Table 3 Overall match quality score for multi-aspect similarity evaluation

From: Similar image search for histopathology: SMILY

Score

Criteria

0

If the presence/absence of tumor in both patches do not match and they look visually different

25

If the presence/absence of tumor in both patches do not match and but histologic features match

50

If the presence of tumor in both patches match but not the tumor grade

75

If the diagnostic grades match or both patches are normal (e.g. Gleason grade for prostate)

100

If the diagnostic grades match or both patches are normal (e.g. Gleason grade for prostate) in addition to at least one histologic feature match