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The Leeds Guide to Digital Pathology

Darren Treanor
Darren Treanor MD, PhD
Bethany Williams
Bethany Williams MBBS PhD

The path to clinical digital pathology deployment is a challenging but rewarding one. Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust continues the journey and has gained valuable insight that will help others navigate their way. The purpose of this guide is to provide balanced and practical information on clinical deployment based on our experience and knowledge.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust are developing best practice guidance in implementing digital pathology for routine diagnosis. This guide acts as a useful starting point when embarking on your digital pathology journey.

Download the Leeds Guide to Digital Pathology


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Darren Treanor
Darren Treanor , MD, PhD

Dr. Treanor is a Consultant Histopathologist at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Honorary Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Leeds, UK. He is also Guest Professor in Digital Pathology at Linköping University, Sweden, where he works with the university and hospital teams on digital pathology research in a well-established project where 100% of clinical slides are scanned.

Bethany Williams
Bethany Williams , MBBS PhD

Dr. Bethany Williams is a Specialty Doctor at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and the University of Leeds, and the Lead for Training, Validation and PPI at the National Pathology Imaging Co-Operative in the United Kingdom. She has published extensively in the fields of digital pathology patient safety, evidence based digital pathology training and validation and effective digital deployment. Her body of research earned her the Pathological Society’s medal for research impact, and she is regularly invited to speak at international conferences as an authority on the digital pathology evidence base, practical deployment and patient safety. 

참조 문헌

  1. Goacher E, Randell R, Williams BJ,Treanor D (2017) The Diagnostic Concordance of Whole Slide Imaging and Light Microscopy: A Systematic Review. Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine: January 2017, Vol. 141, No. 1, p. 151-161.
  2. Williams BJ, DaCosta P, Goacher E, Treanor D (2017) A Systematic Analysis of Discordant Diagnoses in Digital Pathology Compared With Light Microscopy. Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine: December 2017, Vol. 141, No. 12, pp. 1712-1718.
  3. Cancer Research UK. Testing times to come? An evaluation of pathology capacity across the UK. 2016 https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/sites/default/files/testing_times_to_come_nov_16_cruk.pdf
  4. Williams BJ, Bottoms D, Treanor D (2017) Future-proofing pathology: the case for clinical adoption of digital pathology Journal of Clinical Pathology;70:1010-1018.
  5. Ahlers HJ, Stratman C, et al. Can digital pathology result in cost savings? A financial projection for digital pathology implementation of a large integrated health care organization. J Pathol Inform. 2014; 5:33
  6. Williams BJ, Bottoms D, Clark D, et al Future-proofing pathology part 2: building a business case for digital pathology Journal of Clinical Pathology Published Online First: 16 March 2018. doi: 10.1136/ jclinpath-2017-204926
  7. Royal College of Pathologists. Best practice recommendations for digital pathology. 2018. https://www.rcpath.org/resourceLibrary/best-practicerecommendations-for-implementing-digital-pathology-pdf.html
  8. Williams BJ, Hanby A, Millican-Slater R, Nijhawan A, Verghese E & Treanor D (2018) Digital pathology for the primary diagnosis of breast histopathological specimens: an innovative validation and concordance study on digital pathology validation and training Histopathology 72,662–671

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