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ArticleJournal of pathology informatics2025

The comparative pathology workbench: An update.

Michael N Wicks, Michael Glinka, Bill Hill, Derek Houghton, Bernard Haggarty, Jorge Del-Pozo, Ingrid Ferreira, Florian Jaeckle, David Adams, Shahida Din and 5 more

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Article in Journal of pathology informatics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Michael N WicksEdinburgh Pathology & Centre for Comparative Pathology, Institute of Genetics & Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Crewe Road, Edinburgh EH4 2XR, UK.
Michael GlinkaEdinburgh Pathology & Centre for Comparative Pathology, Institute of Genetics & Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Crewe Road, Edinburgh EH4 2XR, UK.
Bill HillDepartment of Computer Science, School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK.
Derek HoughtonDepartment of Computer Science, School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK.
Bernard HaggartyDepartment of Computer Science, School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK.
Jorge Del-PozoThe Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Campus, Bush Farm Road, Edinburgh EH25 9RG, UK.
Ingrid FerreiraEdinburgh Pathology & Centre for Comparative Pathology, Institute of Genetics & Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Crewe Road, Edinburgh EH4 2XR, UK.
Florian JaeckleDepartment of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
David AdamsExperimental Cancer Genetics, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK.
Shahida DinEdinburgh IBD Unit, Western General Hospital, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, UK.
Irene PapatheodorouEarlham Institute, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UZ, UK.
Kathryn KirkwoodEdinburgh Pathology & Centre for Comparative Pathology, Institute of Genetics & Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Crewe Road, Edinburgh EH4 2XR, UK.
Albert BurgerDepartment of Computer Science, School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK.
Richard A BaldockEdinburgh Pathology & Centre for Comparative Pathology, Institute of Genetics & Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Crewe Road, Edinburgh EH4 2XR, UK.
Mark J ArendsEdinburgh Pathology & Centre for Comparative Pathology, Institute of Genetics & Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Crewe Road, Edinburgh EH4 2XR, UK.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Comparative Pathology Workbench (CPW) is a web-browser-based visual analytics platform providing shared access to an interactive "spreadsheet" style presentation of image data and associated analysis data. The software was developed to enable pathologists and other clinical and research users to compare histopathological images of diseased and/or normal tissues between different samples of the same or different patients/species. The CPW provides a grid layout of cells in rows and columns so that images that correspond to matching data can be organized in the form of an image-enabled "spreadsheet". An individual workbench or bench can be shared with other users with read-only or full edit access as required. In addition, each bench cell or the whole bench itself has an associated discussion thread to allow collaborative analysis and consensual interpretation of the data. Here, we present the updated system based on 2 years of active use in the field that generated constructive feedback. The updates deliver new capabilities, including automated importation of entire image collections, sorting image collections, long running tasks, public benches, uploading miscellaneous image types, refining search facilities, enabling use of tags, and improving efficiency, speed, and user-friendliness.

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Comparative pathologyEmbedded discussionImage spreadsheetImage visualizationShared workspaceVisual analyticsVisual comparison

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PMID41323210
PMCPMC12663670

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