Topic: IMI2-2019-18-01 – Central repository of digital pathology slides to support the development of artificial intelligence tools
Type of Action: RIA
Duration: 72 months
Start date: 1 Feb 2021
Grant agreement: 945358
Web: https://www.bigpicture.eu/ or visit CORDIS
Total request Grant by Consortium: €32,319,825
Total request Grant by BBMRI-ERIC: €209,000
Linked Third Parties/BBMRI-ERIC Framework Agreement: €171,000, equally divided among KU Leuven (BBMRI.be), UNIMIB (BBMRI.it) and TURUN (BBMRI.fi)
Benefit/tasks for BBMRI-ERIC:
WP5:
WP1:
High-performance computing is revolutionising healthcare through electronic records and digitalised pathology data. The mission of the EU-funded BIGPICTURE project is to establish the first European platform where quality-controlled whole slide imaging (WSI) data are stored. The consortium consists of Europe’s largest pathology departments and will work towards an open-source framework for accessing, annotating and mining WSI data using AI algorithms. With access to millions of WSI data, BIGPICTURE envisions AI-based methods that can help clinicians interpret tissue features and perform diagnosis fast, in a high-throughput manner, avoiding human bias or error.