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Webinar

Full-Field Cell Morphology

April 20, 2026

Watch the Webinar: Digital Bone Marrow Morphology – Game Changer or Just a Gadget?

 

Over 200 hematology professionals from 28 countries joined this session – from the UK, Germany, Sweden, and Belgium to the US, and beyond.

Bone marrow aspirate review is one of the most complex tasks in the hematology lab – and one of the last to go digital. In this session, Dr. Mattias Hofmans shares his firsthand experience transitioning bone marrow aspirate review to a fully digital workflow at one of Europe’s leading academic medical centers.

Dr. Hofmans leads the hematology laboratory at Ghent University Hospital (UZ Gent) – Belgium’s national reference center for pediatric bone marrow aspirate morphology, handling roughly 1,500 cases per year. After more than a year working digitally, he offers a grounded clinical perspective on what works, what doesn’t, and where the field is heading.

In this session:

  • The unique challenges of digitizing bone marrow aspirate review – from spatial heterogeneity to staining variability
  • UZ Gent’s validation approach and one-year clinical experience
  • How whole slide imaging and AI cell pre-classification perform in daily practice
  • The impact of staining protocols on AI performance – and what UZ Gent learned
  • Future perspectives: AI-powered dysplasia detection and integrated diagnostics
  • 2026 industry survey highlights from 220 hematology professionals
  • Live Q&A on the Scopio bone marrow aspirate platform

Live poll results from the session:

We polled attendees during the webinar. Here’s what they told us:

“What are the biggest challenges your lab will face over the next 3-5 years?” Staffing shortages ranked as the top challenge – consistent with the findings from our broader industry survey of 220 professionals, where 89% cited staffing as their primary concern.

“What does your lab currently use to review bone marrow aspirate samples?” 88% of respondents rely entirely on manual microscopy. Only 6% have adopted any form of digital cell morphology for bone marrow aspirate review – confirming that this remains one of the last fully manual workflows in hematology.

Speakers

  • Dr. Mattias Hofmans, MD PhD, Head of the Hematology Laboratory, Ghent University Hospital (UZ Gent), Belgium
  • Yaakov Hubert, Business Development, Scopio Labs
  • Iga Moschko, Clinical Solutions Consultant, Scopio Labs