White Papers

Digital Pathology in Drug Development and Companion Diagnostics

Digital pathology is revolutionising the fi eld of bioimaging by reducing operational costs, improving quality and enabling researchers to fast-track the discovery of novel tissue-based biomarkers for companion diagnostics through automated tissue imaging.

Prof. Peter Hamilton
Professor of Bioimaging and Bioinformatics (Queen’s University, Belfast) 

PathXL Simulator: An On-Line Diagnostic Training & Simulation Package Designed for Diagnostics

Educators and pathology professionals have realized the gap between the safe enclosed learning space of the classroom and the diversity of life experiences that exist in the reporting room. There is a desire to extend the fundamental limitations of on-on-one microscope training. It is into this arena that diagnostic simulation is making an impact ...

Dr. James Diamond
Lecturer, Centre For Cancer Research & Cell Biology (Queens University Belfast)

TMA Toolbox: A Complete Online Management Application for Tissue Microarray

The tissue microarray (TMA) was first described by Kononen in 1998 and represents a high-throughput technology for the assessment of histology-based specimens and can include such modalities as H&E sections, immunohistochemistry and fluorescent in-situ hybridization (FISH) ...

Dr. James Diamond
Lecturer, Centre For Cancer Research & Cell Biology (Queens University Belfast)