Re: Whole slide image analysis with ImageJ

Posted by dscho on Apr 18, 2011; 8:57pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Whole-slide-image-analysis-with-ImageJ-tp3684908p3684909.html

Hi James,

On Mon, 18 Apr 2011, Deeds, James wrote:

> I just ran across the article cited below describing a plugin for
> viewing and analyzing scanned whole microscope slides using ImageJ. I
> would be interested in trying the plugin out or hearing feedback from
> others who may have used the tool. I understand that support for whole
> slide image formats is planned for the big ImageJ 2.0 project underway.
> Perhaps Dr. Zerbe has some useful input for the ImageJdev team.
>
> Distributed computing in image analysis using open source frameworks and application to image sharpness assessment of histological whole slide images
> Norman Zerbe, Peter Hufnagl, Karsten Schlüns
> Diagnostic Pathology 2011, 6(Suppl 1):S16 (30 March 2011)
> http://www.diagnosticpathology.org/content/6/S1/S16

Sadly, the requirement of other scientific fields for full disclosure of
methods (including tools) has not made it quite yet into life sciences.
That is the only reason I can see why the paper describes a plugin that is
not available publicly.

Therefore I doubt that you will get much feedback from people who used it.

Unfortunately, this is also the reason why nobody involved in the
ImageJDev project can form an opinion about, or benefit from, the work
described in the paper, except by putting an undue burden on the
developers who are already working very hard on a first beta release of
ImageJ 2.0.

Maybe you want to contact the corresponding author, and maybe the author
wants to contribute a bit back to the free software he benefitted from so
nicely? Maybe there is a chance to avoid reinventing the wheel here? Maybe
this is a perfect opportunity to stand on each others shoulders?

Ciao,
Johannes