[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":416},["ShallowReactive",2],{"slug-digital-future-pathology":3},{"post":4,"relatedPosts":189,"relatedBooks":326},{"id":5,"date":6,"date_gmt":7,"guid":8,"modified":6,"modified_gmt":7,"slug":10,"status":11,"type":12,"link":13,"title":14,"content":16,"excerpt":19,"author":21,"featured_media":22,"comment_status":23,"ping_status":23,"sticky":24,"template":25,"format":26,"meta":27,"categories":28,"tags":30,"project_category":43,"contact_email_category":46,"yst_prominent_words":47,"class_list":56,"better_featured_image":78,"acf":116,"yoast_meta":133,"_links":136},17827,"2024-06-14T11:02:25","2024-06-14T09:02:25",{"rendered":9},"http:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?p=17827","digital-future-pathology","publish","post","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fdigital-future-pathology",{"rendered":15},"The Digital Future Of Pathology",{"rendered":17,"protected":18},"\n\u003Cp>Pathology is the motor that drives healthcare to understand diseases. Digital technologies could push the field into becoming more efficient and more scalable. They could transform the job of pathologists into a more creative and data-driven profession while allowing patients to receive diagnoses faster and more accurately. Let’s see what the digital future of pathology looks like!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The foundation of medicine, pathology, has barely changed for over 150 years\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>Although the whole edifice of medicine rests on the pathologist’s diagnosis, the field has not experienced any significant change for the last 150 years;\u003C\u002Fem> said Thomas Fuchs, Director of Computational Pathology Lab at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Founder of \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fpaige.ai\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Paige.AI\u003C\u002Fa>, which is building machine learning algorithms to help digitise pathology, at the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nvidia.com\u002Fen-us\u002Fgtc\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">NVIDIA GPU Tech Conference\u003C\u002Fa> a few years ago. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“Approximately 90 percent of the work is still done on various stains with methodologies that doctors came up with more than a hundred years ago.” – he added. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Although there has been some significant progress in the field – more on it a little later -, this field is still notoriously manual-labour intensive. The entire process of analysing stains is highly subjective and could signify a cumbersome process. For example, in the case of a prostate biopsy, pathologists have to scrutinize around 48 slides. Also, the results depend on the specialty, the personal judgment and, more often than not, even on the mental state of the pathologist – lowering the levels of accuracy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Pathologists are doing enormous work and spend too much time searching for old slides, images, and case information in the archives of hospitals. While retrospective data use is possible in pathology – Fuchs mentioned that there are perfectly utilisable slides even from the 1930s! –, this amazing resource cannot be leveraged efficiently enough as you have to look up decades-old tumor slides manually. In the 21st century, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fgoogle-please-make-dentists-appointment\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">the age of digital assistants making appointments in restaurants or hair salons\u003C\u002Fa>, it is painful to even hear about that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pathologists are scarce assets\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>No surprise that pathologists’ are “\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fproscia.com\u002Finfographic-the-state-of-the-pathology-workforce-2022\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">limited assets\u003C\u002Fa>” everywhere, and \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.clpmag.com\u002F2017\u002F10\u002Fdigital-pathology-gives-rise-computational-pathology\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">their number is predicted to decrease worldwide\u003C\u002Fa>. According to one study, by 2030 the number of active pathologists may have dropped by 30 percent compared to 2010 levels. In some parts of the globe, the shortage of pathologists is shocking. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The poster you see below highlights these facts. Based on 2021 figures and presented in the first half of 2022, this work by \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.linkedin.com\u002Fin\u002Fandrey-bychkov-3570671a0\u002Frecent-activity\u002Fshares\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Andrey Bychkov MD, PhD\u003C\u002Fa> makes it obvious at a glance how amazing the disparities are on a global scale. He told The Medical Futurist that the work hasn’t stopped and an updated version will follow within a few weeks (ramified numbers + more countries) in a Hi-Res format, so keep an eye on his page for the latest data.  \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\">\u003Ca class=\"img\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.linkedin.com\u002Fin\u002Fandrey-bychkov-3570671a0\u002Frecent-activity\u002Fshares\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1598\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002FPathology-shortage-2021-Andrey-Bychkov-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"pathology pathologist shortage\" class=\"wp-image-48269\"\u002F\u003C\u002Fa srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002FPathology-shortage-2021-Andrey-Bychkov-scaled.jpg 1598w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002FPathology-shortage-2021-Andrey-Bychkov-768x519.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002FPathology-shortage-2021-Andrey-Bychkov-1536x1038.jpg 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002FPathology-shortage-2021-Andrey-Bychkov-2048x1384.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1598px) 100vw, 1598px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Evaluation of the global supply of pathologists, 2021 figures – a poster by \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.linkedin.com\u002Fin\u002Fandrey-bychkov-3570671a0\u002Frecent-activity\u002Fshares\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Andrey Bychkov MD, PhD\u003C\u002Fa> – presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The situation isn’t rosy even in the “green” countries. The College of American Pathologists reports a “\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cap.org\u002Fmember-resources\u002Farticles\u002Fless-is-more\" target=\"_blank\">perceived shortage\u003C\u002Fa>“. In the United States, practising pathologists will begin to retire at an increasing rate, far faster than the current replacement rate. At the same time, the number of cases is increasing, and pathologists are forced to take on more and more. And as you see above, the US is in much better shape than most of the other countries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How could digital technology change the status quo?\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The digitisation of pathology labs makes the specialty more efficient, the specimen more reproducible, and the work of pathologists less cumbersome. \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.clpmag.com\u002F2017\u002F10\u002Fdigital-pathology-gives-rise-computational-pathology\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Digital whole-slide imaging (WSI)\u003C\u002Fa> allows the capture and visualisation of the entire tissue on a slide, as opposed to the narrow field of view that a microscope provides. It could make pathology more accurate and reduce its subjectivity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>A digitised slide could spare an enormous amount of time for physicians. Within the hospital, it often happens that various tissues are delivered from the lab to the surgeon and then back again to the pathologist. Sending over a digitised slide is both safer and faster. Moreover, it allows computerised quantitative analytics, speedier image search, and slide retrieval when it comes to old cases. It reduces the barriers between hospitals, regions, and countries facilitating consultations and referrals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Not to speak about the possibility of easing the burden caused by the shortage of pathologists worldwide. Just imagine how many hospitals around the world could benefit from digitised pathology labs when they could share their slides in a cloud and retrieve all the information from it. Of course, we are not looking at the accessibility, the privacy issues or the political feasibility of such an experiment here; those are other topics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">AI has arrived in pathology labs\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>These past few years have brought some grand breakthroughs, which are discussed in detail in \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.linkedin.com\u002Fpulse\u002Fhow-ai-can-help-address-global-shortage-pathologists-colangelo?trk=organization-update-content_share-article\" target=\"_blank\">this article\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The first major milestone was September 2021 – the date when the first AI-based pathology product – Paige Prostate, a clinical-grade AI solution for prostate cancer detection – \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fpaige.ai\u002Fpaige-receives-first-ever-fda-approval-for-ai-product-in-digital-pathology\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">received FDA clearance for clinical use\u003C\u002Fa>. It was followed by a CE mark for the Paige Breast Lymph Node Detection within a year. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>This was followed by a rapid-fire of similar announcements. Ibex’s collaboration with Roche and the launch of their \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fibex-ai.com\u002Fibex-selected-by-kantonsspital-baselland-to-deliver-the-first-ai-powered-cancer-diagnostics-solution-in-switzerland\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Galen platform’s use in Swiss clinics\u003C\u002Fa>, and the company \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fibex-ai.com\u002Fgalen-gastric-ce\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">getting a \u003C\u002Fa>CE mark on their AI solution for detecting gastric cancer. \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fproscia.com\u002Fpress-releases\u002Fproscia-and-siemens-healthineers-ink-agreement-to-expand-global-reach-of-digital-pathology\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Proscia entering an extended partnership with Siemens Healthineers\u003C\u002Fa> allowing the latter to enter the digital pathology segment. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fverily.com\u002Fpress\u002Fverily-and-lumea-announce-development-partnership-to-advance-digital-pathology-in-prostate-cancer\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Google’s Verily teamed up with Lumea\u003C\u002Fa>, the aim of the cooperation is to improve prostate cancer diagnosis and prognosis. Roche entered into \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fdiagnostics.roche.com\u002Fglobal\u002Fen\u002Fnews-listing\u002F2022\u002Froche-announces-collaboration-with-bristol-myers-squibb-to-advance-personalised-healthcare-through-digital-pathology-solutions.html\" target=\"_blank\">a collaboration\u003C\u002Fa> with Bristol Myers Squibb to develop and deploy two new digital pathology algorithms. PreciseDx, a Mount Sinai Health System spin-off, has developed artificial intelligence-enabled digital pathology technology \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fhealthitanalytics.com\u002Fnews\u002Fmount-sinai-spin-off-develops-ai-tool-to-detect-early-stage-parkinsons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">to detect Parkinson’s disease\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F04\u002Ftmf_article_256_b-01-1-768x432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33787\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F04\u002Ftmf_article_256_b-01-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F04\u002Ftmf_article_256_b-01-1-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F04\u002Ftmf_article_256_b-01-1-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F04\u002Ftmf_article_256_b-01-1.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In the digitising side of the field, Pranama was chosen as the archival scanning partner of the Mayo Clinic to digitize \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.beckershospitalreview.com\u002Fdigital-health\u002Fmayo-clinic-inks-5-year-deal-with-ai-powered-pathology-company.html\" target=\"_blank\">5 million clinical pathology slides\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The use of digital technologies, first of all, AI could help make the field “\u003Cem>more robust, more producible, and it could really push the field from a purely qualitative to a quantitative area,”\u003C\u002Fem> noted Fuchs in an interview with The Medical Futurist. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>So, let’s see the array of new technologies which could support pathology’s bright future!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>1) Digitised workflow – from electronic microscopes to the cloud\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The role of the pathology laboratory is to use blood, fluid or tissue to provide accurate, timely and relevant information useful in making diagnoses, and to guide and monitor therapy. After macroscopic evaluation of the masses in the digitised pathology lab, the process of whole slide imaging takes place. After the slices are prepared, an electronic microscope digitalises the samples for further analysis with the help of various scanning solutions. A variety of digital products are already available on the market for migrating the entire workflow of pathologists from the manual to the digital. Whole-slide imaging solutions, such as the Nanozoomer, scanners, software, storage systems, clouds and communication systems work together to ease the work in the labs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>It will make sending slides and data for consultation much easier so providing virtual pathology services at remote sites and facilitating discussions and second opinions will undoubtedly become a booming area. Although we will always have someone looking at tissues through an electronic microscope – the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.quora.com\u002FWhat-is-the-future-of-pathology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">interpretative reporting will be carried out in front of pulsating screens\u003C\u002Fa> rather than next to microscopes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>However, the digitised workflow also comes with limitations that need to be solved in the future for a seamless operation. As pathology images require very high resolution and image quality is key, files have enormous sizes. \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fthepathologist.com\u002Ffileadmin\u002Fpdf\u002FTP_0114_Issue.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Storage of huge datasets remains a challenge\u003C\u002Fa> as well as their transport through various computer systems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>2) Deep learning for automation\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The digitisation of pathology resources opens the door for the utilization of the massive potential of artificial intelligence in the field. However, the first step for that is digitisation. Fuchs says that they have been digitising slides for the better part of the past decade at Memorial Sloan Kettering. According to \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.researchgate.net\u002Fpublication\u002F353257636_Integrated_digital_pathology_at_scale_A_solution_for_clinical_diagnostics_and_cancer_research_at_a_large_academic_medical_center\" target=\"_blank\">this study\u003C\u002Fa>, the pace is an average of 140,000 slides per month. Their \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.researchgate.net\u002Ffigure\u002FScanning-effort-at-Memorial-Sloan-Kettering-Cancer-Center-over-time-A-The-overall_fig2_353257636\" target=\"_blank\">inventory contains some 3.6 million images \u003C\u002Fa>and growing. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>And size does matter in the case of datasets. In fact, he added, “\u003Cem>no one wants to use algorithms trained on small data sets, that would be like training your self-driving car in a parking lot\u003C\u002Fem>.” Nevertheless, once the data sets are large enough, deep learning algorithms will be for pathologists as if they have hit the bonus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>They could be used for the classification of digitised pathology slides – similar to the practice used in radiology. Just as Facebook recognizes faces in photos, these image recognition systems identify slides with precancerous or cancerous cells and group them accordingly. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Anyhow, the process enables pathologists to spend more time on cases requiring more attention and to set aside simpler slides with benign tumors. Thus, they will have more time on their hands, which might bring another solution to the lack of pathologists worldwide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002F008_pathology2-compressor-1-1.png\" alt=\"Future of pathology\" class=\"wp-image-17829\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002F008_pathology2-compressor-1-1.png 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002F008_pathology2-compressor-1-1-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002F008_pathology2-compressor-1-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002F008_pathology2-compressor-1-1-512x288.png 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002F008_pathology2-compressor-1-1-444x250.png 444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>3) AI for better augmentation, prognosis, and prediction\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Pathologists use many techniques for augmenting tissues and samples to make specific abnormal mutations visible. For example, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.clpmag.com\u002F2017\u002F10\u002Fdigital-pathology-gives-rise-computational-pathology\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">molecular tests have been used for many years to illuminate proteins\u003C\u002Fa>. Deep learning algorithms will be able to do something similar with digitised images in the future. AI could spot certain linkages which are not visible to the human eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>For example, augmentation could integrate computer-quantified histology data from a slide with data from other sources, such as DNA sequencing, helping pathologists to make conclusions with higher accuracy and confidence. Another use of augmentation is counting and differentiating cell types to help with the staging of tumors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>These methods also give more room for prognosis and predictions. The latter is the most positive addition of deep learning algorithms. Fuchs says that in the future \u003Cem>when you have a three-cent H&E slide, an AI algorithm could tell you there is an indication caused by a specific mutation. That could lead the specialist to sequence precisely that, and come up with a targeted treatment for the patient\u003C\u002Fem>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>When formulating a diagnosis, algorithms could be of tremendous help. A \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Farxiv.org\u002Fabs\u002F1606.05718\" target=\"_blank\">study showed\u003C\u002Fa> that the combination of a deep learning system’s predictions with the human pathologist’s diagnoses for identifying metastatic breast cancer resulted in an 85 percent reduction in human error rate! That is simply amazing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>4) Biotechnology for precision medicine\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Various digital technologies will improve the point-of-care testing (PoCT) options of pathology departments in the future. Just as portable diagnostic devices are making it possible to diagnose patients wherever they are, such tools enable the examination of tissues, fluids and other samples near the patient’s location, in the surgery or clinic at the time of consultation to facilitate prompt clinical decision making regarding patient management. Various blood glucose meters, urine test strips, and pregnancy tests fall into the category of PoCT, but their range will significantly widen in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Some start-ups are already raising the stakes. The UK-based start-up, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fnanoporetech.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Oxford Nanopore Technologies\u003C\u002Fa> offer real-time, out-of-the-lab DNA and RNA sequencing with their \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fnanoporetech.com\u002Fproducts\u002Fminion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MinION\u003C\u002Fa> device. It enabled researchers to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fnanoporetech.com\u002Fpublications\u002Freal-time-dna-sequencing-antarctic-dry-valleys-using-oxford-nanopore-sequencer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">carry out offline DNA sequencing of environmental samples on Antarctica\u003C\u002Fa> using only a hand-held device. Mind-blowing, isn’t it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F08\u002Fdna-madartzgraphics-creative-commons-768x473.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46636\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F08\u002Fdna-madartzgraphics-creative-commons-768x473.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F08\u002Fdna-madartzgraphics-creative-commons.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image source: madartzgraphics creative commons\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Molecular analysis will \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fno-precision-medicine-without-artificial-intelligence\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">enable more precise diagnosis in the future\u003C\u002Fa>, and revolutionise how we define several diseases. It will also give precious information on how patients respond to treatment and what the prognosis is. The pathologist will help interpret the results and choose which molecules to be evaluated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>5) Pathology and radiology\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>There are several similarities between the two medical fields. They are both necessary for the diagnostic process, and they both represent qualitative science based on the opinion of medical experts. Lately, there are also common features in how they are digitised. Pathologists and radiologists both look at anatomies through imaging devices – although one of them at the cellular level, the other one at the organ level. Moreover, due to the rapid changes in digital imaging methods in the last few years, both fields are transforming faster than any other medical specialties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Fuchs explained that pathology will be fundamentally different in 10 years, but he does not believe that, for example, the fears of AI taking jobs resonate the same way in pathology as it does in radiology. He thinks that \u003Cem>radiology, dermoscopy, and other disciplines might be more scared because these are rather screening steps. However, as soon as you see something in radiology or dermoscopy, you have to look at the pathology. So that’s the ground truth. After all, everything is based on that diagnosis. \u003C\u002Fem>Thus, the human will always be there, looking at the microscope. No matter whether there is an AI or any other technology collaborating with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Pathology is heading towards the cosmos\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>However, all the above-enumerated factors will definitely change the specialty – but Fuchs believes it is going to be more exciting for pathologists. The Medical Futurist agrees. If imaging methods are powerful enough to analyze individual cells, pathology could become an entirely different branch of medical sciences. A new chapter could start for traditional pathology that goes down to the level of individual cells instead of looking at the organism as a whole. At this point, radiology and pathology might even overlap\u002Fmerge to some degree as one will have to know both areas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Both physicians and patients will benefit from this transformation. With better tools, medical professionals will have a better chance to save lives and patients will have a better chance to survive. Pathology, it’s a little bit like cosmology. When astronomers look for exoplanets that we don’t yet fully understand or know, the better telescopes they can use, the more we will learn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Learn more about the technological future of medical specialties from \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fleanpub.com\u002Ffuture-of-medical-specialties\">our latest e-book\u003C\u002Fa>!\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F05\u002F0415_tmfs_mockup.png\" alt=\"future of medical specialties\" class=\"wp-image-23819\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F05\u002F0415_tmfs_mockup.png 1920w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F05\u002F0415_tmfs_mockup-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F05\u002F0415_tmfs_mockup-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F05\u002F0415_tmfs_mockup-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F05\u002F0415_tmfs_mockup-2048x1152.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #eee; border-top: 4px solid #444;\" cellpadding=\"10px\">\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>At The Medical Futurist, we are building a community for making a bold vision about the future of healthcare reality today.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FFIbMejImnxs\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\">\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003Cp>If you’d like to support this mission, we invite you to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patreon.com\u002Fthemedicalfuturist\">join The Medical Futurist Patreon Community\u003C\u002Fa>. A community of empowered patients, future-oriented healthcare professionals, concerned health policymakers, sensible health tech developers, and enthusiastic medical students. If there were ever a time to join us, it is now. Every contribution, however big or small, powers our research and sustains our future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patreon.com\u002Fthemedicalfuturist\">\u003Cstrong style=\"background-color: #e71d3299; color: #000;\">Click here to support The Medical Futurist from as little as $3\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fa> – it only takes a minute. Thank you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003C\u002Ftbody>\n\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\n",false,{"rendered":20,"protected":18},"\u003Cp>Recent years have brought many AI-based technologies to the practice of pathology. 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Digital technologies could push the field into becoming more efficient and more scalable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"title":130},"\u003Cp>Recent years have brought many AI-based technologies to the practice of pathology.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"title":132},"\u003Cp>From digitized workflows and deep learning to biotechnology for precision medicine, this article discusses benefits snd case studies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"yoast_wpseo_title":134,"yoast_wpseo_metadesc":135,"yoast_wpseo_canonical":13},"The Digital Future Of Pathology - The Medical Futurist","Pathology uses more or less the same methods for the last 150 years, so it’s high time to change. 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THE INFORMATION SHARED IN THE ARTICLE WAS ACCURATE AT THE TIME OF ITS PUBLICATION, BUT IT MAY BE OUT OF DATE NOW. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fmagazine\">BROWSE OUR LATEST ARTICLES HERE\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\u003C\u002Ftbody>\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Not only the experience of sporting activities and events, but also rehabilitation after sports injuries are changing due to cutting-edge technologies. In sports medicine, the future holds a shift towards prevention through genomics, nutrigenomics, countless trackers and wearables, while there are many great technologies which aim to alleviate the pain and shorten the time of recovery – if, against all odds, a sports injury still happens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003C!--more-->\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Technology will change the experience of sports injuries and rehabilitation\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>When was the last time you went out for a run without Endomondo or had a bike tour without Strava? Have you thought about how different the commentaries for live football or basketball matches were only a couple of years ago? Where were those sixteen cameras that have been monitoring the field and performance of football players since 2007? Where was the hawk-eye technique to track the trajectory of balls in cricket or tennis before 2001? What about professional timer services? Who saw whether the ball was in or out if not the camera?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Top Medical Specialties of the Future: #5 Sports Medicine - The Medical Futurist\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FW1p7DCc5e1o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ftechnology-changes-the-future-of-professional-sports\u002F\">experience of sports\u003C\u002Fa> and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ftechnology-change-watch-sport\u002F\">following sports events\u003C\u002Fa> radically changed in the last two decades due to technology. The assessment of performance, the training methods, the episode of cheering for your team – all activities connected to sports have been hijacked by technology.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The most painful event of them all, being a victim of a sports injury, is no exception either. There are many technologies which aim to improve the state of sportsmen and sportswomen going through the rough period of recovery, as well as technology-based methods to prevent those injuries. The appearance of the following tools falls neatly in line with the general trends, namely that there is a palpable shift from proactive to preventive medicine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone wp-image-17655 size-full\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"272\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fengrs-mag_fall2017_sportsmed-graphic.jpg\" alt=\"Sports Medicine in the future\" class=\"wp-image-17655\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fengrs-mag_fall2017_sportsmed-graphic.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fengrs-mag_fall2017_sportsmed-graphic-768x240.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fengrs-mag_fall2017_sportsmed-graphic-512x160.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fengrs-mag_fall2017_sportsmed-graphic-458x143.jpg 458w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: Georgia Tech Engineers Magazine\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Here, we collected the most relevant and exciting examples, which could help professionals in sports medicine make sportsmen and sportswomen less prone to injuries and if an accident happens they can recover in less time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Preventing sports injuries\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Technology gathers data about every second of the performance of the players during training or the actual race. Data not only helps to analyze, create new strategies and thus boost players’ performance in the arena but can also monitor health state and warn about overstraining. Current scientific achievements also give the chance to sports fanatics to dig deeper and discover what health risks they carry in their genes or what diet they should follow to stay on top for a long, long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>1) Preventive genomics\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>What if your genes could tell you how you should change your work-out or your overall training to prevent injury? Or what kind of nutritional demands do you have? Wouldn’t life be more comfortable if you could personalize your training regimen or your diet based on your genetic background?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>It is already possible. The Nova Scotia-based performance company, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fathletigen.com\u002F\">Athletigen Technology Inc.\u003C\u002Fa> works with several athletes aiming to use collected DNA information to improve performance, health, and safety. These genetic tests reveal additional insight about a possible heightened risk of injury or specific nutritional demands. Later, these results allow the helpers of an athlete to adjust his or her workout plan and nutrition accordingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-17656\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"553\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fthe-science-of-elite-marathoners.jpeg\" alt=\"Future of Sports Medicine\" class=\"wp-image-17656\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fthe-science-of-elite-marathoners.jpeg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fthe-science-of-elite-marathoners-768x488.jpeg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fthe-science-of-elite-marathoners-512x325.jpeg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fthe-science-of-elite-marathoners-393x250.jpeg 393w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: medium.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>With regards to the appropriate diet plan for athletes, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-future-of-food-the-food-of-the-future\u002F\">the new field in dietetics, nutrigenomics\u003C\u002Fa> could be the answer. In my case, the data of my entire DNA sequence at home in a digital file showed that I’m sensitive to caffeine and process alcohol more thoroughly than most people (I’m Hungarian after all). But you don’t have to figure out this information by yourself. There is a California-based start-up, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fhabit.com\u002F\">Habit\u003C\u002Fa>, which might help you with that. If you \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.popsci.com\u002Fpersonalized-nutrition-company-will-use-your-dna-to-tell-you-what-to-eat\">send back their required blood sample kit\u003C\u002Fa>, they will analyze your DNA, and create a personalized meal plan that works best for your body. The spread of nutrigenomics could be of massive help for athletes to find the right diet boosting their performance to reach new records and make their immune systems stronger to fight off diseases and prevent injuries easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>2) Monitoring health through sensors and wearables\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>There is \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ftop-healthcare-wearables\u002F\">a gazillion of healthcare wearables and sensors\u003C\u002Fa> out there which aim to support training, keep sports professionals healthy while help them reach their very best. Most of the time, they offer constant health data management, real-time performance monitoring, and immediate feedback. We already know about Pebble Time and the \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Flifehacker.com\u002F5993005\u002Ffive-best-sleep-tracking-gadgets-or-apps\">Android Sleep App\u003C\u002Fa> which follow your sleeping habits; Fitbit Surge or \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ffitbit-ionic-review-bromance-pebble-smartwatch\u002F\">Fitbit Ionic\u003C\u002Fa> tracking your fitness activities, while \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fthepip.com\u002Fen-eu\u002F\">PIP\u003C\u002Fa> giving you an overview of your stress levels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>However, there are many specialized tools for monitoring the stress load and performance of players to avoid fatigue-induced injuries. For example, athletes who do lots of jump roping during their training might want to try \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fmyvert.com\u002F\">Vert\u003C\u002Fa>. It helps them measure and improve their jumping capabilities; and know when they are nearing an unsafe level of fatigue that may lead to injury. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblastmotion.com\u002F\">Blast Motion\u003C\u002Fa> does something similar. It tracks and analyses players’ swings during training to optimize performance and decrease the risk of injury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Blast Baseball Solution (0:30)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002F-LuqLTxw7zg?start=3&feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Osman Hassan Ahmed, a physiotherapist to the Football Association in the UK, told The Medical Futurist that in the future, sportswear will be able to show the clinician standing at a playfield’s sidelines vital physiological data in real-time. \u003Cem>That will enable them to gain an accurate picture of the individuals’ status;\u003C\u002Fem> and combining this with GPS data may also help to make decisions as to when to substitute the player in a match or to remove him from the field of play when training, he added.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>3) Prevention through sensory garments, helmets, mouth guards\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The Australian company, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.catapultsports.com\u002F\">Catapult Sports\u003C\u002Fa> is considered \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.athleticbusiness.com\u002Fequipment\u002Finfographic-wearable-tech-and-preventing-sports-injuries.html\">one of the biggest suppliers of sports tracking devices\u003C\u002Fa>. More than 1500 professional teams are using their trackers worldwide. Players wear their small, pocket-sized GPS trackers on the back of their training tops, and the device tracks over 100 metrics from speed through heart rate until acceleration. As a consequence, the coach can monitor players’ information on the sidelines in real time – just as Hassan Ahmed said. Players in the National Football League wear the chip of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.zebra.com\u002Fus\u002Fen\u002Fnfl.html\">Zebra Technologies\u003C\u002Fa> on their shoulders that send data to receivers placed around the stadium.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Maryland-based Zephyr Technology backed by Medtronic produces among others a bio-harness, which allows coaches to see the intensity of a specific training regarding biomarkers, such as heart rate, temperature or acceleration. The company’s trauma-monitoring patches that stick to the player’s body measure force and impact so that specialists could have more data about concussion risks for football or hockey players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-17657\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fcatapult-sports.jpg\" alt=\"Future of Sports Medicine\" class=\"wp-image-17657\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fcatapult-sports.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fcatapult-sports-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fcatapult-sports-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fcatapult-sports-512x288.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fcatapult-sports-444x250.jpg 444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: Salt City Hoops\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Beyond gadgets, imagine chips and clothing measuring vital signs and devices boosting performance actively! Many athletes in professional clubs now \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwhat-comes-after-the-wearable-health-revolution\u002F\">wear unique shirts\u003C\u002Fa> that measure their vital signs during practice or even games. \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.hexoskin.com\u002F\">HexoSkin\u003C\u002Fa> developed a shirt with sensors woven into it that measures heart rate, breathing, number of steps, pace, and calories burned. The London-based \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.d3o.com\u002F\">D30\u003C\u002Fa> introduced a smart material this year. It provides terrific shock absorption and impact protection capabilities, which are naturally an ideal fit for basically every sport.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In the future, many high-contact sports, where players have to use helmets for their safety will utilize high-tech hard-hats. These \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nasabone.com\u002Ftechnology-future-sports-injury-prevention\u002F\">helmets utilize shock absorbers that release air when the head has suffered an impact\u003C\u002Fa>. This air inflates the protective interior of the helmet and reduces the amount of quick movement the head sustains, thus reducing the chance of a concussion. Special mouth guards can now even alert athletes if they are at risk for a shock: sensors warn the player when an injury that could lead to a concussion has occurred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hexoskin Biometric Shirt Is The Future of Fitness Tracking\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FsjcfHGaZ18Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Sports injury rehabilitation\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As the Tao says, injuries happen. Technologies might decrease the occurrence rate, but accidents will still occur in the future. However, state-of-the-art diagnostics and appropriate rehabilitation tools could shorten the time of recovery and alleviate the pain along the way to feel well again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Regarding diagnostics, portable medical devices and real-time visualization will make a difference in the future. Osman Hassan Ahmed says that musculoskeletal ultrasound is becoming more common in elite sport. He thinks that’s a forward-looking solution, but it would be great if the technology emerged to a level where a clinician could have an on-pitch scanner which could work through clothing and wouldn’t need conducting gel. Start-uppers – here’s an idea for success. Go for it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>1) Revolutionary rehabilitation technologies: anti-gravity treadmill, exoskeletons\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>After breaking a bone, injuring a knee or rupturing a ligament, it takes much time and a long rehabilitation process to be able to do sports again. The \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Falterg-com-backup.azurewebsites.net\u002Fproducts\u002Fanti-gravity-treadmills\u002Fm320-f320\u002Fprofessional-pt\">AlterG Anti-Gravity Treadmill\u003C\u002Fa> allows patients to work out without bearing their full body weight. The machine can take over between 20-100 percent of the original weight enabling to move muscles and bones without overstraining them. The treadmill could do wonders not only in sports rehabilitation but also in \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fsummitphysio.co.uk\u002Fnews\u002F7-rehab-technologies-revolutionising-industry\u002F\">neurological, orthopedic, senior rehabilitation or with weight loss\u003C\u002Fa>. Another product of the company, the Bionic Leg provides patient-initiated motor assistance during sit-to-stand exercises, overground walking, and stair climbing. It strengthens weak muscles, increases balance, and helps patients to learn faster how to walk again!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rehabilitation Technology: AlterG Bionic Leg in 3D\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002Fq2lrty2PsIg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Going one step further, complex robotic structures called exoskeletons could also support rehabilitation in the future. They could help the recovery of stroke or spinal cord injury patients, and already let \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.technologyreview.com\u002Fs\u002F546276\u002Fthis-40000-robotic-exoskeleton-lets-the-paralyzed-walk\u002F\">paralyzed people walk\u003C\u002Fa> again. For example, a gait-training exoskeleton suit \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F5-jaw-drapping-stories-of-digital-health-technology-saving-lives\u002F\">helped Matt Ficarra, paralyzed from the chest down, walk down the aisle\u003C\u002Fa> on his wedding day! How amazing is that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>2) HawkGrips\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cstrong>, dynamometers and exercising machines\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Sometimes the worst stories have the most hopeful endings. In 1997, \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fhawkgrips.com\u002Four-story\u002F\">Frank Osborne broke his neck, back, wrist, arm and both shoulders in a terrible ski accident\u003C\u002Fa>. As a result, he struggled with debilitating pain for more than a decade. Thirty surgeries, extensive physical therapy, and alternative treatments offered little help. Until he met Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization (IASTM) treatments, where a hard-edged instrument made of metal, plastic or ceramic is used to add shearing stress to soft tissue to enhance the body’s healing response. The method was so effective that he promised to make the best instruments for the technology. That’s how HawkGrips was born.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The Baltimore-based international company, \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.btetech.com\u002F\">BTE\u003C\u002Fa>, offers complex rehabilitation systems in over 35 countries. It has various rehabilitation equipment, such as the Primus RS dynamometer or the Eccentron, resistance trainer. The former evaluates patients’ movements – how firm their grip is, whether they can lift a box – so the physician can assign the appropriate rehabilitation exercises for them. In case of the Eccentron, the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fsummitphysio.co.uk\u002Fnews\u002F7-rehab-technologies-revolutionising-industry\u002F\">exercising machine is an essential part of both rehabilitation and performance enhancement\u003C\u002Fa>. It targets purely eccentric exercise for both assessment and then sets up an appropriate training program.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"587\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fdynamometer.jpg\" alt=\"Future of Sports Medicine\" class=\"wp-image-17658\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fdynamometer.jpg 587w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fdynamometer-501x512.jpg 501w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fdynamometer-245x250.jpg 245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 587px) 100vw, 587px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>3) AR\u002FVR in sports medicine\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Although virtual reality and augmented reality are already used in several medical specialties, their application in sports medicine is limited, explained Osman Hassan Ahmed. However, given the unique demands of this discipline, he believes that blending existing evidence-based rehabilitation strategies with cutting-edge VR technologies which could replicate the players in their own stadium, the noise of the fans would be a valuable adjunct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fsports-medicine2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17662\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fsports-medicine2.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fsports-medicine2-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fsports-medicine2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fsports-medicine2-512x288.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fsports-medicine2-444x250.jpg 444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, there are already some positive examples leading the way to the full-blown utilization of VR in sports medicine. Israeli start-up \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vrhealthgroup.com\u002F\">VRPhysio\u003C\u002Fa> harnesses the power of gaming technology to help treat neck, spinal and other injuries through VR and rehabilitating games. It has \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.jpost.com\u002FIsrael-News\u002FSports\u002FA-virtual-breakthrough-in-sports-rehabilitation-480664\">created a platform that makes physiotherapy exercises easily accessible and enjoyable to patients\u003C\u002Fa>, while also being easily monitored and analyzed by doctors and physiotherapists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How it Works | VRPhysio™ Catch the Screen\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FzDVrUFdzXG0?start=45&feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In the future, the appearance of VR\u002FAR will be more frequent in sports medicine. Some visualize an augmented reality app which helps physicians check the collisions of players in real time sitting on the bench next to a trainer, assess the impact and make the decision whether or not a player should be taken off the field. It’s a wonderful idea, and just as AR could assist surgeons before complex operations or med students in their practice, this app might be used both for training or in real sports events. Here, another way to disrupt medicine and another idea for start-uppers. The future indeed seems to be exciting!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Just as every other specialty, sports medicine will change a lot due to AR\u002FVR, trackers, wearables or exoskeletons. The challenge is to learn how to use those technologies to make sports medicine physicians better at their job without losing the human touch. 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