histolab - Process whole slide pathology images
Processes whole slide pathology images by detecting tissue, extracting tiles, applying filters, and preparing datasets for computational pathology.
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Updated: 2026-10-06Capabilities
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What this skill does
- Load whole slide images
- Inspect slide metadata
- Generate slide thumbnails
- Detect tissue regions
- Create tissue masks
- Extract tiles randomly
- Extract tiles on grids
- Rank informative tiles
- Apply image filters
- Compose preprocessing pipelines
- Visualize masks and tiles
- Prepare deep learning datasets
Inputs
- Whole slide image files
- Tile extraction parameters
- Tissue mask configuration
- Filter pipeline configuration
- Scoring functions
- Output paths
Outputs
- Slide metadata
- Slide thumbnails
- Tissue masks
- Extracted image tiles
- Tile location previews
- Tile extraction reports
- Visualization figures
- Prepared image datasets
Requirements
- Python environment
- histolab package
- Supported WSI file formats