Aperio Technologies has announced a digital pathology service that shares digital slides from multiple sources for multiple purposes.
Secondslide improves laboratory efficiency, according to Aperio, and reduces costs associated with managing glass slides by providing pathologists with web-based access to a variety of digital slides, including H and Es, IHCs, frozen sections, pap smears, blood smears and Gram stains.
It is an affordable digital pathology solution for low-to-moderate slide volume applications.
Customers can pay a monthly fee that includes a custom-configured scanner and usage of the slide-sharing network, or they can utilise a Secondslide scanning centre.
The Secondslide data centre runs Spectrum, Aperio's web-based information management (pathology PACS) software, providing access to functions such as digital slide conferencing, image analysis and archival/retrieval.
Customers can also use the data centre to create and access digital slide repositories for self-education, tumour boards, and decision support.
The Secondslide digital slide sharing service will be commercially available in the first quarter of 2009.
