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Digital Pathology & Pathologists 2016
December 05-06, 2016
Volume 6 Issue 5(Suppl) J Clin Exp Pathol
ISSN: 2161-0681 JCEP, an open access journal
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December 05-06, 2016 Madrid, Spain
9th World Digital Pathology & Pathologists Congress
Tomoo Itoh et al., J Clin Exp Pathol 2016, 6:5(Suppl)
Validation study of WSI based primary diagnosis by nine Japanese academic institutes
Tomoo Itoh1 , Kazuhiro Tabata2 and Ichiro Mori3
1Kobe University Hospital, Japan
2Nagasaki University Hospital, Japan
3International University of Health and Welfare, Japan
Background: Several reports demonstrate the availability for the primary diagnosis done by digitized slide glass specimen
with Whole Slide Imaging (WSI). However, there has been no publication of the validation study from Japan, which is the
requirement to obtain approval by Japanese Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA).
Objective: To provide evidence of usability of WSI diagnosis for primary diagnosis compared to conventional glass slide
diagnosis by multicenter consortium.
Method: 900 cases, 1070 slides available for histopathologic diagnosis by H&E observation in nine hospitals. The slide glasses
were digitized and independent pathologists trained based on CAP guidelines had reviewed and made diagnosis for the
digitized cases. Digitization was performed by 20x or 40x optical magnifications utilizing whole slide imaging scanner in each
institute and observers reviewed conventional glass slides after more than 2 weeks of washout time interval. Discrepancies
between microscope slide and WSI diagnosis were classified into 3 categories; concordance, major discrepancy (defined as
ones associated with significant difference in clinical treatment) and minor discrepancy (defined as ones associated with no
significant difference in clinical treatment). All pathologists were gathered to review cases with discrepant diagnosis and voted
to decide category and cause of discrepancy.
Result: There were 9 diagnoses with major discrepancy (0.8%) and 38 minor diagnoses with discrepancy (3.6%) between WSI
and microscopic diagnosis. Eight among 9 diagnoses with major discrepancy were judged as proper to the diagnoses based on
conventional microscopic observation. There was no association between level of discrepancy and categories of organ, collecting
method or digitized optical magnification. Major discrepancy rates in all institutes were almost similar ranged from 0% to 3.0%.
Conclusion: Our results indicate the safety and efficacy of WSI based primary diagnosis for cases with biopsy and small
surgery in Japan. We also emphasize the need of intense training specified for digital pathology diagnosis before its recruitment
to the routine clinic.
Biography
Tomoo itoh has completed his PhD at Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine and presently he is a Professor and Deputy Director of Diagnostic
Pathology at Kobe University Hospital, Japan. He is a board certified Member of the Japanese Society of Pathology and board certified Member of the Japanese
Society of Clinical Cytology. He has published more than 34 papers in reputed journals.