Just like the Olympics, multiple gold medals were given out at the first annual European Scanner Contest. The gold medals went to Leica, Olympus, & 3DHistech!
In a previous post, “Going For The Gold! A Digital Pathology Olympics” I discussed how on May 25th-26th the first contest was held with six companies choosing to participate. The participants had the option of competing in up to three disciplines with a maximum of two scanners.
The disciplines were:
- Quality: 10 slides scanned at 20x and 40x then reviewed by a panel of pathologists
- Mass: 35 slides scanned at 20x and 40x then assessed by speed, focus, particles, and stitching
- Cytology: 12 Pap slides scanned a 20x and 40x then assessed by speed, focus, and stitching
- IHC: HER2, CerbB2 at 40x and then assessed for speed and focus
- Cytology: Pap +MKI67 and then assessed for speed and focus
The following awards were presented at the 10th Annual European Congress on Virtual Microscopy in Vilnius, Lithuania July 1-3, 2010, based on specific requirements and evaluation rules.
- Olympus received two awards for their VS-110 scanner in the Quality category for mixed scan at 20x and for 40x .16 µm/pixel
- 3DHistech received one award for their Pannoramic Scan 150 for Quality category for mixed scan at 40x 0,23-0,25 µm/pixel
- Leica received two awards for the SCN400 scanner for the Mass category in both 20x and 40x
Congratulations to the winning companies and their instruments, and I look forward to future contests and encourage more companies in our industry to participate. For additional information, download the following powerpoint presentation about the contest and an overall summary of results.
