Whole-slide image focus quality: Automatic assessment and impact on ai cancer detection

• Main Authors: Timo Kohlberger (Author), Yun Liu (Author), Melissa Moran (Author), Po-Hsuan Cameron Chen (Author), Trissia Brown (Author), Jason D Hipp (Author), Craig H Mermel (Author), Martin C Stumpe (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Digital pathology enables remote access or consults and powerful image analysis algorithms. However, the slide digitization process can create artifacts such as out-of-focus (OOF). OOF is often only detected on careful review, potentially causing rescanning, and workflow delays. Although...