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PathLAKE Winter 2022 Newsletter – Digitisation and AI Tools Focus

Fri, 11 Mar 2022 11:01:00 GMT

In this issue, we focus on PathLAKE's role in digitising NHS labs and developing AI tools.

Prof David Snead, Director of PathLAKE said:

“Having slides in a digital format means we can start to see how computers might help pathologists do their job. Artificial intelligence is being applied to pathology slides, just as in every other walk of life. PathLAKE is at the forefront of developing some of these AI algorithms and aims to provide a data lake of images to help other researchers to do the same. These tools will help provide faster more accurate reports to clinicians, which will help improve outcomes for patients in the future.”

Highlights include:

PathLAKE launches a new animated video for patients and the public: What is computer assisted diagnosis?
An update on PathLAKE Plus, which aims to deliver digital pathology and AI benefits to over 17 million NHS patients.
An interview with Prof Emad Rakha about one of the most recent PathLAKE publications: “Current and future applications of artificial intelligence in pathology: a clinical perspective”.
Recent events, including a conference report from the 8th Digital Pathology and AI Congress: Europe held in London in December.
Update on the Computational Pathology seminar series hosted by the University of Warwick’s Tissue Image Analytics Centre. Recordings of the talks are now available on YouTube.

Throughout the newsletter there are links to more information, where you can find out more about PathLAKE's work.

Click PathLAKE Winter 2022 to download the newsletter.

What is Computer Assisted Diagnosis? PathLAKE launches new animated video for patients and the public

Fri, 11 Mar 2022 12:57:18 GMT

PathLAKE is excited to launch a new video for patients and the public giving a brief introduction to computer assisted diagnosis.

With the help of animations, Dr John Guelke (an ethics researcher in Prof Tom Sorell’s group at the University of Warwick) explains what whole slide images of tissue are, and how the patterns found on whole slide images may indicate diseases, such as cancer.

Professor Tom Sorell, head of the Interdisciplinary Ethics Research Group at the University of Warwick and ethics lead for PathLAKE, said:

This video is intended to give patients and the general public an understandable brief introduction to computer assisted diagnostics. Patients were heavily consulted before the video was made, so it reflects their views.

Among other things, the video shows that the patterns on which diagnoses are based use annotations of whole slide images by expert human pathologists. Patients who think machine diagnosis is independent of expert human judgement should be reassured.

Another issue taken up by the video is the protection of patient identities associated with tissue samples captured by Whole Slide Images. This is another source of reassurance.

The video is on the PathLAKE YouTube channel.

PathLAKE Autumn Newsletter released!

Wed, 06 Oct 2021 10:58:37 GMT

We are excited by the new release of the PathLAKE Autumn Newsletter!

This edition is focussed on the education & engagement activities PathLAKE offers and how you can get involved!

For further information please visit: Out now! PathLAKE Autumn 2021 Newsletter - PathLAKE : PathLAKE

To download follow the link here: PathLAKE Autumn 2021 Newsletter

PathLAKE Summer Newsletter

Mon, 26 Jul 2021 10:03:02 GMT

We have released our PathLAKE Summer Newsletter 2021!

To download the newsletter please follow the link here.

This edition features an exciting insight into our patient & public opinion within PathLAKE as we interview Janet, Ed & Sophia on their contribution towards PathLAKE.

The newsletter also includes PathLAKE news, upcoming events and latest publications.

Masterclasses 2021 Recordings now available!

Wed, 21 Jul 2021 12:25:00 GMT

We are excited to announce the recordings from our recent May Masterclass series: "AI for Pathologists" are now live on Youtube!

The playlist includes recordings of each session, Q&A sessions, Industry flash talks and much more.

Follow the link here to watch the recordings: PathLAKE Masterclasses 2021 - YouTube or visit our dedicated Masterclass page for more information.

Upcoming Ethics Webinar: Research Ethics Committee Review of AI projects: what REC members need to know and training needs

Tue, 15 Jun 2021 11:22:00 GMT

Please find details below of the next in the Centres of Excellence Ethics Webinar series, hosted by PathLAKE.

This session’s topic is Research Ethics Committee Review of AI projects: what REC members need to know and training needs and it will be held on teams on Thurs 22^nd July 1 to 2.30pm.

Schedule:

1. Tom Sorell (Warwick) – Introduction: Are some of the ethical issues raised by data lakes new or unusual?

2. Clare Verrill (Oxford) – Report on a survey of experiences of REC review

3. Will Navaie (NHS Health Research Authority) – How can we streamline the regulatory system for data-driven research?

4. Responses from REC members and general discussion

For more information and joining instructions please follow this link: Ethics in Imaging: AI Centres of Excellence webinar series - PathLAKE : PathLAKE

Spring Newsletter 2021!

Fri, 23 Apr 2021 11:18:00 GMT

We have released our PathLAKE Spring Newsletter 2021!

Please follow the link here to view.

This quarterly edition features NHS site updates, highlights from the previous quarter, upcoming events and the latest PathLAKE Publications.

Follow the link here to view our previous newsletters.

Computational Pathology and PathLAKE - 7th March 2021

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 10:58:13 GMT

Professor Nasir Rajpoot speaks on the topic: Beyond Microscopy: Pathology Informatics. This was a workshop held in conjunction with the Evidence based Medicine conference. Organised by Tata Memorial Hospital (India) 7th March 2021.

Division of Biomedical Sciences, Warwick Medical School Divisional Seminar Series-10th February

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 15:19:00 GMT

On Wednesday 10th February, Dr Fayyaz Minhas delivered a seminar titled "Machine Learning Guided Discovery of Protein Interactions and Functions."

Please see the link here for more information.

AI Centres of Excellence 'Ethics in Imaging' Webinar - 14th January

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 17:28:00 GMT

An ethics workshop, organised for Thursday 14th January, brings together AI Centres of Excellence to further explore 'Ethics in Imaging'.