Pathology imaging informatics for quantitative analysis of whole-slide images.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

With the objective of bringing clinical decision support systems to reality, this article reviews histopathological whole-slide imaging informatics methods, associated challenges, and future research opportunities.

Target audience

This review targets pathologists and informaticians who have a limited understanding of the key aspects of whole-slide image (WSI) analysis and/or a limited knowledge of state-of-the-art technologies and analysis methods.

Scope

First, we discuss the importance of imaging informatics in pathology and highlight the challenges posed by histopathological WSI. Next, we provide a thorough review of current methods for: quality control of histopathological images; feature extraction that captures image properties at the pixel, object, an

SUBMITTER: Kothari S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3822114 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature