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Reusable specimen-level inference in computational pathology

Image and Video Processing 2025-01-13 v1 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Tissues and Organs

Abstract

Foundation models for computational pathology have shown great promise for specimen-level tasks and are increasingly accessible to researchers. However, specimen-level models built on these foundation models remain largely unavailable, hindering their broader utility and impact. To address this gap, we developed SpinPath, a toolkit designed to democratize specimen-level deep learning by providing a zoo of pretrained specimen-level models, a Python-based inference engine, and a JavaScript-based inference platform. We demonstrate the utility of SpinPath in metastasis detection tasks across nine foundation models. SpinPath may foster reproducibility, simplify experimentation, and accelerate the adoption of specimen-level deep learning in computational pathology research.

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@article{arxiv.2501.05945,
  title  = {Reusable specimen-level inference in computational pathology},
  author = {Jakub R. Kaczmarzyk and Rishul Sharma and Peter K. Koo and Joel H. Saltz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.05945},
  year   = {2025}
}
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