Standardizing the use of whole slide images in digital pathology.
Whole slide imaging/images (WSI) offers promising new perspectives for digital pathology. We launched an initiative in the anatomic pathology (AP) domain of integrating the healthcare enterprise (IHE) to define standards-based informatics transactions for integrating AP information and WSI. The IHE integration and content profiles developed as a result of this initiative successfully support the basic image acquisition and reporting processes in AP laboratories and provide a standard solution for sharing or exchanging structured AP reports in which observations can be explicitly bound to WSI or to regions of interest (ROI) in images.
INSERM UMR_S 872 eq20, Univ Paris Descartes, Paris, France. christel.daniel@crc.jussieu.fr
Christel
C
Daniel
Marcial García
MG
Rojo
Jacques
J
Klossa
Vincenzo
V
Della Mea
David
D
Booker
Bruce A
BA
Beckwith
Thomas
T
Schrader
D002984:Clinical Laboratory Information Systems / Q000592:standards*; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D008853:Microscopy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D010338:Pathology, Clinical / Q000592:standards*; D013048:Specimen Handling