Augmenting Pathology Labs With Big Data And Machine Learning

Pathology laboratories are big data environments. However, these big data are often hidden behind expert humans who manually and with great care visually parse large complex and detailed datasets to provide critical diagnoses. Humans it turns out, are amazingly detailed and accurate large data visualization, segmentation and interpretation devices. Experts are able to zoom in and identify the potentially five or six tumor glands from a large area of stained tissue that comprise the average cancer positive needle biopsy. However, pathology is still an extremely manual and detailed process requiring great skill and accuracy to avoid any potential misdiagnosis.