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Benefits of AI and digital pathology to the clinical lab: interview with pathologists Dr. Mirtti and Dr. Sandeman

Pathologists have been examining glass slides under a microscope for over 150 years. Only recently did laboratories around the world start digitizing their slides, enabling more efficient workflows and increased accuracy in diagnostics. Adding AI to the newly digitized practice has the potential to increase these benefits exponentially. In this interview pathologists from Sweden and Finland share ...

Interview with Dr. Marika Kangasniemi: AI in endometrial cell analysis

Introduction PEDEGO, a research unit at the University of Oulu, covers a wide range of topics primarily around pediatrics, obstetrics, and gynecology. The metabolic health group within this unit has several ongoing clinical trials related to reproductive and metabolic health in women, including the function of the endometrium in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). PCOS affects 10-18% of ...

Validation of PD-L1 AI model launches in six labs across the Netherlands

Introduction  Programmed death-ligand 1 (PDL1) is a protein that, when attached to T cells, prevent the immune system from killing cancer cells. Hence, PDL1 is used as a biomarker for tumor immune escape, a sign of increasing cancer progression. PDL1 percentage is also a significant predictor for immunotherapy efficacy, whereby immune checkpoint inhibitors bind to PDL1 and block its ability to ...