This document discusses a proposed consortium called BIOPOOL that aims to digitize and share histological images and clinical data from biobanks across Europe. The motivation is to allow biobanks and hospitals to exchange, process, understand and exploit digitized tissue samples. BIOPOOL would interconnect different biobanks and aggregate their data on a central server. This would provide services for diagnosis, education and research by allowing search and retrieval of images and associated clinical data. The consortium involves 7 partners from 4 countries with different profiles working to develop innovations like content-based image retrieval and tools to support these goals.

1. SERVICES ASSOCIATED TO
DIGITALISED CONTENTS OF
TISSUES IN BIOBANKS
ACROSS EUROPE
Dr. Roberto Bilbao
6th June 2012, Copenhague
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2. MOTIVATION: the need of biobanks and hospitals of sharing,
exchanging, processing, understanding and exploiting the
digital histology images and the clinical data associated to
the biologic material stored in these institutions
Histological images
Clinical data
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3. Multiscale high resolution
Lung tumor processed digital scanning of tissues
Tumor surgically removed to histological slide
Lung with tumor
Histological images
Interconnection Central server
Other biobanks Data Agregation
Search and indexing Clinical data
Diagnosis
Services
Education
Other biobanks Research
Other biobanks
MOTIVATION: the need of biobanks of sharing, exchanging, processing, understanding and exploiting the digital
histology images and the data associated to the biologic material stored in these institutions 3

4. Consortium
• 7 partners from 4
countries, with different
profiles:
– A non-profit public body.
– 2 Research Centres
– 3 SMEs
– A University
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5. BIOPOOL structure
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6. Innovations
• To interconnect different and heterogeneous
histological image data pools, and the
association of these images with contextual
data.
• To develop a Content Based Image
Retrieval System supporting search based
on text and/or image.
• To provide a new tool for education,
research and diagnosis proposes
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7. Further Questions
Thanks for your Attention.
Roberto Bilbao
bilbao@bioef.org
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