QuPath is a free & open source quantitative Pathology & Bioimage Analysis software. Because QuPath is built with Java it is cross-platform, it's available for download for Windows, Mac OSX and Linux. It is built to provide whole slide image analysis required in clinical pathology.
QuPath is developed at Division of Pathology at the University of Edinburgh. The project received funds from Invest Northern Ireland, and Cancer Research UK Accelerator.
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Highlights
Cross-platform: Windows, Linux, Mac OSX
Lightweight
Powerful visualization kit
Provides fast analysis
Rich annotation tools
Workflows for both IHC and H&E analysis
Novel algorithms for common tasks, e.g. cell segmentation, Tissue microarray dearraying
Machine learning powered analysis
Clear data model
Easy to integrate with Matlab and ImageJ
Multiple formats for export
Automated tasks support
Automated Analysis
Powerful Scripting tool
Supports data exchange with other open-source tools like ImageJ
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Features
Whole-slide viewer
Dynamic color transformation
Support compressed and uncompressed files
Biomarker quantification
Tissue Microarray support
Sophisticated tumor identification
Mini-viewer
Multiple display options
Flexible object classification
Interactive tools to display, zoom, scale, navigate
Image exports
User-friendly automated analysis
Stain estimation
Analytics
Reporting
License
QuPath is released under GNU General Public License v3.0
Platforms
QuPath is a cross-platform it works for Windows, Linux, & Mac OSX
Download
The current stable version v0.1.2 (3 July/ 2019), is available for download, There is an early release of QuPath v0.2.0 is available for testing. Download QuPath for: Windows, Linux, or Mac OSX.
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