Case study
November 26, 2025

Case study: Pathology Explorer

Authors

Owkin

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Case study: Pathology Explorer

Automatically detect cell types and tissue structures from histology data

Histology Data
Histology Data
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Pathology Explorer outperforms SOTA with 5% better detection and 24% higher F1 classification, using 5x fewer parameters.
Converse directly with histological data

Pathology Explorer is a state-of-the-art AI agent for pan-cancer nuclei detection, segmentation and classification in H&E-stained pathology images.

  • Characterize patient populations from tissue images
  • Understand spatial composition of TME
  • Identify biomarkers predictive of response

Development and performance
  • We developed a new ML system to segment and classify cell & tissues. The pre-print available on arxiv at **https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.09926**
  • Using our methodology, we built Pathology Explorer, an agent that unlocks robust detection, segmentation & classification of multiple cell types, including understudied immune populations such as neutrophils and eosinophils.
  • Pathology Explorer outperforms SOTA with 5% better detection and 24% higher F1 classification, using 5x fewer parameters.
  • Pathology Explorer generalizes across multiple cancer types.

Predicted cell types and structures

Pathology Explorer automatically detects multiple cell types, including:

  • Lymphocytes
  • Neutrophils
  • Plasmocytes
  • Fibroblasts
  • Eosinophils
  • Cancer cells

Preprint and repositories

Read the preprint at: https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.09926

The model weights and an open implementation are available.

→ GitHub repository: https://github.com/owkin/histoplus

→ Model weights: https://huggingface.co/owkin/histoplus

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