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ArticleComputational and structural biotechnology journal2025

Histolytics: A panoptic spatial analysis framework for interpretable histopathology.

Oskari Lehtonen, Niko Nordlund, Shams Salloum, Ilkka Kalliala, Anni Virtanen, Sampsa Hautaniemi

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Article in Computational and structural biotechnology journal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Oskari LehtonenResearch Program in Systems Oncology, Research Programs Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Niko NordlundResearch Program in Systems Oncology, Research Programs Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Shams SalloumResearch Program in Systems Oncology, Research Programs Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Ilkka KallialaDepartment of Obsteterics and Gynaecology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
Anni VirtanenResearch Program in Systems Oncology, Research Programs Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Sampsa HautaniemiResearch Program in Systems Oncology, Research Programs Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

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Abstract

Quantifying spatial organization in hematoxylin and eosin (H&E)-stained whole-slide images (WSIs) is essential for uncovering tissue-level patterns relevant to pathology. We present Histolytics, an open-source, scalable Python framework for interpretable, WSI-scale histopathological analysis. Histolytics integrates panoptic segmentation with spatial querying, morphological profiling, and graph-based analytics to enable high-resolution, quantitative characterization of nuclei, tissue compartments, and the extracellular matrix (ECM). Designed to align with diagnostic reasoning, Histolytics supports segmentation with state-of-the-art deep learning models and provides modular tools for extracting biologically grounded features across entire WSIs. By leveraging spatially contextualized measurements at cellular and tissue levels, Histolytics addresses a critical gap in explainable computational pathology, offering an interpretable alternative or complement to black-box predictive models. We validated Histolytics through segmentation benchmarking on cervical and ovarian high-grade serous carcinoma data.

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AICancerDeep learningDigital pathologyHistopathologyInterpretable featuresMachine learningPanoptic segmentationSoftwareSpatial analysis

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PMID41328400
PMCPMC12664990

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