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[[Image:Microscope with stained slide.jpg|thumb|A stained histologic specimen, sandwiched between a glass [[microscope slide]] and coverslip, mounted on the stage of a light microscope.]]
[[Image:Emphysema H and E.jpg|thumb|Microscopic view of a histologic specimen of human [[lung]] tissue stained with [[hematoxylin]] and [[eosin]].]]
'''Automated tissue image analysis''' or '''histopathology image analysis''' ('''HIMA''') is a process by which computer-controlled [[automatic test equipment]] is used to evaluate [[tissue (biology)|tissue]] samples, using computations to derive quantitative measurements from an image to avoid subjective errors.
In a typical application, automated tissue image analysis could be used to measure the aggregate activity of [[cancer cell]]s in a [[biopsy]] of a [[cancer]]ous [[tumor]] taken from a patient. In [[breast cancer]] patients, for example, automated tissue image analysis may be used to test for high levels of [[proteins]] known to be present in more aggressive forms of breast cancers.
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