Stop fighting office software.
SurgPathPic is the photo annotation tool for surgical pathology and veterinary practice. Calibrated to real-world millimeters. Every tool in one editor. Nothing ever leaves your browser.
Stop using office software.
Canva, PowerPoint, and Microsoft Paint were never built for medicine.
Gross rooms, autopsy suites, and veterinary practices document specimen photos with whatever tool the team can already open. A slide deck, a Paint screenshot, a Canva project lost in someone's account. None of them know what a cassette, a margin, or a section is. Every case reinvents the wheel. Every export looks different. Every workflow is improvised.
- Calibrated Two clicks of known distance and the grid, ruler, and polygon area all read in real-world millimeters. PowerPoint can't calibrate to a real specimen. Canva can't either.
- Every tool, always No mode picker, no setup. Calibrated grid, ruler, polygon area, angle, outlines, arrows, and labels are in the same editor. Use what your case needs.
- Case-ready exports Canva exports a flat image. We export a branded PNG or a multi-page case PDF, one page per photo, with your case ID and timestamp on every page.
Purpose-built for the gross room and the veterinary practice.
One Editor, Every Tool
Click-to-edit banner labels let you rename "Date" to "Block" in one tap. The full toolkit is always available: calibrated grid, ruler, polygon area with mm² / cm² readout, angle, outlines, arrows, and labels. Use the tools your case needs and ignore the rest.
Calibrated Grid
Drop a grid on any photo. Click two points of known distance and the grid snaps to real-world millimeters. Click cells to mark and auto-number cassettes, sections, and sampled regions.
Ruler & Angle Tools
Drag for a calibrated length readout in mm or cm. Click three points for an angle in degrees. Both persist as editable annotations and export with the final image.
Polygon Area
Trace any region. The area auto-calculates in mm² or cm² when calibrated. Defensible documentation for lesion size, margin area, tumor surface, and any region you need to measure.
Outlines, Arrows, Text, Shapes
Trace structures with freeform outlines. Place arrows, circles, rectangles, and text labels in nine colors and five line weights. Every annotation is editable, draggable, and undoable up to 50 steps back.
Copy & Branded Export
One-click copy to clipboard for paste into your LIS, EHR, or slide deck. Full-resolution PNG export with your institution's logo and case info stamped on. Clean export option strips annotations for a presentable photo.
Canva, PowerPoint, MS Paint vs. SurgPathPic.
- Eyeballing measurements with a screen ruler
- No vocabulary for cassettes or sections, numbered by hand
- App-hopping between drawing, measurement, and screenshot tools
- Canva and PowerPoint Online upload patient photos to third-party servers (PHI exposure)
- Institutional header rebuilt every case
- PNG that looks different every time
- No case ID, no timestamp, no consistent export.
- Calibrated grid, ruler, polygon area in mm/cm
- Auto-numbered cassettes, sections, regions
- Every clinical annotation tool in one editor, no app-hopping
- Browser-only. Photos never leave your computer.
- One logo + case header reused across every case
- Branded PNG with the same header layout every time
- Multi-page case PDF, one page per photo, case ID and timestamp included
Three steps. That's the whole thing.
Load your photo
JPEG or PNG from your phone, camera, or scanner. Drag-and-drop or click to upload.
Calibrate, mark, trace, measure
Calibrate to real mm with two clicks of known distance. Drop the grid. Drag the ruler. Trace polygons for area in mm² or cm². Everything is editable after placement and undoable for 50 steps.
Copy or export
Copy to clipboard for instant paste into your LIS, EHR, slide deck, or email. Or export the full-resolution PNG with your logo and case info stamped on.
One editor. Every bench that photographs specimens.
Surgical pathology
Pathologists, pathologists' assistants, and residents in the gross room. Cassette mapping, margin annotation, composite section documentation, Gross / Micro modes.
Autopsy
Organ-by-organ documentation with calibrated measurement, consistent case headers, and a multi-page PDF for the file.
Veterinary
Small animal, equine, large animal, exotic, wildlife, zoo, veterinary pathology. Same calibrated tools, animal-aware vocabulary, from cat masses to bovine necropsy to avian findings.
Research
Teaching sets, manuscript figures, residency case atlases, board prep, IRB-eligible documentation. Consistent institutional branding across every export.
Everything is in the details.
Two ways to pay. Try either free for 7 days.
- Full annotation toolkit
- Gross and Micro modes
- Calibrated grid, ruler, polygon area
- Every clinical annotation tool always available
- Custom institution logo + case header
- Branded PNG + multi-page PDF export
- Everything in Monthly
- 31% off vs. paying monthly
- One transaction, twelve months of access
- Renews annually; cancel from your account at any time
For labs, departments, and clinics with 5+ users.
Small Group covers up to 5 users for $399/year. Large Group covers 6 to 10 users for $799/year. Need 11 or more member logins? Reach out for institutional pricing. See every plan side by side.
Frequently asked questions.
Are my patient images uploaded anywhere?
No. SurgPathPic runs entirely in your browser. When you open an image it loads on your computer and stays there. It is never transmitted to our servers or to any third party. We have no ability to see, store, or access your patient images because they never leave your machine.
How much does SurgPathPic cost?
Individual plans are $11.99 per month or $99 per year after a 14-day free trial. Small Group covers up to 5 users for $399 per year, and Large Group covers 6 to 10 users for $799 per year. For 11 or more users, contact us for institutional pricing.
Is there a free version?
There is no permanent free tier. Every new account starts with a 14-day free trial of the full toolkit. No card is required. When the trial ends, choose a monthly or annual plan to keep going.
What is SurgPathPic used for?
SurgPathPic is a calibrated photo annotation tool for surgical pathology and veterinary practice. It is used for gross pathology cassette mapping, margin annotation, autopsy documentation, and veterinary specimen and necropsy documentation.
Do I need to install anything?
No. SurgPathPic runs in any modern web browser. There is nothing to install and nothing to configure. Open the app, load a photo, and start annotating.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes. You can cancel from your account at any time. Annual plans are eligible for a full refund within 7 days of purchase.
We can't see your images. That's not a policy. It's how it's built.
SurgPathPic runs entirely on your computer. When you open an image it loads in your browser and stays there. It is never transmitted anywhere. Not to our servers, not to third parties, not anywhere. We have no ability to see, store, or access your patient images because they never leave your machine. The only information we hold is your email address and your subscription status. That's it.
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