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ArticleJournal of pathology informatics2026

Iris RESTful Server and IrisTileSource: An Iris implementation for existing OpenSeaDragon viewers.

Ryan Erik Landvater, Navin Kathawa, Mustafa Yousif, Ulysses Balis

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Article in Journal of pathology informatics, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Ryan Erik LandvaterUniversity of Michigan Medical School, Department of Pathology, 2800 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2800, USA.
Navin KathawaUniversity of Michigan Medical School, Department of Pathology, 2800 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2800, USA.
Mustafa YousifUniversity of Michigan Medical School, Department of Pathology, 2800 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2800, USA.
Ulysses BalisUniversity of Michigan Medical School, Department of Pathology, 2800 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2800, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Iris File Extension (IFE) is a low overhead performance-oriented whole-slide image (WSI) file format designed to improve the image rendering experience for pathologists and simplify image management for system administrators. However, static hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) file servers cannot natively stream subregions of high-resolution image files, such as the IFE. The majority of contemporary WSI viewer systems are designed as browser-based web applications and leverage OpenSeaDragon as the tile-based rendering framework. These systems convert WSI files to Deep Zoom Images (DZI) for compatibility with simple static HTTP file servers. To address this limitation, we have developed the Iris RESTful Server, a low-overhead HTTP server with a RESTful application programming interface (API) that is natively compatible with the DICOMweb WADO-RS API. Written in C++ with Boost Beast HTTP and Asio networking libraries atop the public IFE libraries, the server offers both security and high performance. Testing shows that a single Raspberry Pi equivalent system can handle a peak of 5061 req./s (average 3883 req./s) with a median latency of 21 ms on a private (i.e., hospital) network. We also developed and merged a new OpenSeaDragon TileSource, compatible with the Iris RESTful API, into the next OpenSeaDragon release, enabling simple and immediate drop-in replacement of DZI images within WSI viewer stacks. Designed as a secure cross-origin resource sharing microservice, this architecture includes detailed deployment instructions for new or existing WSI workflows, and the public examples.restful.irisdigitalpathology.org subdomain is provided as a development tool to accelerate WSI web viewer development. All relevant Iris software is available under the open-source MIT software license.

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Digital pathologyIrisIris File ExtensionOpenSeaDragonRESTfulTileSourceWhole-slide image

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PMID41584262
PMCPMC12830180

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