Industry Insights: Scanning the Path Ahead

Devika Gholap shares how smarter scanners and changing habits could accelerate the transition to digital pathology

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Devika Gholap identified scanner and system costs, along with pathologists’ established microscope habits, as major barriers to digital pathology adoption.
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Gholap said residents and pathology students are increasingly trained with digital pathology and may accelerate adoption as they enter the workforce.
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She envisioned scanners analyzing slides as they are captured, enabling preliminary case categorization and triage before pathologists review them.
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Gholap described slide and image quality control as foundational, with algorithms able to flag inadequate scans and potential sample-preparation problems.
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She said broader adoption depends in part on lower technology costs and collaboration among industry, academia, and end users.

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