Histo-Seg: H&E Whole Slide Image Segmentation Dataset
Abdul Salam, Anum and Asaf, Zeeshan and Akram, Muhammad Usman and Rao, Babar and Khan, Samavia and Sanabria, Bianca

@article{abdulsalam2024histoseg,
title= {Histo-Seg: H&E Whole Slide Image Segmentation Dataset},
journal= {Mendeley Data},
author= {Abdul Salam, Anum and Asaf, Zeeshan and Akram, Muhammad Usman and Rao, Babar and Khan, Samavia and Sanabria, Bianca},
year= {2024},
url= {https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/vccj8mp2cg/1},
abstract= {38 chemically stained H&E whole slide images with ground truth annotations by histopathologists, released for skin tissue segmentation.

## Classes (12)

* **Skin layers:** Epidermis, Reticular dermis, Papillary dermis, Dermis, Keratin
* **Skin tissues:** Inflammation, Hair follicles, Glands
* **Skin cancer:** Basal cell carcinoma, Squamous cell carcinoma, Intraepidermal carcinoma
* **Background:** BKG

## Associated paper

Abdul Salam, A., Asaf, M. Z., Akram, M. U., Musolff, N., Khan, S., Rafiq, B., Rao, B. *Hematoxylin and Eosin-stained whole slide image dataset annotated for skin tissue segmentation.* Data in Brief 59, 111306 (2025). [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2025.111306](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2025.111306)

## Source

Mendeley Data, DOI 10.17632/vccj8mp2cg.1: [https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/vccj8mp2cg/1](https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/vccj8mp2cg/1). License: CC BY 4.0.},
keywords= {segmentation, pathology, microscopy, skin, histopathology, whole slide imaging},
terms= {},
license= {https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
superseded= {}
}