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Joint analysis of multiple biomarker images and tissue morphology is important for disease diagnosis, treatment planning and drug development. It requires cross-staining comparison among Whole Slide Images (WSIs) of immuno-histochemical and…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-05 Abubakr Shafique , Morteza Babaie , Mahjabin Sajadi , Adrian Batten , Soma Skdar , H. R. Tizhoosh

Poor performance of quantitative analysis in histopathological Whole Slide Images (WSI) has been a significant obstacle in clinical practice. Annotating large-scale WSIs manually is a demanding and time-consuming task, unlikely to yield the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-08-08 Sarah Cechnicka , James Ball , Hadrien Reynaud , Callum Arthurs , Candice Roufosse , Bernhard Kainz

To increase the objectivity and accuracy of pathologists' work, artificial neural network(ANN) methods have been generally needed in the segmentation, classification, and detection of histopathological WSI. In this paper, WSI analysis…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-01 Xintong Li , Weiming Hu , Chen Li , Tao Jiang , Hongzan Sun , Xiaoyan Li , Xinyu Huang , Marcin Grzegorzek

Whole slide image (WSI) classification is a critical task in computational pathology. However, the gigapixel-size of such images remains a major challenge for the current state of deep-learning. Current methods rely on multiple-instance…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-10-04 Etienne Pochet , Rami Maroun , Roger Trullo

A Whole Slide Image (WSI) is a high-resolution digital image created by scanning an entire glass slide containing a biological specimen, such as tissue sections or cell samples, at multiple magnifications. These images are digitally…

In contemporary imaging systems, achieving optimal auto-focus (AF) performance hinges on precise lens positioning. Extensive research has delved into refining algorithms for determining the ideal lens position across passive, active, and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-07-03 Ali Karaoglu

The OpenFlexure Microscope is a 3D printed, low-cost microscope capable of automated image acquisition through the use of a motorised translation stage and a Raspberry Pi imaging system. This automation has applications in research and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-09-16 Joe Knapper , Joel T. Collins , Julian Stirling , Samuel McDermott , William Wadsworth , Richard Bowman

We demonstrate a deep learning-based offline autofocusing method, termed Deep-R, that is trained to rapidly and blindly autofocus a single-shot microscopy image of a specimen that is acquired at an arbitrary out-of-focus plane. We…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-01-25 Yilin Luo , Luzhe Huang , Yair Rivenson , Aydogan Ozcan

The last decade has seen significant advances in computer-aided diagnostics for cytological screening, mainly through the improvement and integration of scanning techniques such as whole slide imaging (WSI) and the combination with deep…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-23 Philip Groult , Julia D. Sistermanns , Ellen Emken , Oliver Hayden , Wolfgang Utschick

Lifelong learning for whole slide images (WSIs) poses the challenge of training a unified model to perform multiple WSI-related tasks, such as cancer subtyping and tumor classification, in a distributed, continual fashion. This is a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-04-23 Doanh C. Bui , Hoai Luan Pham , Vu Trung Duong Le , Tuan Hai Vu , Van Duy Tran , Yasuhiko Nakashima

The histopathological analysis of whole-slide images (WSIs) is fundamental to cancer diagnosis but is a time-consuming and expert-driven process. While deep learning methods show promising results, dominant patch-based methods artificially…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-08 Alexander Weers , Alexander H. Berger , Laurin Lux , Peter Schüffler , Daniel Rueckert , Johannes C. Paetzold

The difficulty of processing gigapixel whole slide images (WSIs) in clinical microscopy has been a long-standing barrier to implementing computer aided diagnostic systems. Since modern computing resources are unable to perform computations…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-08-13 Sam Maksoud , Kun Zhao , Peter Hobson , Anthony Jennings , Brian Lovell

Whole Slide Image (WSI) analysis, with its ability to reveal detailed tissue structures in magnified views, plays a crucial role in cancer diagnosis and prognosis. Due to their giga-sized nature, WSIs require substantial storage and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-08-05 Doanh Cao Bui , Jin Tae Kwak

Histopathology image analysis is the golden standard of clinical diagnosis for Cancers. In doctors daily routine and computer-aided diagnosis, the Whole Slide Image (WSI) of histopathology tissue is used for analysis. Because of the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-11-23 Honglin Li , Yunlong Zhang , Chenglu Zhu , Jiatong Cai , Sunyi Zheng , Lin Yang

Whole slide image (WSI) refers to a type of high-resolution scanned tissue image, which is extensively employed in computer-assisted diagnosis (CAD). The extremely high resolution and limited availability of region-level annotations make…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-09-06 Ruijie Zhang , Qiaozhe Zhang , Yingzhuang Liu , Hao Xin , Yan Liu , Xinggang Wang

Current approaches for classification of whole slide images (WSI) in digital pathology predominantly utilize a two-stage learning pipeline. The first stage identifies areas of interest (e.g. tumor tissue), while the second stage processes…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-07-20 Marvin Teichmann , Andre Aichert , Hanibal Bohnenberger , Philipp Ströbel , Tobias Heimann

Autofocus is an important task for digital cameras, yet current approaches often exhibit poor performance. We propose a learning-based approach to this problem, and provide a realistic dataset of sufficient size for effective learning. Our…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-05-05 Charles Herrmann , Richard Strong Bowen , Neal Wadhwa , Rahul Garg , Qiurui He , Jonathan T. Barron , Ramin Zabih

Computational methods on analyzing Whole Slide Images (WSIs) enable early diagnosis and treatments by supporting pathologists in detection and classification of tumors. However, the extremely high resolution of WSIs makes end-to-end…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-18 Umar Marikkar , Muhammad Awais , Sara Atito

The field of histology relies heavily on antiquated tissue processing and staining techniques that limit the efficiency of pathologic diagnoses of cancer and other diseases. Current staining and advanced labeling methods are often…

Whole slide images (WSIs) pose unique challenges when training deep learning models. They are very large which makes it necessary to break each image down into smaller patches for analysis, image features have to be extracted at multiple…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-12-02 Ozan Ciga , Tony Xu , Sharon Nofech-Mozes , Shawna Noy , Fang-I Lu , Anne L. Martel