Scores of talented and dedicated people serve the forensic science community, performing vitally important work. However, they are often constrained by lack of adequate resources, sound policies, and national support. It is clear that change and advancements, both systematic and scientific, are needed in a number of forensic science disciplines to ensure the reliability of work, establish enforceable standards, and promote best practices with consistent application. Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward provides a detailed plan for addressing these needs and suggests the creation of a new government entity, the National Institute of Forensic Science, to establish and enforce standards within the forensic science community. The benefits of improving and regulating the forensic science disciplines are clear: assisting law enforcement officials, enhancing homeland security, and reducing the risk of wrongful conviction and exoneration. Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States gives a full account of what is needed to advance the forensic science disciplines, including upgrading of systems and organizational structures, better training, widespread adoption of uniform and enforceable best practices, and mandatory certification and accreditation programs. While this book provides an essential call-to-action for congress and policy makers, it also serves as a vital tool for law enforcement agencies, criminal prosecutors and attorneys, and forensic science educators.

This book provides up-to-date and practical knowledge in all aspects of whole slide imaging (WSI) by experts in the field. This includes a historical perspective on the evolution of this technology, technical aspects of making a great whole slide image, the various applications of whole slide imaging and future applications using WSI for computer-aided diagnosis The goal is to provide practical knowledge and address knowledge gaps in this emerging field. This book is unique because it addresses an emerging area in pathology for which currently there is only limited information about the practical aspects of deploying this technology. For example, there are no established selection criteria for choosing new scanners and a knowledge base with the key information. The authors of the various chapters have years of real-world experience in selecting and implementing WSI solutions in various aspects of pathology practice. This text also discusses practical tips and pearls to address the selection of a WSI vendor, technology details, implementing this technology and provide an overview of its everyday uses in all areas of pathology. Chapters include important information on how to integrate digital slides with laboratory information system and how to streamline the “digital workflow” with the intent of saving time, saving money, reducing errors, improving efficiency and accuracy, and ultimately benefiting patient outcomes. Whole Slide Imaging: Current Applications and Future Directions is designed to present a comprehensive and state-of the-art approach to WSI within the broad area of digital pathology. It aims to give the readers a look at WSI with a deeper lens and also envision the future of pathology imaging as it pertains to WSI and associated digital innovations.

From the INTRODUCTION. IN taking the class of Practical Histology at the Owens College Medical School during the Summer Sessions of 1882-1883, it has been my custom to give each student "sheets" containing a short account of the chief points to be observed in the specimens for examination. This plan has been found of great assistance, but the descriptions being of necessity extremely short, it seemed preferable to increase their length, and to obtain this result the following notes have been printed. These notes are by no means intended as a full description of the histological structure of the tissues, neither are they given for the instruction of the student in the various methods of section-cutting, injection, etc.; but simply to aid him in his examination of specimens. The specimens were given to the student ready for mounting, since time would not allow him to stain and clear each section for himself; but it is desirable that this course should be followed now and again. The various staining, clearing, and mounting reagents are those in general use, but a brief account of those hardening processes, etc., which gave very good specimens, has been included. One feels there cannot be too closely impressed upon a student the necessity of introducing method into his examination and description of specimens, and of making sketches to assist himself and his instructor. In the description of tissue preparation the same numbers and arrangements have been followed as those used in describing the structure of the specimens....