Pacific Rim Pathology

Whole Slide Imaging

Digital imagery has had major advancements in recent years with more powerful technology allowing for higher quality renders of scanned slides than ever before.

Unfortunately not all laboratories are equipped to handle the needs of their clients, but luckily for you Pacific Rim Pathology has in-house whole slide imaging services to fulfill all your needs!

Pacific Rim utilizes the Leica Aperio AT2 DX System to perform high-resolution digital scanning at 20x and 40x magnification for multiple types of tissues and histochemical stains, backed by a team of coordinators that perform quality control measures on every slide to ensure the highest quality product. 

The whole slide digital image produced by the Leica Aperio AT2 DX system can be converted to a universal .svs file format that can be uploaded into various digital pathology viewing platform or hosted and stored securely.

Additionally, Pacific Rim has collaborated on multiple occasions with sponsors to assist with FDA validation for digital scanners and whole slide image viewers. 

Below you can view some sample images pulled directly from slides scanned at our lab.

How to utilize Slide Imaging services at Pacific Rim Pathology

If you would like to learn more about our slide imaging services or have any specific questions, please contact us by filling out the form below:

1. Please contact Pacific Rim directly at (858)-261-7284  or by filling out our contact form to learn about our slide imaging services.

2. Send your slides to us directly at our laboratory:

 3. We scan the slides for you, label them accordingly, and host them securely via protected access on a shared repository for easy local viewing and download.