Wednesday, 30 June
Venue: Radisson Blu Hotel Lietuva (former Reval Hotel Lietuva), Vilnius |
| 16.00 - 19.00 |
Registration |
| 18.00 – 18.30 |
Opening ceremony of the 10th European Congress on Telepathology and
4th International Congress on Virtual Microscopy |
| 18.30 - 19.30 |
Welcome reception |
Thursday, 1 July
Venue: Radisson Blu Hotel Lietuva (former Reval Hotel Lietuva), Vilnius |
| 08.00 - 18.30 |
Registration |
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Plenary Session
Chair: Prof. Klaus Kayser, Prof. Dr. Arvydas Laurinavicius
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| 09.00 - 09.45 |
Digital routine histopathology; The future is here!
Dr. Sten Thorstenson
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| 09.45 - 10.30 |
Towards second generation expert systems in telepathology for aid in diagnosis
Prof. Touradj Ebrahimi |
| 10.30 - 11.00 |
Coffee break |
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Scientific session 1 - Advances in Telepathology
Chair: Dr. Christel Daniel, Prof. Touradj Ebrahimi
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| 11.00 - 11.20 |
25 years of telepathology research: a bibliometric analysis
Dr. Vincenzo Della Mea
 Presentation
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| 11.20 - 11.40 |
Telepathology in practice: control quality study and continuing education
Mr. Alessio Gasparetto
Presentation
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| 11.40 - 11.50 |
At a long way’s beginning: WSI based remote expert diagnostics and reporting in routine surgical pathology. Lessons of a lung biopsy validation study.
Dr. Peter Gombas
Presentation |
| 11.50 - 12.00 |
Telecytology for rapid assessment of cytological specimens
Mr. Izidor Kern
Presentation |
| 12.00 - 13.00 |
Lunch |
Plenary Session
Chair: Prof. Dr. Thomas Schrader, Dr. Vytenis Punys |
| 13.00 - 13.20 |
High volume slide scanning: the Utrecht Initiative
Dr. André Huisman
Presentation |
| Scientific session 2 - Virtual Microscopy Technology |
| 13.20 - 13.32 |
LIMS and workflow integration as impulse to establish Virtual Microscopy to daily clinical use
Mr. Kai Saeger
Presentation |
| 13.32 - 13.44 |
Computer aided navigation on histological whole slide images
Mr. Norman Zerbe
Presentation |
| 13.44 - 13.56 |
Cloud computing in web based virtual microscopy
Mr. Mikael Lundin
Presentation |
| 13.56 - 14.08 |
Effect of image compression and scaling on automated scoring of immunohistochemical stainings
Mr. Juho Konsti
Presentation |
| 14.08 - 14.20 |
Distributed computing in image analysis using open source frameworks and application to image sharpness assessment of histological whole slide images
Mr. Norman Zerbe
Presentation |
| 14.20 - 14.32 |
Study of parameters in focus simulation functions of Virtual slide
Mr. Mori Ichiro
Presentation |
| 14.32 - 14.45 |
Quality evaluation of virtual slides using methods based on comparing common image areas
Mr. Slawomir Walkowski |
| 14.45 - 15.00 |
The MICO platform: cognitive virtual microscopy for breast cancer grading
Dr. Daniel Racoceanu |
| 15.00 - 15.20 |
Coffee break |
Plenary Session
Chair: Prof. Bernd Blobel, Dr. Marcial Garcia Rojo |
| 15.20 - 15.40 |
COST Action “EuroTelepath”: Digital slides integration in electronic health record
Dr. Marcial Garcia Rojo
Presentation |
| 15.40 - 16.10 |
Recent advances in standards for collaborative pathology
Dr. Christel Daniel
Presentation |
| 16.10 - 16.50 |
SNOMED CT: The role of terminology in standardizing electronic pathology information
Dr. Kent Spackman
Presentation |
| 16.50 - 17.10 |
Round Table Discussion "Perspective on Information Standards in Pathology - Need for Joint Action" |
| 17.10 - 17.30 |
Coffee break |
Plenary Session
Chair: Dr. Vincenzo Della Mea, Prof. Jorma Isola |
| 17.30 - 18.30 |
European Scanner Contest, Presentation of Results and Round Table
Prof. Dr. Thomas Schrader |
| 18.30 - 19.00 |
The Real Value of Digital (Virtual) Pathology: Better Patient Care, Better Pathologists
Dr. Jared Schwartz |
Friday, 2 July
Venue: Radisson Blu Hotel Lietuva (former Reval Hotel Lietuva), Vilnius |
| 08.00 - 18.00 |
Registration |
Plenary Session
Chair: Dr. Bruce A. Beckwith, Dr. Gian Kayser |
Parallel Meetings |
| 08.30 - 09.00 |
JPEG2000 virtual microscopy: current status and future prospects
Prof. Jorma Isola |
COST 9th WG1, WG3, WG4 meeting |
| 09.00 - 09.30 |
Color Standardization and Optimization in WSI
Dr. Yukako Yagi, PhD
Presentation |
Scientific session 3 - Virtual Microscopy Applications
Chair: Dr. Yukako Yagi, Prof. Dr. Janusz Szymas |
| 09.30 - 09.45 |
Interactive and automated application of virtual microscopy
Dr. Klaus Kayser |
| 09.45 - 10.00 |
Learning Regions of Interest from low level maps in virtual microscopy
Mr. David Edmundo Romo Bucheli
Presentation |
| 10.00 - 10.12 |
Automatic TMA de-arraying
Mr. Daniel Heim |
| 10.12 - 10.24 |
Digital slide microscopy in a cervical cancer cytological screening programme
Dr. Marcial Garcia-Rojo
Presentation |
| 10.24 - 10.36 |
Towards a computer aided diagnosis system dedicated to virtual microscopy based on stereology sampling and diffusion maps
Dr. Philippe Belhomme
Presentation |
| 10.36 - 10.48 |
Benefits of Stereology for quality control of fully automated Virtual Slide analysis
Dr. Paulette Herlin
Presentation |
| 10.48 - 11.00 |
Accuracy of a remote quantitative image analysis in the whole slide images
Prof. Janina Slodkowska
Presentation |
| 11.00 - 11.30 |
Coffee break |
Plenary Session
Chair: Dr. Sten Thorstenson, Dr. Kent Spackman |
| 11.30 - 12.00 |
How to measure diagnosis-associated information in virtual slides?
Dr. Klaus Kayser
Presentation |
| 12.00 - 12.30 |
Expanding Application of Digital Pathology in Japan - from Education, Telepathology to Autodiagnosis
Dr. Yasunari Tsuchihashi, M.D.,Ph.D.
Presentation |
| 12.30 - 13.30 |
Lunch |
Scientific session 4 - Virtual Microscopy Applications
Chair: Dr. Yasunari Tsuchihashi, Ass. Prof. Bernd Blobel |
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| 13.30 - 13.45 |
ImmunoMembrane: a publicly available web application for image analysis of HER-2 immunohistochemistry
Prof. Jorma Isola
Presentation |
DICOM WG26 meeting |
| 13.45 - 14.00 |
ImmunoRatio: a publicly available web application for quantitative image analysis of ER, PR, and Ki-67
Mr. Vilppu Tuominen
Presentation
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| 14.00 - 14.15 |
Robust and easy-to-use quantification of necrosis in histological whole-slide images
Mr. Andre Homeyer
Presentation |
| 14.15 - 14.30 |
Improvements in biomarker labeling and analysis in tissue sections to assess risk of progression of oral premalignancies
Ass. Prof. Jeroen Van der Laak
Presentation |
| 14.30 - 14.45 |
P16 INK4A evaluation in cytology specimens using digital slides
Dr. Marcial Garcia-Rojo
Presentation |
| 14.45 - 15.00 |
Digital pathology evaluation of complement C4d component deposition in the kidney allograft biopsies is a useful tool to improve reproducibility of the scoring
Ms. Ernesta Brazdziute
Presentation |
| 15.00 - 15.15 |
Development of an Automatic Diagnostic Aid System for Prostate Carcinoma
Dr. Yasunari Tsuchihashi, M.D.,Ph.D.
Presentation |
| 15.15 - 15.30 |
Localization of Eosinophilic Esophagitis from H&E Stained Images with Multispectral Imaging
Dr. Pinky Bautista
Presentation |
| 15.30 - 16.00 |
Coffee break / Poster session |
| Industrial Plathorms in Progress |
| 16.00 - 17.00 |
Aperio Symposium
Radical versus Incremental Innovation in Digital Slide Scanning
Presentation 1
Presentation 2
Presentation 3
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| 17.00 - 18.00 |
BioImagene Symposium
Digital Pathology: A Disruptive Innovation in Pathology
Presentation 1
Presentation 2
Presentation 3
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Saturday, 3 July
Venue: Radisson Blu Hotel Lietuva (former Reval Hotel Lietuva), Vilnius |
| 08.00 - 12.00 |
Registration |
Plenary Session
Chair: Dr. Michael Ansorge, Dr. Luis Goncalves |
| 08.30 - 09.00 |
Recent Progress with whole slide imaging in DICOM
Dr. Bruce Beckwith
Presentation |
| 09.00 - 09.30 |
e-Education in pathology including certification of e-institutes
Dr. Klaus Kayser |
Scientific session 5 - Digital Pathology for Education
Chair: Dr. Michael Ansorge, Dr. Luis Goncalves |
| 09.30 - 09.45 |
Five years experiences teaching pathology with the WebMicroscope to dental students
Prof. Dr. Janusz Szymas |
| 09.45 - 10.00 |
Introducing the WebMicroscope into undergraduate pathology
Dr. Laura Helle
Presentation |
| 10.00 - 10.15 |
The use of virtual slides in the EUROPALS examination
Prof. Dr. Jan G Van Den Tweel
Presentation |
| 10.15 - 10.30 |
Evaluation of examination system for students using full digitized pathological slides
Prof. Dr. Janusz Szymas |
| 10.30 - 11.00 |
Coffee break |
Plenary Session
Chair: Dr. Marcial Garcia Rojo, Prof. Dr. Arvydas Laurinavicius |
| 11.00 - 12.40 |
Automated Image Analysis Workshop:
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| 12.40 - 13.00 |
Round Table Discussion - Reflections on the Congress |
| 13.00 - 14.00 |
Lunch |
| Parallel Session |
Plenary Talk
Chair: Dr. Gian Kayser, Dr. Yukako Yagi |
| 09.00 - 09.20 |
Intelligent Security and Privacy Solutions in Telemedicine/Telepathology
Prof. Bernd Blobel
Presentation |
| Technological Progress in Industry |
| 09.20 - 09.40 |
Ultra-High speed digital slide scanners: A New generation for digital pathology
Ms. Bela Molnar |
| 09.40 - 10.00 |
The Technology of Whole-Slide Imaging for Pathology
Mr. Ole Eichhorn |
| 10.00 - 10.20 |
Novel Imaging Modes for Automated Virtual Pathology –
Combination of Multiple Contrasting Methods
Mr. Andreas Plesch |
