tif): single-file pyramidal tiled TIFF, with non-standard metadata and compression There are several Whole-slide image formats, there is no standard version because the variety of vendors, but we have libraries, projects, software which are built to process those formats, here is a list of the most common formats : Above all Digital pathology is aiming to provide collaborative methods to improve diagnosis and research.
We often hear the term digital pathology, which is a technical concept to improve the quality, reduce the errors, and provide a better view of the slides. Whole-slide images viewers are used in different sectors as medical diagnosis, intraoperative diagnosis, medical education, medical students training, diagnostic decision support systems, clinical research, & immunohistochemistry (IHC).
It allows scientists, researchers, clinical pathologists to use software to zoom for regions of interest ROIs. Whole-slide images (Virtual Slides), are a high-resolution image of physical histopathology scanned with special scanners, that produces the images in gigapixels. What is Whole-slide image or Virtual Slides?