Articles on Digital Pathology and Whole Slide Imaging

30,000+ Scans and Counting: How the Ocus® Proved Its Value at Cepatho

August 2, 2024

Dr. Alba Torres, Process and Quality Director at Cepatho Laboratory in Brazil, shares her insights and experiences three years after digitizing their digital pathology workflow with Grundium's Ocus®40 microscope slide scanner.

Read article

Should a Pathologist Choose a Microscope or a Slide Scanner?

March 29, 2024

Digital slide scanners are becoming essential in modern pathology. Why should pathologists consider upgrading to a digital microscope scanner?

Read article

Grundium Ocus used in a laboratory setting

How Digital Pathology Scanners Are Transforming Medical Diagnostics

February 27, 2024

Digital pathology scanners transform diagnostics by providing high-resolution images, streamlining workflows, and enabling remote consultations, ultimately improving patient care.

Read article

9 questions and answers about whole slide imaging

July 20, 2023

In the dynamic world of medical diagnostics, Whole Slide Imaging (WSI) emerges as a game-changer in pathology. Many professionals grapple with its nuances as the shift to digital pathology accelerates. Dive into our concise guide, addressing nine pivotal questions about WSI. Equip yourself with insights and stay updated in this digital evolution.

Read article

Processing frozen sections in Ukraine’s biggest pathology lab

March 20, 2023

Processing frozen sections in Ukraine’s biggest pathology lab Dr. Elena Koshyk, tells the story of how the Grundium Ocus microscope scanner helps them analyze frozen sections quickly at CSD Medical in Kyiv, Ukraine CSD Medical Laboratory (CSD) is a large private laboratory that has been utilizing digital pathology for many years, using multi-slide scanners for […]

Read article

Dr. Leonardo Guasti at Queen Mary University of London using their Ocus®40 scanner on an iMac

Ocus® digital scanner removes bottlenecks in the research lab

August 31, 2022

Dr. Leonardo Guasti, Reader in Endocrinology at the QMUL walks us through what happened when they purchased a Grundium Ocus®40 digital microscope scanner in September 2021.

Read article

A pathologist inserting a slide into Ocus40 digital slide scanner

Whole slide imaging and the Ocus® WSI scanners

June 17, 2022

Whole slide imaging, also known as WSI, virtual microscopy or digital pathology, is a technique that involves capturing high-resolution digital images of an entire microscope slide. This technology revolutionizes the field of pathology by digitizing glass slides and allowing pathologists to view and analyze them on a computer screen.

Read article

What makes a great digital microscopic image?

February 25, 2022

Sometimes the transition switch from conventional microscopy to digital pathology is made challenging for the pathologist by differences in what the viewed images look like over the two mediums. So, what do you do to make a great digital microscope image?

Read article

A pathologist in laboratory environment using an iPad to review a sample scanned with the Ocus scanner on the desk

How digital imaging is changing pathology

December 3, 2021

Digital imaging is changing pathology by making it easier to identify and diagnose diseases. Pathologists are now able to use digital images to examine tissues and organs more closely, which has led to more accurate diagnoses. In addition, digital imaging is helping to improve the quality of pathology reports by providing clearer images of tissues and organs.

Read article

Artificial intelligence vs. Human expertise in pathology

October 25, 2021

Artificial intelligence, AI, has been one of the most talked-about topics in pathology for years. AI stands on the shoulders of digital pathology, which can already feel threatening to the expert who has maybe spent decades looking at specimens in a microscope. Will all this rapidly developing technology make the expert obsolete?

Read article

Zoetis & Grundium: An example of telepathology & Artificial Intelligence in remote imaging at satellite clinics

October 1, 2021

The small footprint but high resolution Grundium Ocus®40 is the chosen imaging component in Zoetis’ network of digital pathology service. The system reduces the time of cats’ and dogs’ diagnosis from days or even weeks to only minutes. This is tomorrow’s distributed digital pathology service today.

Read article

A digital asset in pathology research and education

September 29, 2021

MD Hannes Olauson from the Karolinska University Hospital talks about how the small Grundium Ocus is making a big difference in scanning slides, and he has an interesting view of the future of pathology and why medical innovation sometimes takes longer.

Read article

Ocus®20 vs. Ocus®40

August 16, 2021

Two beautiful and powerful scanners making the best professional diagnosis available for all life. What’s the difference? Here is what makes each of the Grundium Ocus® series scanners the most practical in their respective fields.

Read article

Understanding Digital Pathology: Revolutionizing Modern Medicine

May 28, 2021

Digital pathology is a transformative approach in the field of pathology that involves the acquisition, management, sharing, and interpretation of pathology information in a digital environment. Grundium's Ocus scanners are at the forefront of this revolution, leveraging advanced imaging, data management, and artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance the accuracy and efficiency of pathology practices.

Read article

Resolution and scanning speed in high-power digital microscopy

March 13, 2021

Microscopy is much more than just 20x or 40x objectives. In this white paper, Our principal imaging engineer Markus Vartiainen dives deep into microscopy principles and theory.

Read article

Grundium Ocus40 microscope scanner's arm

Microscope magnification: 10x, 20x – does it matter what it says on the tin?

February 10, 2021

Viewed through a 40x lens, objects seem twice as big as with a 20x lens. It seems logical to think a higher magnification objective is “better”. But does it matter what it says on the tin?

Read article

Fimlab's three Ocus scanners at work for their frozen section process

Fimlab’s Streamlined Intraoperative Frozen Section Pathology Workflow

December 3, 2020

Fimlab successfully validated a digital frozen section process with Ocus scanners operated by laboratory technicians.

Read article

Telepathology With No Strings Attached With Ocus Scanners

July 20, 2020

How does the Grundium Ocus® remove the entry barrier to going digital?

Read article

Personal slide scanner vs. Conventional multi-slide scanner

June 2, 2020

Scanning speed: is it the right metric for quick work?

Read article

The Grundium image stitching method is now patented

May 4, 2020

Grundium is proud to announce the patenting of its innovative image stitching method, designed to revolutionize the digital microscopy landscape. This cutting-edge solution addresses challenges in large-scale image stitching, especially when dealing with repetitive patterns and featureless regions that often result in alignment artifacts.

Read article

Telepathology Made Simple

April 15, 2020

Digital scanners revolutionize pathology by eliminating logistical hurdles, enabling remote diagnoses, seamless collaboration, and streamlined workflows.

Read article

What is driving digital pathology?

March 9, 2020

Today, most hospital workflows rely on a decades-old process: extracting a tissue sample, preparing it on a glass slide, and having a pathologist examine it under a microscope. To facilitate diagnosis, either the slides or the pathologist must often travel long distances—an approach that is inefficient, costly, and stressful.

Read article

Informative articles on digital pathology and slide scanners

30,000+ Scans and Counting: How the Ocus® Proved Its Value at Cepatho

Should a Pathologist Choose a Microscope or a Slide Scanner?

How Digital Pathology Scanners Are Transforming Medical Diagnostics

9 questions and answers about whole slide imaging

Processing frozen sections in Ukraine’s biggest pathology lab

Ocus® digital scanner removes bottlenecks in the research lab

Whole slide imaging and the Ocus® WSI scanners

What makes a great digital microscopic image?

How digital imaging is changing pathology

Artificial intelligence vs. Human expertise in pathology

Zoetis & Grundium: An example of telepathology & Artificial Intelligence in remote imaging at satellite clinics

A digital asset in pathology research and education

Ocus®20 vs. Ocus®40

Understanding Digital Pathology: Revolutionizing Modern Medicine

Resolution and scanning speed in high-power digital microscopy

Microscope magnification: 10x, 20x – does it matter what it says on the tin?

Fimlab’s Streamlined Intraoperative Frozen Section Pathology Workflow

Telepathology With No Strings Attached With Ocus Scanners

Personal slide scanner vs. Conventional multi-slide scanner

The Grundium image stitching method is now patented

Telepathology Made Simple

What is driving digital pathology?

Send us a message!

Latest articles

Grundium Showcases new Ocus M 40 at USCAP 2025 in Boston

Grundium Achieves ISO 27001 Certification

Grundium at NSH 2024: Join Us in New Orleans for Innovations in Pathology

QUICK LINKS

OUR HEADQUARTERS

Distribution in the U.S.