Histolab

When to use

Use Histolab to inspect WSI metadata, identify tissue, extract image tiles, and standardize H&E staining. Its masks and scores are image-processing heuristics; they do not diagnose cancer, count individual cells, or establish image quality.

Installation

Histolab 0.7.0 remains the latest published release as of the review date. Its release constraints require Python <3.12, NumPy <=1.24.4, scikit-image <0.19.4, SciPy <1.10.1, Pillow <11, and openslide-python 1.3.1. Keep this stack isolated from modern scientific environments. Windows is not supported by this Histolab release.

Install native OpenSlide for your system, then create a dedicated environment (Python 3.10 was tested):