目的 高质量的病理切片对人工诊断和计算机辅助诊断至关重要。当前基于图像块的伪影检测方法存在着显著的计算资源消耗以及伪影检测过程的完整性缺失问题。为此，本文提出了一种适用于低倍率病理全切片图像的伪影检测算法WRC_Net（Window-Row-Col_Net）。方法 首先，我们将低倍率的全切片图像输入到ResNet50网络中，以提取图像的低级特征。随后，这些低级特征被传入特征融合模块，用于聚合来自不同深度和方向的特征。此外，在特征提取模块中，我们引入了WRC模块，它包括WRC注意力和多尺度扩张模块，能够同时捕捉全局和局部信息，提取多尺度特征，从而增强了特征的表达能力。最后，将融合后的特征传入单一检测头，以获取最终的检测结果。结果 在SPDPSD（Shanghai Pudong Department of Pathology Slide Dataset）和NCPDCSD（Ningbo Clinical Pathology Diagnosis Center Slide Dataset）两个数据集上，所提方法的平均精度mAP分别达到了63.1%和55.0%，与目前主流的目标检测算法相比具有一定竞争力。结论 本文提出的病理切片伪影检测算法能够准确识别数字病理切片中的不同种类伪影，为病理图像质量评估领域提供了一种有效的技术解决方案。

Objective High-quality pathological slides are crucial for both manual diagnosis and Computer-Aided Diagnosis (CAD). However, pathology slides may contain artifacts that can impact their quality and, consequently, influence expert diagnostic judgment. Currently, the assessment of pathology slide quality often depends on manual sampling, which is time-consuming and cannot encompass all slides. Additionally, despite relatively standardized detection criteria across different institutions, different quality control personnel may have varying interpretations, leading to subjective differences. These limitations restrict the traditional quality control process. Current methods typically involve analyzing image patches cropped at high magnifications, resulting in significant consumption of computational resources. Moreover, certain artifacts, such as hole and tremor, often have larger dimensions and are better suited for learning on low-resolution images. However, cropping image blocks at high magnifications may exclude artifacts that coexist in both tissue and background regions, such as ink and bubble, which compromises the integrity of artifact detection and analysis. To tackle these challenges, there is an urgent need to digitize the process of assessing the quality of pathology slides to enhance efficiency and accuracy. Therefore, this paper introduces a novel algorithm, Window-Row-Col_Net (WRC_Net), designed for the detection of artifacts in digital pathology slides, specifically tailored for low-magnification pathological whole slide images. Method This paper primarily consists of four components: 1) Pathological slide preprocessing; 2) Feature extraction module; 3) Feature fusion module; and 4) Single detection head. Firstly, we tackle the problem of artifacts in pathological slides by performing preprocessing, which involves transforming the tissue pathological slides into lower pixel resolution versions of whole-slide images (thumbnails). This step helps reduce computational resource consumption and is well-suited for addressing larger-sized artifacts, such as holes and wrinkles. Following that, these thumbnails are input into the feature extraction network to acquire the low-level feature representation of the slides. Moreover, to effectively integrate feature information from different levels, we have devised a feature fusion module. This module plays a crucial role in the entire model, facilitating the aggregation of features from varying depths and directions. Additionally, we introduce the Window-Row-Col (WRC) module, which encompasses two vital components: the WRC attention module and the Multi-Scale Dilated Module (MSDM). The WRC attention module dynamically aggregates features within square windows, spanning both horizontal and vertical directions, capturing global and local contextual information, and establishing long-range dependencies. The MSDM incorporates dilated convolutions with varying dilation rates to extract multi-scale information and enhance the model"s perception of artifacts of different sizes. Through this feature fusion, we boost the expressive capability of features, thus giving the model with a competitive advantage in object detection tasks. Finally, the fused features are directed into a single detection head to produce the ultimate detection outcomes. The design of a single detection head structure streamlines the model"s architecture, rendering it more succinct and efficient, and also diminishing storage and computational burdens, thereby expediting the detection process. Result We have created two new datasets for pathology slide artifacts, known as the Shanghai Pudong department of pathology slide dataset (SPDPSD) and the Ningbo clinical pathology diagnosis center slide dataset (NCPDCSD). The SPDPSD dataset originates from the Pathology Department of Pudong Hospital in Shanghai and comprises two types of tissue artifacts: ink and bubble. The NCPDCSD dataset is obtained from the Clinical Pathological Diagnosis Center in Ningbo and encompasses six types of tissue artifacts, including hole, tremor, incompleteness, ink, appearance, and bubble. Through comprehensive experiments on these two datasets, we conducted an extensive comparison between our proposed WRC_Net algorithm and the current state-of-the-art object detection methods. The WRC_Net algorithm demonstrated superior detection performance on the SPDPSD dataset, yielding significant improvements in metrics such as mean Average Precision (mAP), mAP@IoU=0.75 (mAP75), small object mAP (mAPs), medium object mAP (mAPm), and large object mAP (mAPl). Additionally, on the NCPDCSD dataset, our method also displayed competitive performance. The results indicate that, in comparison to other methods, WRC_Net achieved remarkable enhancements in multiple performance metrics while maintaining low computational complexity, striking a balance between speed and accuracy. Conclusion The proposed algorithm for detecting pathology slide artifacts accurately identifies various types of artifacts in digital pathology slides, offering a more comprehensive and dependable quality assessment tool for the domain of medical image analysis. By striking a balance between efficiency and accuracy, our algorithm is anticipated to enhance the pathology diagnosis process and usher in a more efficient and precise workflow within pathology departments.