Yottixel - An Image Search Engine for Large Archives of Histopathology Whole Slide Images.

Shivam Kalra¹, H R Tizhoosh², Charles Choi³, Sultaan Shah³, Phedias Diamandis⁴, Clinton J V Campbell⁵, Liron Pantanowitz⁶

¹Kimia Lab, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; Huron Digital Pathology, St. Jacobs, ON, Canada.

²Kimia Lab, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; Vector Institute, MaRS Centre, Toronto, Canada. Electronic address: tizhoosh@uwaterloo.ca.

³Huron Digital Pathology, St. Jacobs, ON, Canada.

⁴General Hospital/Research Institute (UHN), Toronto, Canada.

⁵Pathology & Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hamilton, Canada.

⁶University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Department of Pathology, PA, USA.

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Abstract

With the emergence of digital pathology, searching for similar images in large archives has gained considerable attention. Image retrieval can provide pathologists with unprecedented access to the evidence embodied in already diagnosed and treated cases from the past. This paper proposes a search engine specialized for digital pathology, called Yottixel, a portmanteau for "one yotta pixel," alludi…

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