Lens

Lens Overview

Recent advances in multiplexed tissue imaging, such as multiplexed immunohistochemistry (mIHC) and Mass Cytometry Imaging (MCI), together with the traditional brightfield tissue whole slide imageing, enable the capturing of a large amount of tissue phenotypic and molecular data at a cellular and sub-cellular resolution. The Lens Platform aims to provide a suite of software tools for multi-modal tissue imaging data analysis for cancer research, empowered with deep learning based methods. Specially, the following tools are developed: 1) Registration: A set of serial WSI registration software to enable the integration of multi-stained serial brightfield WSIs and multiplexed tissue biomarker imaging at the full image resolution; 2) Pathology structure segmentation: A set of deep learning models for biomarker detection and histology object segmentation; 3) Spatial analytics: A suite of efficient and scalable spatial analytics tools for spatial TME analytics; Preditive Analytics: 4) Deep learning models for cancer prediction analysis with multi-modal tissue imaging data and processed spatial TME features; and Web Portal: 5) A web-based software platform to integrate all software components to support multi-modal image data management, visualization, annotation, analysis and dissemination.

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