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ReviewBriefings in bioinformatics2026

Histopathology-centered computational evolution of spatial omics: integration, mapping, and foundation models.

Ninghui Hao, Xinxing Yang, Boshen Yan, Dong Li, Junzhou Huang, Xintao Wu, Emily S Ruiz, Arlene Ruiz de Luzuriaga, Chen Zhao, Guihong Wan

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Review in Briefings in bioinformatics, 2026. 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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10 authors.

Ninghui HaoInstitute for Population and Precision Health, Department of Family Medicine, University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Ave, IL 60637, United States.ORCID 0009-0006-9014-1799
Xinxing YangInstitute for Population and Precision Health, Department of Family Medicine, University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Ave, IL 60637, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-1512-2970
Boshen YanDepartment of Computational Biology, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, PA 15213, United States.
Dong LiDepartment of Computer Science, Baylor University, One Bear Place, TX 76798, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-0081-9318
Junzhou HuangDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington, 416 Yates St, TX 76019, United States.
Xintao WuDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Arkansas, 227 N Harmon Ave, AR 72701, United States.
Emily S RuizDepartment of Dermatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, MA 02115, United States.
Arlene Ruiz de LuzuriagaSection of Dermatology, University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Ave, IL 60637, United States.
Chen ZhaoDepartment of Computer Science, Baylor University, One Bear Place, TX 76798, United States.
Guihong WanInstitute for Population and Precision Health, Department of Family Medicine, University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Ave, IL 60637, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-1100-4018

Funding

Explainable Artificial Intelligence for Melanoma Recurrence Prediction via Integrative Modeling of Multiplexed Imaging with Transcriptomics and HistopathologyR00CA286966 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI Guihong Wan · 2026 to 2026
$249k
National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health R00CA286966NCI NIH HHS R00 CA286966
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spatial omics (SO) enables spatially resolved molecular profiling, while hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) imaging remains the gold standard for morphological assessment in clinical pathology. Recent computational advances increasingly center H&E images in SO analysis and push resolution toward the single-cell level. We systematically review the computational evolution of SO from a histopathology-centered perspective, organizing methods into three paradigms: integration (jointly modeling of paired multimodal data), mapping (inferring molecular profiles from H&E images), and foundation models (learning generalizable representations from large-scale datasets). We summarize actionable modeling directions and persistent gaps, providing a roadmap for developing, and applying computational frameworks in SO.

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Computational BiologyGenomicsHumansMultiomicscomputational trendsfoundation modelsH&E imagehistopathologymultimodal data integrationspatial omics

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PMID42467990
PMCPMC13379075

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