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# Guidance on Whole Slide Imaging Devices
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/guidance-on-whole-slide-imaging-devices/
- Published: 2016-04-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T20:55:58.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: FDA Policy/General, #legacy-id-D5135436

*Federal Register* Notice: FDA is making available a guidance entitled *Technical Performance Assessment of Digital Pathology Whole Slide Imaging Devices*. It provides industry and agency staff with suggestions on how to best characterize the technical aspects that are relevant to whole slide imaging performance for their intended use and determine any possible limitations that might affect their safety and effectiveness. To download this guidance, click [here.](http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/DeviceRegulationandGuidance/GuidanceDocuments/UCM435355?ref=fdaweb.com) To view this notice, click [here.](https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-04-20/pdf/2016-09140.pdf?ref=fdaweb.com)