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Digital Pathology : Implementation in Clinical Practice with AI Applications / edited by Meera Hameed and Matthew G. Hanna.

Elsevier ScienceDirect eBook - Biomedical Science 2024 Available online

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Hameed, Meera, editor.
Hanna, Matthew G., editor.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Artificial intelligence--Medical applications.
Artificial intelligence.
Pathology--Data processing.
Pathology.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (353 pages)
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
London, England : Academic Press, [2025]
Summary:
Digital Pathology: Implementation in Clinical Practice with AI Applications covers digital pathology applications in a clinical pathology laboratory setting, providing guidance and various tools for practical implementation.
Contents:
Front Cover
Digital Pathology
Copyright Page
Contents
List of contributors
Preface
Acknowledgment
1 Basics of digital pathology
Introduction
Digital imaging basics
Digital pathology timeline
Digital pathology ecosystem
Digital photomicroscopy
Gross imaging
Video streaming
Whole slide scanning
Monitors/display devices
Input devices for digital pathology
Mouse and keyboard interactions
Touchscreen displays
3D input devices
Voice and gesture recognition
Augmented reality and virtual reality
Microscope attachments for mobile devices
Interoperability and standards in digital pathology
Applications
Challenges/limitations
References
2 The seven S's for success
Technology adoption
Sponsorship from leadership
Space allocation
Assessment of current space utilization
Ergonomics and user experience
Staffing resources
Scanner considerations
Imaging mode
Slide throughput/continuous load
Scan speeds
Slide size/format
Magnification/resolution
Flexibility in scan area
Live viewing needs
Multi z-plane support
Rescan rates
Whole slide image file format
Lab space/countertop weight load
User experience
Storage
Software
Service and maintenance
Honorable mention
Standards
Conclusion
3 Building a business case for digital pathology
Understanding the costs associated with digital pathology
Acquisition and ongoing costs
Digital scanners cost
Other scanner-related costs
Scanner service and maintenance
Preventative maintenance
Scanner downtime cost
Research and development cost
Staffing
Servers and data storage
Digital pathology specific software solutions infrastructure
Overhead expenses.
Total cost of infrastructure
Financial benefits of digital pathology
Additional revenue
Cost avoidance and savings
Hybrid analog and digital pathology workflows
Creating a business plan
Digital pathology cost calculators
Understanding financial indicators
Discussion
4 Preanalytic factors in digital pathology implementation
Basic histology workflow
Accession
Specimen grossing and fixation
Tissue processing
Tissue embedding
Microtomy
Staining
Digital pathology in histology laboratory
Artifacts
Immunohistochemistry and special stains
Logistical challenges
Adoption of whole slide imaging workflow
5 Quality management in digital pathology: analytic and postanalytic phases
Digital pathology process: preanalytical, analytical, and postanalytical phases
Ensuring image quality: multicheckpoint process
Analytic step
Scanner level quality checkpoint
Scanner quality variability
Barcode quality considerations
Postanalytic step quality factors
Whole slide image viewer software
Display monitors
Automated digital slide quality tools
Image quality and computational pathology tools
Published quality error rates
Digital pathology quality management systems
Establishing quality and performance metrics
The cost of quality
Conclusions
6 Use cases in surgical pathology
Telepathology
Diagnostic accuracy and feasibility
Intraoperative consultation
Primary diagnosis
Tumor detection and classification
Metastases detection in lymph nodes
Quantitative biomarker detection
Prediction of genetic mutation on hematoxylin and eosin whole slide images
Image-based prognosis and outcome prediction
Summary
7 Use cases in cytology.
Introduction
Whole slide imaging in cytopathology
Whole slide images for primary diagnosis
AI applications for primary diagnosis of cytology images
Practical considerations for the development and deployment of AI solutions for primary diagnosis
Digital imaging for education
Telecytology
Telecytology configurations
Rapid onsite evaluation
AI applications in rapid onsite evaluation telecytology
Telecytology for primary diagnosis and expert consultation
8 Regulatory aspects of digital pathology
Food and Drug Administration regulations in digital pathology whole slide imaging devices
History of whole slide imaging and Food and Drug Administration regulation
Food and Drug Administration perspective on whole slide imaging components
Background and history of Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment and remote whole slide imaging sign-out
A brief history of Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment
Defining remote
Defining what constitutes a primary diagnosis in digital pathology
Remote sign-out and CLIA'88
Ramifications and requirements for the enforcement discretion "Waiver"
Continued enforcement discretion "Waiver"
Accreditation
CAP inspectors will look for the sampling records (documentation) for training and system validation
Whole slide imaging user training
Whole slide imaging system validation/verification
Validation is not verification-clarification of confusing terminologies (CAP perspective)
Validation-"Did I do the right thing?"
Verification-"Did I do the thing right?"
General guiding principles for the whole slide imaging validation/verification process
Additional considerations around remote primary sign-out through digital pathology
Risks of using digital pathology for remote sign-out.
Standard operating procedures to cover for remote sign-out procedures
HIPAA/Privacy-related considerations
Role of hospital IT when implementing remote sign-out
Validation of digital pathology platforms prior to engaging in remote sign-out, particularly during an emergency
Validating/verifying monitors or laptops from remote locations, particularly if the digital pathology system is already val...
A minimal required specifications for hardware and software for use in remote sign-out
Role of the Food and Drug Administration on remote whole slide imaging sign-out
Medicolegal considerations
Diagnostic procedures remotely reportable and billable from a non-CLIA-licensed facility under the waiver
Billing
Legislation potentially affecting digital pathology regulation
What has happened so far with VALID?
Food and Drug Administration moving forward with rulemaking on diagnostic testing regulation
An editorial on VALID and the feature of Food and Drug Administration overreach
Concluding thoughts on legislation regulating laboratory-developed tests
9 Standards in digital pathology
Standards and interoperability in digital pathology
What is a standard and why is it important?
Who develops standards?
Types of standards in healthcare that support digital pathology
Standards for digital pathology in more detail
Enhancing interoperability
Closing remarks
10 The basics of machine learning and artificial intelligence
"Shallow" learning
Deep learning
Convolutional neural networks
Recurrent neural networks
Generative models: autoencoders and generative adversarial networks
Reinforcement learning
ChatGPT: everything, everywhere, all at once
Things to come
Summary and overview
References for further reading.
11 Academic industry partnerships
Digital pathology clinical trials
Academic industry partnership benefits
Risks associated with academic industry partnership
Academia versus industry priorities
Contracts
Innovation cycle
The pathologist's role
Disclosure and conflict of interest
Intellectual property
Disclosures
12 Ethical aspects of using artificial intelligence in digital and computational pathology
The shift from pathology to digital and computational pathology
Ethical concerns in leveraging artificial intelligence in digital pathology and computational pathology
Bias and fairness
Addressing bias and equity in healthcare
Ethical concerns pertaining to patient privacy and choice
Ethical concerns pertaining to ownership and control of patient data
Regulation of artificial intelligence and machine learning and oversight
Successful artificial intelligence case studies in digital pathology and computational biology
Predicting patient outcomes with multimodal data integration
Stratifying prostate cancer risk
Augmenting pathologists in prostate cancer detection
Achieving ethical use of artificial intelligence in digital pathology
Funding
13 Next-generation imaging in pathology
Why next-gen imaging matters
Looking beyond whole slide imaging
What makes a new imaging tech relevant to pathology?
What is the new tech and how does it work?
Stimulated Raman histology
Photoacoustic microscopy
Microscopy with ultraviolet surface excitation and fluorescence imitating brightfield illumination
Optical coherence tomography/optical coherence microscopy
Confocal microscopy
Selective plane illumination microscopy (lightsheet)
Multiphoton microscopy.
A note on 3D imaging.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
9780443138102
0443138109
OCLC:
1477224333

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