15
Send us a text This episode's guest, Andrew Janowczyk, is a computer scientist who has been active in the field of digital pathology since 2008. Before turning to the field of digital pathology he worked across the globe and across industries. He was a salmon fisherman in Alaska. In Austria at the United Nations (UN) International Atomic Energy (IAE) Agency, he significantly contributed to the work that won the UN IAEA a Nobel Peace Prize. He taught English in China. He helped build an oil ...
Jan 04, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 14
Send us a text Today’s guest, Chaith Kondragunta, started working on neural network applications as an engineer back in the days when the computing power to fully utilize them was not available yet. This research field had to wait for the technology to catch up with the theoretical concepts. When this was achieved, Chaith harnessed deep learning for data analytics in the financial sector, but always knew, that to make a real difference it should be implemented in health care and medical sciences...
Dec 14, 2020•37 min•Ep. 13
Send us a text Implementing digital pathology into clinical practice is a big endeavor and a decision not taken lightly by pathology laboratories. Today’s guest, Dr. Ralf Huss, the chairman of Visiopharm’s advisory board explains: · what the biggest benefits of going digital are · how to start · and why pathologists will be forced to accept the digital transformation. Currently, the two greatest benefits of digital pathology which can be taken advantage of by every pathology practice are · telep...
Dec 02, 2020•30 min•Ep. 12
Send us a text I met Chen Sagiv in person in 2019 at the European Congress of Toxicologic Pathology in Cologne, Germany after previously interacting for several months on social media. We stayed in touch ever since and started working on several projects together. Because of her expertise and the great relationship we have developed, she is now my go-to person in the computer vision field. Chen is a mathematician and a computer scientist specialized in computer vision. She is the founder of seve...
Sep 20, 2020•32 min•Ep. 11
Send us a text The guest of this episode is Donal O'Shea, the CEO, and founder of Deciphex. He has been active in the area of digital pathology essentially since its beginning. He worked in academia and founded several successful digital pathology start-ups before his current one. Deciphex, in contrast to most digital pathology companies, is focused on non-clinical pathology, and its mission is to facilitate the complete digitization of this space and to contribute to the faster turnaround ...
Sep 07, 2020•48 min•Ep. 10
Send us a text Often those pathologists and scientists who are thinking of starting their journey with digital pathology are intimidated by the workflow changes and investment they will have to make in order to get started. The cost of the equipment and the challenges related to workflow re-design are often a significant barrier for adoption. Good news, there is an alternative! My guest, Mika Kuisma, the CEO of Grundium , together with his colleagues have been working on a solution since 2015. M...
Jul 03, 2020•27 min•Ep. 9
Send us a text The tools to develop AI models for biomedical image analysis have recently become accessible also for non-computer scientists. With the accessibility to AI tools, the question arises whether the things we build are good enough? How do we check the model? How do we validate it and be sure that when deployed according to the intended use it will perform adequately and help us make the right decisions based on the correct premises? In this episode, Thomas Westerling-Bui from Aiforia ...
Jun 04, 2020•55 min•Ep. 8
Send us a text Jared organized a fundraiser and Gabe donated to the fundraiser, but he didn't donate money, he donated an augmented reality system - basically, the most expensive piece of equipment Jared was raising money for. This collaboration was born on-line when Jared Block from Carolinas Pathology Group in Charlotte, NC published a post about his fundraiser and Gabe Siegel from Augmentiqs read it and realized it was a match - a great contribution could be made to a place in need where...
May 12, 2020•15 min•Ep. 7
Send us a text Due to the coronavirus pandemic, so many pathologists need to work from home today. The microscopes and the slides were packed and brought home. Everyone is now on their own. No more knocking at a colleague's door to consult a diagnosis... But what if pathologists could still collaborate with ease, and consult colleagues from their home offices while reading the slides under the microscope? In real-time. What if at the same time they could also have access to image analysis t...
Apr 12, 2020•47 min•Ep. 6
Send us a text She is a researcher herself and during her research, she experienced the great histopathology pain point first hand: it was too slow! So to help researchers solve this problem she created a company - Histowiz , which not only provides fast histology services but also provides her customers access to a centralized pathology image database that can be used for data mining and to a large network of pathologists providing telepathology services. In this interview Ke Cheng, the CEO of ...
Nov 17, 2019•30 min•Ep. 5
Send us a text Do you remember a presentation where the presenter had to switch between their powerpoint and a whole slide viewer to show a case and do you remember how annoying that was? Or a presentation where the presenter tried to show the highlights of a case with screenshots embedded in their presentation, but they were not representative at all and you wished you could see the whole slide? Now you don't need to repeat these suboptimal experiences. There is a tool that can do it all -...
Nov 16, 2019•40 min•Ep. 4
Send us a text Do you think your pathology laboratory is modern? If so, you have most probably gone digital. Nowadays modern pathology means digital pathology . However, to fully embrace digital pathology a scanner is not enough . You need the correct tools. Tools to manage your whole slide images in a systematic way and artificial intelligence-based tools enhancing your performance. Proscia is offering both. Today my guest is Nathan Buchbinder , one of the co-founders and Chief Product Officer ...
Nov 15, 2019•31 min•Ep. 3
Send us a text For pathologists and scientists microscope does not seem like a luxury, it is an everyday tool necessary to do their jobs. It is not a cheap tool, but there is no option not to have one, especially if you work in a pathology or microbiology lab. Otherwise, you cannot do your job, you cannot help patients, and every day there are so many cases to diagnose. But what to do, in places, where there are as many cases to diagnose, as many patients who need this diagnosis, but a lot fewer...
Oct 05, 2019•37 min•Ep. 2
Send us a text In this very first episode, I want to welcome you to the Digital Pathology Podcast. If you are interested in Digital Pathology and medical and scientific advancements, this is a place for you. Every other week we will be publishing interviews, discussion and journal club-type updates on the newest advancements in the field of digital pathology described in the literature. Support the show Become a Digital Pathology Trailblazer get the "Digital Pathology 101" FREE E-book ...
Sep 26, 2019•2 min•Ep. 1
