Fast virtual destaining of immunocytological specimens
Microscopy-based diagnosis of certain diseases or infections, e.g. with human papilloma viruses (HPV) for the identification of high risk patients for cervical cancer, relies more and more often on immunocytochemical marker stains. These markers stain cells that exhibit a particular protein. In addition to one or more marker stains, pathologists need to simultaneously assess the morphology of the cell. Therefore the specimens are commonly also stained with a counter stain.