Taking diagnostics to a new level
The pathology department at University Hospital Zurich (USZ) boasts an impressive wealth
of data. With almost 6 million samples in its archive, it’s a precious repository of
information with huge potential for the medicine of tomorrow.
«The digital transformation of pathology has the potential to significantly improve the quality of our diagnostics.»
Pathologists make diagnoses by examining tissue samples under the microscope, recognizing patterns to distinguish malignant from benign tissue. USZ has 5.8 million such samples in its archives. Holger Moch and his team now want to digitize them to unlock new potential in clinical diagnostics and research worldwide.
The diagnoses made in pathology are crucial, directly influencing the next steps in a patient’s treatment. In the future, artificial intelligence will allow faster and more precise findings – provided the microscope images in the archive are digitized. The digital transformation of pathology will also facilitate the exchange of data, enabling the team led by Holger Moch to play an even more significant role in international research going forward. The insights gained from this research will in turn benefit patients at USZ.
To usher in this new era in pathology, the plan is to digitize both existing tissue samples from USZ’s considerable archive and newly acquired samples. Together with you, over the next five years we intend to deliver this high-impact project – so that patients can rely on improved diagnoses and new research findings can be applied even more quickly in everyday clinical practice.
10% financed
Director
Institute of Pathology and Molecular Pathology
University Hospital Zurich
