Informative articles on digital pathology and slide scanners

Explore the wealth of knowledge on Grundium's Articles page, where we delve into the evolving world of digital pathology. Our carefully curated articles offer in-depth discussions on current trends, practical use cases, and essential technical insights. Whether you're a seasoned professional or new to the field, join us in exploring the innovations and applications shaping the future of diagnostics and research.

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Cutting operational costs in pathology labs with digital tools

November 7, 2024

Digital pathology significantly reduces operational costs in labs by streamlining workflows and minimizing reliance on manual slide handling. It optimizes resource use through digitized storage and sharing, eliminates physical transport needs, and enables remote diagnostics, which reduces travel expenses. These efficiencies lower consumable costs and enhance diagnostic speed and accuracy.

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How to reduce diagnostic errors with digital pathology

November 4, 2024

Digital pathology reduces diagnostic errors by enabling pathologists to examine high-resolution digital images in detail, minimizing oversight and human error. Advanced image quality and remote collaboration allow for more accurate, timely diagnoses, supporting better patient care and streamlined workflows. This digital approach addresses limitations in traditional microscopy.

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Boosting diagnostic speed and accuracy in labs: How digital pathology makes a difference

October 30, 2024

Digital pathology boosts diagnostic speed and accuracy by enabling pathologists to digitize, store, and share slides efficiently. Streamlined workflows reduce slide handling and enhance precision, leading to faster patient diagnoses, improved remote consultations, and overall increases in lab productivity and diagnostic reliability.

Improving tissue sample quality: How digital pathology supports accurate histology

Improving tissue sample quality: digital pathology supports accurate histology

October 28, 2024

Digital pathology enhances tissue sample quality by enabling detailed, high-resolution imaging for accurate histology. Tools like Grundium’s Ocus® scanners support meticulous sample analysis, reducing errors caused by poor-quality samples. Enhanced visualization and remote consultation optimize diagnostics, improve patient outcomes, and elevate lab efficiency in histological assessments.

How digital pathology reduces lab costs through workflow optimization

How digital pathology reduces lab costs through workflow optimization

October 25, 2024

Digital pathology reduces lab costs by streamlining workflows and minimizing manual processes. By digitizing slides, labs cut down on physical storage, slide transport, and handling costs. This optimized workflow enables faster, more accurate diagnostics, reducing repeat tests and improving patient outcomes—key for lab efficiency.

How digital pathology improves patient outcomes: Faster diagnoses and personalized care

How digital pathology improves patient outcomes: Faster diagnoses and personalized care

October 22, 2024

Digital pathology enables faster, more accurate diagnoses by allowing pathologists to analyze and share high-resolution images remotely. Tools like Grundium’s Ocus® scanner enhance diagnostic speed and personalization, improving patient outcomes. Streamlined workflows and quicker consultations support precision medicine, despite integration and data security challenges in healthcare.

How to adapt traditional lab processes to integrate digital pathology

How to adapt traditional lab processes to integrate digital pathology

October 17, 2024

Explore how traditional labs can seamlessly integrate digital pathology to enhance diagnostic efficiency and precision. Learn key steps and tools.

Over 30,000 Scans: The Ocus® Proves 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.

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?

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Digital Pathology Scanners Are Revolutionizing 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.

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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.

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 […]

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.

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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?

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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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.

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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?

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.

Telepathology With No Strings Attached With Ocus Scanners

July 20, 2020

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

Personal slide scanner vs. Conventional multi-slide scanner

June 2, 2020

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

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