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Area of Science:

  • Digital Pathology
  • Computational Pathology
  • Histopathology Image Analysis

Background:

  • Specimen cross-contamination can lead to extraneous tissue pieces (tissue floaters) on glass slides.
  • Current troubleshooting methods, including molecular tests, are time-consuming and often ineffective.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess the feasibility of using an image search tool to identify tissue floaters.
  • To provide a rapid solution for resolving the tissue floater conundrum in pathology.

Main Methods:

  • A fabricated slide with H&E-stained tissue floaters was digitized.
  • A dataset of 2325 whole slide images was created, including original tumor slides.
  • A deep learning-based image search tool was used to match tissue floater features to the digital database.

Main Results:

  • The image search tool demonstrated a high likelihood of correctly matching tissue floaters to their original tumors.
  • Correct matches were consistently found within the top 3 retrieved images.
  • Retrieval accuracy increased with larger floater proportions, and search times were in milliseconds.

Conclusions:

  • An image search tool offers a rapid and effective method for pathologists to resolve tissue floaters.
  • This digital pathology approach is particularly beneficial for laboratories adopting fully digital workflows.