• 13. European Congress on Digital Pathology Berlin, May 25-28, 2016

Opening

• History Of The European Conference Series On Digital Pathology: Memories And Perspectives

  Klaus Kayser

Keynote

• Computer Assisted Medical Imaging: From Research to Clinical Application

  Horst Karl Hahn
• Strategies And Demands For Digital Pathology Workflow Integration

  Liron Pantanowitz

Image Analysis I-II-III

• Impact Of Tissue Sampling On Accuracy Of Ki67 Immunohistochemistry Evaluation In Breast Cancer

  Justinas Besusparis, B. Plancoulaine, Allan Rasmusson, A. R. Green, R. Augulis, I. O. Ellis, A. Laurinaviciene, P. Herlin, Arvydas Laurinavicius
• Morphometric Analysis In Benign, Atypical And Invasive Breast Lesions And Its Correlation With Histological Diagnosis, Tumour Grading And Her2 Overexpression

  Renu Gahlaut, B. Arora
• Validation Of Virtual Double Staining For Estimation Of Ki67 Proliferation Indices In Breast Carcinomas

  R. Røge, R. Riber-Hansen, S. Nielsen, Mogens Vyberg
• Digital Image Analysis Of Her2 Immunostained Gastric And Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinomas

  S.L. Nielsen, S. Nielsen, Mogens Vyberg
• Use of Digital Image Analysis for Outcome Prediction in Breast Cancer

  I. Roxanis, R. Colling
• Image Analysis Approach To Distinguish Lobular Structures In The Mammary Gland From Well-Differentiated Breast Cancer With Tubule Formation

  Anne Grote, N. S. Schaadt, F. Feuerhake
• Automated Ki67 Hotspot Detection For Breast Cancer Biopsies

  David Pilutti, E. Pegolo, F. La Marra, Vincenzo Della Mea, C. Di Loreto
• Automated Measurement Of The Density Of Vessels On Whole Slide Images Of Paediatric Brain Tumours

  Christophe Deroulers, V. Dangouloff-Ros, M. Badoual, P. Varlet, N. Boddaert
• Computational Topology Based Quantification Of Hepatocytes Nuclei In Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Liver Injury In Mice

  Rodrigo Rojas Moraleda, W. Xiong, N. Valous, L. Salinas, K. Breitkopf-Heinlein, S. Dooley, I. Zoernig, D. W. Heermann, D. Jäger
• A Graph-Based Digital Pathology Approach To Describe Lymphocyte Clustering Patterns After Renal Transplantation

  N. S. Schaadt, A. Uvarovskii, M. Meyer-Hermann, R. Schönmeyer, N. Brieu, J.H. Bräsen, W. Gwinner, F. Feuerhake
• Fractal Behavior Of Gleason And Srigley Grading Systems

  M.S. Serbanescu, R.M. Plesea, O.T. Pop, C. Bungardean, I.E. Plesea
• Significance of Morphometric Analysis of HPV-Induced Cervical Dysplasia

  B. Vukomanovic Djurdjevic
• Analysis of Color Standardization Methods for the Automatic Quantification of IHQ Stain in Breast TMA

  M. M. Fernandez-Carrobles, O. Deniz, G. Bueno
• Micrometastasis Detection Guidance by Whole-Slide Image Texture Analysis in Colorectal Lymph Nodes

  R. Venâncio, B. Ben Cheikh, A. Coron, E. Saegusa-Beecroft, J. Machi, L. Bridal, D. Racoceanu, J. Mamou
• Graph-Based Approach for Spatial Heterogeneity Analysis in Tumor Microenvironment

  B. Ben Cheikh, C. Bor-Angelier, D. Racoceanu
• Classification of Degree of Differentiation of Colorectal Neoplasm by Changes in the Betti Number

  K. Nakane, A. Takiyama
• Deep Convolutional Neural Networks for Histological Image Analysis in Gastric Carcinoma Whole Slide Images

  H. Sharma, N. Zerbe, I. Klempert, O. Hellwich, P. Hufnagl

Telepathology

• Bridge The Distance Between Breast Pathologists: When The Senopath Network Opens Up To The Telepathology

  Camille Franchet, M.-L. Quintyn-Ranty, P. Caveriviere, K. Gordien, F.-X. Frenois, V. Maisongrosse, E. Mery, P. Wuithier, J. Reyre, V. Laborie, V. Rolland, I. Thibaut, M. Jamme-Lallemand, J. Palasse, B. Despax, P. Brousset, M. Lacroix-Triki, R. Duprez-Paumier
• Provincial Telepathology Networks And Their Connection Into National/Central Telepathology Network In China: A Result Analysis From 2012 To 2015

  Chen Zhou, Y. Jiao, Z. Zhang, J. Chen
• Mucinous Neoplasms Of The Appendix And Peritoneum: Virtual Microscopy For Histomorphologic Assessment And Interobserver Diagnostic Reproducibility

  I. Villa, L. Villeneuve, N. J. Carr, S. Isaac, O. Glehen, M. Capovilla, A. Chevallier, S. Croce, R. Kaci, G. Lang-Averous, M.-H. Laverriere, A. Leroux-Broussier, E. Mery, F. Poizat, S. Valmary-Degano, V. Verriele-Beurrier, F.-N. Gilly, F. Bibeau, P. Dartigues
• Towards Efficient Collaborative Digital Pathology: A Pioneer Initiative Of The FlexMIm Project

  D. Racoceanu, D. Ameisen, A. Veillard, B. Ben Cheikh, E. Attieh, P. Brezillon, J.-B. Yunès, J.-M. Temerson, L. Toubiana, V. Verger, J.-F. Pomerol, J. Klossa, F. Lallemand, P. Constant, F. Capron, C. Guettier, N. Phan, P. Bertheau
• An Innovative Telepathology Solution For Developing Countries

  M. Botteghi, N. Masalu, V. Stracca, D. Amadori
• Comparison of Digital and Conventional Measurements of the Morphometric Prognostic Parameters in Cutaneous Melanoma

  V. T. Moldovan, L. Ali, M. Costache, M. Sajin, A. Lazaroiu

Data Integration and Modelling

• Next Generation Biobanking - From Biorepository To Data Integration Center

  C. Stephan, M. Zünkeler, D. Bieling, K. Saeger, S. Lohmann, Norman Zerbe, Peter Hufnagl
• Biobank Semantic Information Management With The Health Intelligence Platform

  Christian Seebode, M. Ort, S. González Álvarez, C.R.A. Regenbrecht
• Data Architecture For A Clincal Data Repository - Evaluation And Design At Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin

  Michael Mallach, M. Peuker
• Cross-Fertilization between Computational Morphogenesis and Digital Pathology

  P. Siregar, N. Julen

Virtual Microscopy

• Block-Centric Visualization Of Histological Whole Slide Images With Application To Revealing Growth-Patterns Of Early Colorectal Adenomas And Aberrant Crypt Foci

  Norman Zerbe, D. Heim, J. Kantonen, F. Klauschen, K. Schlüns, P. Hufnagl, H. Bläker
• INPUT DEVICE RESEARCH FOR DIGITAL PATHOLOGY. AN ERGONOMIC OUTLOOK

  Eduardo Alcaraz-Mateos, F. Caballero-Aleman, M. Albarracin, F. Carceles, R. Hernandez, S. Hernandez-Kakauridze, L. Hernandez, I. Jimenez, A. Lopez, C. Moreno, M. Perez-Ramos, A. Nieto-Olivares, N. Sanchez-Campoy, I. Martinez-Gonzalez-Moro, E. Poblet-Martinez
• Portable Viewers For Whole Slide Images

  Luis Alfaro
• Cytomine: An Open-Source Software For Collaborative Analysis Of Whole-Slide Images

  R. Marée, L. Rollus, B. Stévens, R. Hoyoux, G. Louppe, R. Vandaele, J.-M. Begon, P. Kainz, P. Geurts, L. Wehenkel
• A Globally Optimum Parallelizable Whole Slide Image Registration Algorithm

  A. Çapar, T. Çöplü, I.C. Türkmen

Computer Aided Diagnosis

• Structure, Function, And Predictive Diagnosis Algorithms

  Klaus Kayser, Stephan Borkenfeld, Rita Carvalho, Gian Kayser
• Sustainable Formal Representation Of Breast Cancer Grading Histopathological Knowledge

  L. Traore, C. Daniel, M.-C. Jaulent, T. Schrader, D. Racoceanu, Y. Kergosien
• Automated Image Analysis Of Her2 Fish Enables New Definitions Of Genetic Heterogeneity In Breast Cancer Tissue

  G. Radziuviene, Allan Rasmusson, R. Augulis, D. Lesciute-Krilaviciene, A. Laurinaviciene, E. Clim, Arvydas Laurinavicius
• Long-Term Application Of Automated Ki67 Quantification In Routine Breast Cancer Diagnostics

  Stephan Wienert, F. Klauschen, S. Loibl, G. von Minckwitz, C. Denkert
• Computer-Assisted Inflammation Analysis Of Kidney-Graft Biopsy To Improve Risk Stratification In Allograft Rejection

  Vannary Meas-Yedid, A. Sicard, M. Rabeyrin, A. Koenigl, S. Ducreux, F. Dijoud, L. Badet, E. Morelon, J.-C. Olivo-Marin, O. Thaunat
• A Workflow For Computer-Aided Cytology In Whole Slide Images: Application In Fine-Needle Aspiration Thyroid Cytology

  R. Marée, R. Mormont, J.-M. Begon, C. Degand, N. D’Haene, I. Salmon

Diagnostic Advances

• An Integrated Environment For Tissue Morphometrics And Analytics

  Talha Qaiser, K. Sirinukunwattana, N. Rajpoot
• Evolution And Revolution In Contemporary Pathology

  Giampiero Duglio
• Semi-Automatic Classification Of Histopathological Images: Dealing With Inter-Slide Variations

  Michael Gadermayr, M. Strauch, J. Unger, P. Boor, B.M. Klinkhammer, S. Djudjaj, D. Merhof
• Estimating Liver Steatosis: Can Artificial Neural Network And Image Analysis Improve The Accuracy

  A. Capar, I. Türkmen, A. Akhan, B. Saka, A. Cakir, S. Ramadan, G.B. Dogusoy
• Digital Pathology In Italy: Preliminary Results From A National Survey

  D. Massi, R. Mencarelli, Vincenzo Della Mea

Imaging Technology

• Influence Of Display Characteristics On Clinical Performance In Digital Pathology

  Tom Kimpe, A. Avanaki, K. Espig, J. Rostang, G. Van Hoey, A. Xthona
• Optimizing Optical And Digital Resolution For Brightfield Whole Slide Scanning

  J. Isola, O. Ylinen, T. Tolonen, P. Tolonen
• Hematoxylin Counterstain To Simplify Whole Slide Scanning Of Immunofluorescence Stains

  J. Isola, T. Tolonen, P. Tolonen, O. Ylinen
• Microanatomical Analysis And Quantification Of Plasma Cell Niche Interactions In The Bone Marrow

  A. Hauser-Hankeln, S. Zehentmeier, Z. Cseresnyes, K. Holzwarth, J. Stefanowski, D. Reismann, R. Niesner, A. Radbruch
• Digital Microscopy Versus Conventional Microscopy In Assessment Of Jejune Intraepithelial Lymphocytes

  V. T. Moldovan, L. Ali, C. Mehotin, A. Bucataru, I. Cozea, M. Sanjin, A. Lazaroiu

Quality Assessment / Management

• Comparison Display Resolution On User Impact For Digital Pathology

  Cedric Marchessoux, A. Nave Dufour, K. Espig, S. Monaco, A. Palekar, L. Pantanowitz
• Efficient, Unbiased Quality Assurance Of Automated Tissue Analysis Applicable To Daily Pathology Practice

  Allan Rasmusson, B. Plancoulaine, P. Herlin, Arvydas Laurinavicius
• The Benefits of Digital Pathology in the Assessment of HER2 ISH in a National External Quality Assessment Scheme.

  Katherine Sheehan, M. Ibrahim, E. Kay, S. Parry, A. O’Grady
• Image Quality – Requirements For Clinical and Research Applications

  N. Zerbe, D. Heim, T. Wetzel, M. Domhardt, S. Wienert, A. Alekseychuk, K. Schlüns, P. Hufnagl
• Blur Quantification of Medical Images: Dicom Media, Whole Slide Images, Generic Images and Videos

  D. Ameisen, J. Auger-Kantor, E. Ameisen
• Application of Medical Information System for Image-Based Second Opinion Consultations – Georgian Experience

  E. Kldiashvili

Standardization

• A Review On International Guidelines For Digital Pathology

  M. Garcia-Rojo
• Optimal Image Data Compression For Whole Slide Images

  J. Isola
• Anatomic Pathology Structured Report Under FHIR

  T. Schrader, J. Libramm
• Color Calibration In Digital Pathology: The Clinical Impact Of A Novel Test Object

  E. Clarke, C. Revie, D. Brettle, R. Wilson, C. Mello-Thoms, D. Treanor
• Standardization Of Pathology Whole Slide Images According To DICOM 145 Supplement And Storage In PACs

  M. Garcia-Rojo, A. Sanchez, Gloria Bueno, D. de Mena
• Typing, Grading, Staging - The Ultimate Goals Of Pathology Reports Modelled In HL7V3/CDA

  Gunter Haroske, F. Oemig

Clinical Workflow Integration

• Choosing And Implementing The Correct Whole Slide Imaging System

  Peter Branders, T. Tousseyn, B. Weynand
• The Effects Of Digital Workflow Support And Workflow Control For The Performance Of Routine Pathology

  Gunter Haroske, M. Mörz
• Integration Of Externalized Decision Models In The Definition Of Workflows For Digital Pathology

  J. van Leeuwen, A. Ibrahim, Anca Bucur
• The Role of the Technicians in the Digital Pathology Implementation. Searching Optimization

  Eduardo Alcaraz-Mateos, I. Tortosa-Martinez, C. Alcolea-Guardiola, S. Estevez-Ligero, A. Abellan-Palazon, A. Kundisova, A. Nieto-Olivares, A. Chaves-Benito
• Solution For The Optimization Of Pathology Case Distribution Leveraging Flexible Definition Of Policies

  Anca Bucur, J. van Leeuwen, R. Vdovjak

eLearning

• The Impact Of Introducing Virtual Slides As A Replacement For Powerpoint Presentations In The Students’ Microscopy Labs

  Adrian Vaduva, R. Cornea, M. Cornianu, I. Mihai, A. Muresan, O. Vita, M. Derban, A. Jurescu, A. Gheju, S. Taban, C. Lazureanu, C. Duta, F. Lazar, A. Dema
• Development Of An Android Based Interactive Guide For The Berliner Medizinhistorisches Museum Der Charité

  Iris Klempert, T. Arndt, T. Schnalke, P. Hufnagl, Norman Zerbe
• Open Access Publication In Pathology – Advantages, Constraints And New Tools

  Rita Carvalho, Stephan Borkenfeld, Klaus Kayser
• Cytest - A New Platform For Training And Testing In Cytopathology

  Luca Lianas, M.E. Piras, E. Musu, S. Podda, F. Frexia, E. Ovcin, G. Bussolati, G. Zanetti
• Comparative Analyses Based On WSI View Paths Recorded During Multiple Practical Exams In Oral Pathology

  Slawomir Walkowski, M. Lundin, J. Szymas, J. Lundin
• Virtual Patients And Serious Games In Medicine

  P. Siregar, N. Julen

Molecular & Integrative Pathology

• Semi-Automatic Quantification Of mRNA Expression In Whole-Slide Tissue Images

  Vannary Meas-Yedid, O. Fuica, M. Boukerroucha, S. El Guendi, S. Dallongeville, J.-C. Olivo-Marin, C. Josse, R. Marée
• Diagnosis Of The Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) Using A Raman-Based Scanner Optimized For Blood Smear Analysis (M3s Project)

  M. Fere, L.H. Liu, C. Gobinet, A. Beljebbar, V. Untereiner, J.-F. Angiboust, M. Manfait, G. Gheldof, H. Jacquemin, S. Walbrecq, E. Cornet, X. Troussard, B. Chatelain, J. Angelo, M. Chollat, J. Klossa, O. Piot
• Raman Spectroscopy-Based Cancer Diagnostic Platform For Pathology Classification In Barrett’s Oesophagus And Its Integration Into Clinic

  Martin Isabelle, O. Old, G. Lloyd, K. Lau, J. Dorney, A. Lewis, G. Thomas, N. Shepherd, H. Barr, I. Bell, N. Stone, C. Kendall
• Retained PTEN Expression Preferentially Identifies Mismatch Repair-Proficient Breast Cancers

  Nicola Fusco, L. Runza, G. Ercoli, D. Gambini, C. Blundo, L. Despini, M. Giroda, S. Bosari

ePoster

• Application Of Raman Microscopy For The Diagnosis Of The Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (Cll)

  M. Fere, L. H. Liu, C. Gobinet, A. Beljebbar, V. Untereiner, J.-F. Angiboust, M. Manfait, D. Gheldorf, H. Jacquemin, S. Walbrecq, E. Cornet, X. Troussard, B. Chatelain, J. Angelo, M. Chollat, J. Klossa, O. Piot
• An Integrated Framework For Histological Image Data Analytics

  A. Homeyer, H. Kost, H. Hahn
• Semi-Automatic And Automatic Ki-67 Index Examination In Whole Slide Images Of Meningiomas

  T. Markiewicz, Z. Swiderska-Chadaj, B. Grala, M. Lorent, W. Kozlowski
• Experiments In Extracting Digital Slides From Video

  Vincenzo Della Mea, M. Turetta, M. Nobile, David Pilutti
• Virtual Microscopy New, Old, Out, Or Just A Part Of Education

  Iris Klempert, K. Jöhrens
• The Use Of Smartphones As Adjuvant Tool In Cervical Cytologic Diagnosis

  Leila Ali, Valentin Tiberiu Moldovan, M. Sajin
• The Reproducibility Index of Pathological Diagnosis and Rare Cases. The Results of the On-line Diagnostic Competition “Final Diagnosisâ€

  Asel Kudaybergenova, A. Artemyeva, A. Remez
• Pathology Assistant (C) - Gamechanger Of Pathology Diagnostic

  Asel Kudaybergenova, A. Remez
• Open Source Systems In Digital Pathology

  Aliakbar Dariush
• Accuracy Of Whole Slide Imaging Stack Alignment In Consecutive Sections Of The Carotid Artery

  Marit Lucas, I. Jansen, O. de Boer, T. van Leeuwen, D. de Bruin, H. Marquering
• Automated Quantification Of Proliferation With Automated Hot-Spot Selection In Phosphohistone H3/Mart1 Dual-Stained Melanomas

  P. S. Nielsen, R. Riber-Hansen, H. Schmidt, T. Steiniche
• Application Of Ki-67 Analysis In A Distributed Computing Infrastructure

  Marco Strutz, B. Lindequist, M. Witt, H. Heßling, P. Hufnagl, D. Krefting
• Computer-assisted quantification of caix membrane immunoreaction destined for the clear cells in renal carcinoma. A pilot study.

  J. Slodkowska, T. Markiewicz, M. Wdowiak, B. Mlot, W. Kozlowski
• Correlations Between Interstitial Stromal Fibrillary Network And Disease Progression In Hepatitis C

  I.E. Plesea, C.D. Uscatu, M.S. Serbanescu, M. Indries, R.M. Plesea
• Detection Of Automatic Digital Image Analysis Problems For The Evaluation Of Immune Markers In Breast Cancer Biopsies

  M. Lejeune, G.C. Oreo Pastor, C. López, R. Bosch, T. Salvadó, T. Álvaro, M. García-Rojo, G. Bueno, A. Korzynska, L. Roszkowiak, C. Callau, N. Navas
• Objective Ki-67 Index Quantification In Non-Breast Tumors – Preliminary Data In Timisoara, Romania

  A. Vaduva, R. Cornea, I. Mihai, M. Cornianu, D. Szilagyi, A. Muresan, D. Anderco, C. Suciu, C. Lazureanu, A. Dema
• Patch-Based Nonlinear Image Registration For Gigapixel Whole Slide Images

  J. Lotz, J. Olesch, N. Weiss, J. Lotz, K. Breuhahn, H. Hahn, J. Modersitzki
• Features of an Expression of Smooth Muscle Actin by Muscle Cells of Arterioles and Venules of Ureter and Urinary Bladder of Newborns in Modeling Chronic Intrauterine Hypoxia

  I. Gorianikova, I. Sorokina, M. Myroshnychenko
• Apoptotic Activity of Cells of Thymus and Spleen in Children Born To Women Who Led an Unhealthy Lifestyle

  I. Gorianikova, I. Sorokina, M. Myroshnychenko
• Correlation Analysis of the Feto-Placental Parameters Et Intrauterine Growth Retardation

  I. Gorianikova, O. Kononenko, O. Zinchenko, O. Antonova
• Morphological Features of Pregnancy of Uterine Leiomyomas

  I. Gorianikova, O. Reshetnikova, E. Burgelo
• Morphological Patterns of the Placenta Remodelling In Cases of IUGR at 20-25 Weeks of Gestation

  I. Gorianikova, O. Kononenko, O. Teleshova
• Telepathology a Useful Method in the Diagnosis Digestive Biopsies with Rare Entities. Case Presentation of a Collagenous Gastritis.

  V. T. Moldovan, L. Ali, B. Gabriel
• Assessment of Microvascular Density in the Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Pancreas: a Correlation with Multidetector Computed Tomography (MDCT) Features and Tumor Grade

  A. Glotov, E. Belousova, D. Kalinin