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Pathology, as a diagnostic specialty, is well along in its adoption and use of digital images for routine clinical workflow, research and education.  However, with an anticipated deluge of image-based data, combined with the reality that many scientists within the collective domains of pathology and its affiliated life sciences specialties are largely unprepared to manage such large digital repositories, there emerges a challenge to make best use of this data.  This presentation will highlight several promising areas of digital image algorithm development that can help to span the divide between life scientist and imaging informaticist, with a focus on actual workflow models. Session details ...

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Dr. Ulysses G. J. Balis is Associate Professor of Pathology and Director of the Division of Pathology Informatics in the Department of Pathology at the University of Michigan Medical School. Dr. Balis is a member of numerous professional societies including the Association for Pathology Informatics of which he was a founding member, served as Vice-President and is currently President-Elect. While at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), he developed and implemented a barcode tracking system for Anatomic Pathology Workflow. Dr. Balis has numerous publications in peer reviewed journals and has served as an invited speaker nationally and internationally in the area of informatics.

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