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ArticleNature methods2026

LazySlide: accessible and interoperable whole-slide image analysis.

Yimin Zheng, Ernesto Abila, Eva Chrenková, Iva Buljan, Juliane Winkler, André F Rendeiro

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Article in Nature methods, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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6 authors.

Yimin ZhengCeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria.
Ernesto AbilaCeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-5995-4815
Eva ChrenkováCenter for Cancer Research, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7765-4016
Iva BuljanCeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-8329-8097
Juliane WinklerCenter for Cancer Research, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9762-1721
André F RendeiroCeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria. arendeiro@cemm.oeaw.ac.at.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9362-5373

Funding

EC | EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020 | H2020 Priority Excellent Science | H2020 European Research Council (H2020 Excellent Science - European Research Council) 101220825Vienna Science and Technology Fund (Wiener Wissenschafts-, Forschungs- und Technologiefonds) WWTF-LS23-067
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Histopathological data are foundational in both biological research and clinical diagnostics but remain siloed from modern multimodal and single-cell frameworks. Here we introduce LazySlide, an open-source Python package built on the scverse ecosystem for efficient whole-slide image analysis and multimodal integration. By leveraging vision-language foundation models and adhering to scverse data standards, LazySlide bridges histopathology with omics workflows. It supports tissue and cell segmentation, feature extraction, cross-modal querying and zero-shot classification, with minimal setup.

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Image Processing, Computer-AssistedSoftwareAnimalsHumansProgramming Languages

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PMCPMC13076205

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