Autopsy Pathology's Paradigm Shift: Are AI and New Technologies Forging a New Era?
A special issue of Diagnostics (ISSN 2075-4418). This special issue belongs to the section "Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026 | Viewed by 1091
Special Issue Editor
Interests: cardiovascular pathology; autopsy pathology; placental pathology; surgical pathology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the launch of a new Special Issue, entitled "Autopsy Pathology's Paradigm Shift: Are AI and New Technologies Forging a New Era?". This Special Issue provides the opportunity to contribute to the most relevant topics in autopsy pathology, providing a comprehensive appraisal of this diagnostic field in the era of AI.
Over the years, there has been a growing interest in research on immunohistochemical and molecular markers that can resolve, or help to resolve, even the most complex cases by revealing the presence or absence of specific molecules.
The search for new markers is of fundamental importance for anatomic pathology, for diagnostic, prognostic, and theranostic purposes. The inevitable variables related to the postmortem interval, the manner of death, and the circumstances of death all preclude the straightforward application of single-molecule expression testing to autopsy (forensic or non-forensic).
The macroscopic and microscopic knowledge acquired over centuries in autopsy pathology (even beyond strictly forensic contexts) remains a cornerstone of the discipline.
To better understand the potential role of AI in this field, we invite authors to submit articles exploring various aspects of autopsy pathology, assessing the current state of the art and give particular attention to the body of knowledge consolidated in the existing literature.
This systematic collection will provide a valuable tool for new generations of pathologists.
Articles on the sensitive topic of asphyxial deaths, arrhythmic deaths, and sudden deaths (adult and pediatric cases), as well as articles on fetoplacental pathology, are welcome.
For each paper submitted, the authors will need to demonstrate and compare the degree to which AI has contributed to the topic at hand as well as the purpose and extent that AI can be of help.
For this Special Issue, we invite investigators from different disciplines to contribute original research articles and reviews of key diagnostic topics, taking into account the solid evidence accumulated over centuries of research on the subject, and to propose the potential role of AI in the near future for this discipline.
Prof. Dr. Vincenzo Arena
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- autopsy pathology
- AI
- artificial intelligence
- immunohistochemistry
- molecular pathology
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