Validating the colour reproducibility of a whole slide imaging scanner
Many laboratories are moving into digital imaging. But there’s an understandable hesitation from some pathologists, who ask: “How can we be sure that the digital image we see is truly representative of the slide?” In particular, with histopathology’s need for accurate staining, how can practitioners be assured that nothing is being lost or inaccurately represented in the digitisation process?
Sierra Validate and Standardise (VS) Analyser helps to answer these questions. Used in combination with the Sierra Slide, which provides a colour reference with human tissue scanning characteristics, the software analysis tool validates the colour reproducibility of a digital pathology scanner (or portfolio of scanning devices) across 55 patches containing some commonly used tissue stains. This enables a full appreciation of any variances from ground truth colour.
If you also want to save profiles for applying to images, find out more about the VS Profiler.