Digital pathology involves scanning glass slides of tumour biopsies as high-resolution digital images, which can then be analysed with diagnostic 'scoring' software. Such algorithms are aiding and accelerating the work of Australia's highly experienced, expert pathologists.
Roche invited three well-respected Australian medical professionals - a breast pathologist, a tumour pathologist and a medical scientist/PhD student, to contribute to this discussion. All have a deep interest in digital pathology and its application to improving patient care.
It was our great pleasure to host pathology experts for an insightful discussion on how Australian laboratories can accelerate the adoption of digital pathology through solutions that put patient care at the centre.
In 2021, A/Prof Nirmala Pathmanathan and Dr. Cameron Snell went head-to-head in a live webinar comparing manual and digitally assisted HER2 Dual ISH scoring, and the results were promising. The results subsequently led to Dr. Cameron Snell and Madeline Gough’s clinical study on the application of digital pathology and image analysis algorithms for analysing challenging breast tissue samples.
So where is Australia now, and where are we heading on the Digital Pathology journey?
On Wednesday 6 December 2023, we invited back A/Prof Nirmala Pathmanathan, Dr. Cameron Snell and PhD Candidate Madeline Gough to bring us up to speed on this emerging technology.
Clinical associate professor with the University of Sydney, Faculty of Medicine and Health