Editorials

Lance Mikus, MBA, Product Management Leader – Image Capture Systems at Leica Biosystems

We know how important it is for Pathologists to clearly see morphologic details in order to make an assessment of a case. That’s why we relentlessly pursue testing next generation scanner images with the aim of achieving excellent image quality.

Lance Mikus, MBA, Product Management Leader – Image Capture Systems at Leica Biosystems

In this article we will discuss how we measure usability specifically with Histotechnicians using, among other techniques, an innovative approach called the System Usability Scale (SUS).

Colin Doolan, BSc

Olga Colgan, PhD

Sherri’ Heffner, CT ASCP

Digital pathology incorporates the acquisition, management, sharing and interpretation of pathology information — including slides and data — in a digital environment.

Lance Mikus, MBA, Product Management Leader – Image Capture Systems at Leica Biosystems

Christian Schulz, Team Leader Optical Design, Leica Microsystems

YunLu Zou, PhD, Technical Lead Engineer – Optical Systems at Leica Biosystems

In today’s global environment, enabling large global engineering teams to collaborate while being in physically different locations can be challenging for many companies. This was the case at Leica Biosystems (LBS) and Leica Microsystems (LMS).

Lance Mikus, MBA, Product Management Leader – Image Capture Systems at Leica Biosystems

YunLu Zou, PhD, Technical Lead Engineer – Optical Systems at Leica Biosystems

Leica Biosystems digital pathology engineers realize a breakthrough to real time focusing (RTF), achieving extremely high-speed line scanning at 40x magnification.

James Anderson, Global Marketing Manager

Healthcare providers face seemingly contradictory demands: reduce costs, provide an efficient service to more patients, and improve quality of care. For Anatomical Pathology laboratories, automation and connectivity make it possible to achieve all three goals.

Charles W. Scouten, Ph.D. – Innovation Manager Leica Biosystems

Varying the approach angle in stereotaxic surgery can overcome the conflict between positional accuracy and interpretability. Fortunately, modern computer controlled stereotaxic instruments make this possible.

Miles Cunningham

Neuroscience researchers usually need to see slices of whole brain in order to determine the location in brain of detail they are viewing under the microscope.

Mikko Rasanen, Senior Product Manager

Sample tracking systems help reduce misdiagnosis by positively identifying patient tissue throughout the diagnostic process.

Charles W. Scouten, Ph.D. – Innovation Manager Leica Biosystems

The instrument for moving a probe to a given coordinate in space – inside the brain – is a stereotaxic instrument.