This episode is brought to you by Hamamatsu. Thank you Hamamatsu :)So...you are already doing digital pathology in your institution but would like to scale it, take it to the next level? How do you do it, where do you start?In this episode my guest, Mark Zarella, PhD (previously Johns Hopkins University, currently Mayo Clinic) explains how he did exactly that at Johns Hopkins University. He talks about: What is important when evaluating whole slide scanners and how to choose the best whole slide scanner for youHow he organized and managed the whole slide images at Johns Hopkins UniversityHow he scaled the operations from ca. 10K slides to ca. 750K slides a yearHow he ensured interoperability of systemsHow he approached automated slide quality control AND MUCH MUCH MORE!If you are serious about taking your digital pathology operations to the next level, THIS IS THE EPISODE TO LISTEN TO!THIS EPISODE'S RESOURCESMark's Paper: "High-throughput whole-slide scanning to enable large-scale data repository building" Blog post: HOW TO CHOOSE A WHOLE SLIDE IMAGING SCANNER FOR DIGITAL PATHOLOGY – THE ULTIMATE GUIDE Podcast episode: HOW TO CHOOSE A WHOLE SLIDE IMAGING SCANNER FOR DIGITAL PATHOLOGY W/ DOUG STAPLETON, HAMAMATSU Get your "Digital Pathology Beginners Guide" E-book for free! Sign up for the waiting list here.