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Registration accuracy should be on the scale of a few cells to enable protein colocalization to be assessed.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Methods We propose a simple and efficient method based on the open-source elastix framework to register virtual slides of adjacent sections from the same tissue sample. We characterize registration accuracies for different types of tissue and IHC staining.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Results Our results indicate that this technique is suitable for the evaluation of the colocalization of biomarkers on the scale of a few cells. We also show that using this technique in conjunction with a sequential IHC labeling and erasing technique offers improved registration accuracies.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Discussion Brightfield IHC enables to address the problem of large series of tissue samples, which are usually required in clinical research. However, this approach, which is simple at the tissue processing level, requires challenging image analysis processes, such as accurate registration, to view and extract the protein colocalization information.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Conclusions The method proposed in this work enables accurate registration (on the scale of a few cells) of virtual slides of adjacent tissue sections on which the expression of different proteins is evidenced by standard IHC. Furthermore, combining our method with a sequential labeling and erasing technique enables cell-scale colocalization.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1136\/amiajnl-2014-002710","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,8,15]],"date-time":"2014-08-15T06:21:55Z","timestamp":1408083715000},"page":"86-99","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":23,"title":["Registration of whole immunohistochemical slide images: an efficient way to characterize biomarker colocalization"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"22","author":[{"given":"Xavier","family":"Moles Lopez","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratories of Image, Signal Processing and Acoustics, \u00c9cole Polytechnique de Bruxelles, Universit\u00e9 Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium"},{"name":"DIAPath, Center for Microscopy and Molecular Imaging (CMMI), Gosselies, 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