Philips launches Pathology Scanner SGi with world-first native DICOM JPEG XL support to optimize digital pathology workflows

Philips launches Pathology Scanner SGi with world-first native DICOM JPEG XL support to optimize digital pathology workflows

(IN BRIEF) Philips has unveiled the Pathology Scanner SGi, the world’s first scanner to provide native DICOM JPEG XL output for high-resolution whole slide images. The scanner reduces file sizes by up to 50% without compromising quality, enabling pathology labs to manage growing data volumes more efficiently while preparing for AI integration. The adoption of DICOM strengthens interoperability, lowers storage costs, and supports cross-modality collaboration with radiology. Philips executives said the solution offers scalable, future-ready workflows that improve efficiency and patient care, further enhanced by partnerships such as Amazon Web Services for cloud-based archival and analysis.

(PRESS RELEASE) AMSTERDAM, 9-Sep-2025 — /EuropaWire/ — Philips has introduced the Pathology Scanner SGi, an extension of its SG300 and SG60 scanner portfolio, designed to advance digital pathology workflows with powerful, native DICOM support. The new scanner is the first in the world to offer native DICOM JPEG XL output, providing pathology labs with up to 50% smaller files compared to standard DICOM JPEG while maintaining the same high image quality. This innovation directly addresses the challenge of storing, managing, and analyzing rapidly growing volumes of digital pathology data in both cloud and on-premise environments.

Pathology plays a critical role in healthcare, with nearly 70% of medical decisions relying on laboratory or pathology results. As digital pathology adoption grows, scalability and interoperability are becoming essential to ensure efficient workflows and to enable widespread use of AI in both clinical and research settings.

The DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) standard, widely used in radiology, is now being adopted in pathology to replace proprietary formats developed by vendors. By enabling native DICOM JPEG and JPEG XL outputs, Philips helps laboratories streamline infrastructure costs, improve workflow productivity, and open integration with a broad range of AI-driven tools.

Imogen Fitt, Principal Analyst at Signify Research, commented: “The adoption of DICOM in pathology marks an important step toward scalable, interoperable imaging workflows. Philips’ support for DICOM JPEG and DICOM JPEG XL output directly addresses rising data and storage demands while creating opportunities for centralized archiving, cross-modality diagnostics, and remote collaboration.”

Martijn Hartjes, Business Leader Clinical Informatics at Philips, added: “As a leader in digital pathology, we are innovating solutions that scale efficiently, integrate seamlessly, and reduce storage costs. With the SGi, we want our customers to realize benefits immediately while ensuring they are future-ready with flexible, interoperable, and scalable systems that enhance patient care.”

Beyond storage efficiency, the use of DICOM facilitates closer collaboration between pathology and other imaging specialties, allowing labs to integrate radiology and pathology images into a single IT infrastructure such as a PACS or vendor-neutral archive. Philips’ full digital pathology offering includes whole-slide scanners, image management systems, and implementation services, further strengthened by cloud archival capabilities through its collaboration with Amazon Web Services. By integrating AI-powered tools, these solutions aim to address the global shortage of pathologists and the rising demand for cancer diagnostics.

Visitors can learn more about the SGi and Philips’ digital pathology portfolio at the European Congress of Pathology in Vienna, Austria, September 6–9, 2025.

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