Advent of digital slides brings many advantages for histopathologists

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Advent of digital slides brings many advantages for histopathologists

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David Roche
Consult
Being able to view the pathology allows patients to better understand their diagnosis

FROM THE LAB

The benefits of digitised histopathology slides extend well beyond basic diagnosis and issuing of reports, and will advance this old-fashioned discipline into the telehealth world

Key points, Digital slides allow instant access to images of previous biopsies from the same patient, which is crucial in some cases Traditional glass sli