# VisioMel Challenge

**URL:** https://community.drivendata.org/c/visiomel-melanoma/93.md?page=1

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## [Sharing colab notebook to download only selected pages](https://community.drivendata.org/t/sharing-colab-notebook-to-download-only-selected-pages/8864)

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**Author:** [@mkotyushev](https://community.drivendata.org/u/mkotyushev)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 18, 2023, 4:51am UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/sharing-colab-notebook-to-download-only-selected-pages/8864 "2023-04-18T04:51:23Z")

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Hello everyone! If you as well as me having trouble downloading such large amount of train data due to poor internet connection, here is a solution for you. Please find \<link redacted\> which Downloads train dataset im…

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## [Smoke test behave differently than submission?](https://community.drivendata.org/t/smoke-test-behave-differently-than-submission/8869)

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**Author:** [@Optimo](https://community.drivendata.org/u/Optimo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2023, 8:51am UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/smoke-test-behave-differently-than-submission/8869 "2023-04-17T08:51:06Z")

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Hello, I have been trying a submission with logs indicating when one example is done. When I run a smoke test everything runs fine, I can see my logs and I end up with a valid submission. However, when I launch the same…

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## [Annotations for the rest of the training set](https://community.drivendata.org/t/annotations-for-the-rest-of-the-training-set/8859)

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**Author:** [@rajparmar](https://community.drivendata.org/u/rajparmar)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2023, 10:48am UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/annotations-for-the-rest-of-the-training-set/8859 "2023-04-15T10:48:23Z")

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The annotations.csv file that is currently available for download have limited number of files covered from the training set. Is there any plan to provide annotations for the rest of the training set?

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## [Using models from TissueNet](https://community.drivendata.org/t/using-models-from-tissuenet/8820)

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**Author:** [@emily](https://community.drivendata.org/u/emily)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 11, 2023, 4:21pm UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/using-models-from-tissuenet/8820 "2023-04-11T16:21:19Z")

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We’d like to gauge whether participants have models from the TissueNet challenge that they would like to use in the VisioMel challenge. As is stands, models trained on TissueNet data are not allowed in the VisioMel chall…

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## [Can anybody suggest me how should I convert cv2 LINESTRING to RLE or masks?](https://community.drivendata.org/t/can-anybody-suggest-me-how-should-i-convert-cv2-linestring-to-rle-or-masks/8844)

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**Author:** [@bibhabasum](https://community.drivendata.org/u/bibhabasum)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 11, 2023, 12:15pm UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/can-anybody-suggest-me-how-should-i-convert-cv2-linestring-to-rle-or-masks/8844 "2023-04-11T12:15:16Z")

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I pretty new to this large tif images, i think for my segmentation models to work I have to convert the LINESTRING to masks or RLE, and dump all the data into Patches… . . has anybody any suggestion or references for the…

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## [Hand label on train data](https://community.drivendata.org/t/hand-label-on-train-data/8836)

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**Author:** [@sheep](https://community.drivendata.org/u/sheep)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2023, 3:52pm UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/hand-label-on-train-data/8836 "2023-04-10T15:52:18Z")

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Dear DrivenData, I want to annotate small set of train data, is this allowed? Thanks

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## [Introductions thread!](https://community.drivendata.org/t/introductions-thread/8769)

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**Author:** [@ishashah](https://community.drivendata.org/u/ishashah)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2023, 4:28pm UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/introductions-thread/8769 "2023-04-07T16:28:36Z")

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Hello dataheads! This thread is for getting to know your fellow challengers. Feel free to introduce yourself! I’m @ishashah, a Data Scientist at DrivenData. I am based in New York and am very eager to see what everyone…

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## [Environment Problem](https://community.drivendata.org/t/environment-problem/8808)

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**Author:** [@ali.mammadov](https://community.drivendata.org/u/ali.mammadov)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2023, 7:51am UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/environment-problem/8808 "2023-04-05T07:51:45Z")

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Hello, I am getting a package version incompatible error when I am trying to create an environment by using conda env create -f environment-gpu.yml. Best regards,

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## [Merge with other competitor?](https://community.drivendata.org/t/merge-with-other-competitor/8803)

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**Author:** [@RBourgade](https://community.drivendata.org/u/RBourgade)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2023, 10:28pm UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/merge-with-other-competitor/8803 "2023-04-04T22:28:40Z")

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Dear competitors, I’m a french pathologist with good experience in dermatopathology and in melanoma. I’m also data scientist with a double major in applied mathematics : I have participated in several competitions in c…

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## [Question about Patient ID](https://community.drivendata.org/t/question-about-patient-id/8786)

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**Author:** [@sheep](https://community.drivendata.org/u/sheep)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2023, 6:10pm UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/question-about-patient-id/8786 "2023-04-04T18:10:13Z")

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Dear DrivenData & Host, Does each WSI correspond to one patient, If not, is there any feature that can be used to distinguish different patients? Thanks.

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## [Data\_download\_instructions.txt](https://community.drivendata.org/t/data-download-instructions-txt/8752)

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**Author:** [@bolro](https://community.drivendata.org/u/bolro)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2023, 7:32pm UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/data-download-instructions-txt/8752 "2023-03-30T19:32:15Z")

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Hello there, I couldn’t find the data\_download\_instructions.txt on the data download page. Could you please add it ? Thanks.

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## [A module for challengers to detect blurry slides](https://community.drivendata.org/t/a-module-for-challengers-to-detect-blurry-slides/8770)

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**Author:** [@salmael](https://community.drivendata.org/u/salmael)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2023, 2:48pm UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/a-module-for-challengers-to-detect-blurry-slides/8770 "2023-03-30T14:48:36Z")

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Hi everyone, The Health Data Hub, co-organizer of the challenge, just released a python module to detect blurriness in pathology slides. The module is available on GitLab at this link: Health Data Hub / Pathology Slides…

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## [Data Download Option](https://community.drivendata.org/t/data-download-option/8745)

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**Author:** [@h.marko](https://community.drivendata.org/u/h.marko)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 29, 2023, 7:15pm UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/data-download-option/8745 "2023-03-29T19:15:58Z")

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Hi, Is there a way to download only specific pages of the TIF files (instead of downloading everything and then selecting only the page we are interested in)? The total size of the training dataset is about 1.5TB. If w…

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## [Pyvips OSerror when import](https://community.drivendata.org/t/pyvips-oserror-when-import/8749)

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**Author:** [@BryanB](https://community.drivendata.org/u/BryanB)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2023, 4:02pm UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/pyvips-oserror-when-import/8749 "2023-03-24T16:02:27Z")

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Did someone sucessfully import pyvips under python 3.10 ? I couldn’t, I installed pyvips 2.2.1, downloaded pre compiled binary on Release v8.14.2 · libvips/build-win64-mxe · GitHub then Running this script import os …

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## [Team rules clarification](https://community.drivendata.org/t/team-rules-clarification/8740)

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**Author:** [@JohnDS](https://community.drivendata.org/u/JohnDS)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2023, 7:04pm UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/team-rules-clarification/8740 "2023-03-23T19:04:43Z")

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Hi, Is it an obligation to create a Team if I participate individually to the competition ? Thank you

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## [Rule Clarification](https://community.drivendata.org/t/rule-clarification/8735)

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**Author:** [@h.marko](https://community.drivendata.org/u/h.marko)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2023, 12:57pm UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/rule-clarification/8735 "2023-03-23T12:57:44Z")

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Hi, According to the home page, “Competition winners will also be invited to present their models in-person or remotely at an event organized by VisioMel in Paris on May 25, 2023”. Are winners still eligible to the cas…

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