RT Conference Proceedings T1 A new tool to search tumor samples for research across Europe: BIOPOOL - Poster A1 Sáiz, Mónica A1 Belar, Oihana A1 de Jong, Bas A1 Kap, Marcel A1 Bereciartua, Arantza A1 Ruiz, Rebeca A1 Viguri, Maria Amparo A1 Rezola, Ricardo A1 de Miguel, Eduardo A1 Saiz, Alberto A1 Fernández, Sara A1 Gaafar, Ayman A1 Catón, Blanca A1 Aguirre, Javier A1 Doukas, Michael A1 Muñoz, Elena A1 Gandon, Fabienne A1 Riegman, Peter A1 Bilbao, Roberto AB Objective: Searching tissues for research across biobanks and pathology departments is complicated due to the geographically dispersed distribution, diagnosis heterogeneity, language diversity and lack of online robust samples catalogues. BIOPOOL consortium (www.biopoolproject.eu) was created to give a solution based on a new search approach similar to Google images but focused on histological images and associated clinical databases. The project is funded by the 7FP of the European Commission (GA296162). Method: Digital images from colon, breast and lung cancer were used to develop the software. Eleven pathologists worked closely with IT developers. They defined the technical and functional requirements of the final system, and the identification and validation of the key visual features and regions of interest on the histological images and their associated data.Relevant visual descriptors were identified, coded and extracted automatically from the images in order to be included in the searching tool and retrieved later in the case it matches the query.Results: A new web-based search portal was developed to find tumor samples across biobanks based on query by image and/or text. The legal and ethical issues were taken in consideration.Conclusion: BIOPOOL network, is now open to biobanks and pathology departments to bring together, in a European scale, a research infrastructure that could help to conduct research through the synergy of medical knowledge and technology. PB Springer SN 1432-2307 YR 2015 FD 2015 LK http://hdl.handle.net/11556/241 UL http://hdl.handle.net/11556/241 LA eng NO Conference: 26th European Congress of Pathology (ECP 2014), At London, United Kingdom, Volume: Virchows Archiv (2014) 465 (Suppl 1):S1–S379 NO European Commission FP7 DS TECNALIA Publications RD 17 jul 2024