# Google HI-DEF Path Foundation model embeddings for IDC slides

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**Created:** [April 7, 2026, 3:18pm UTC](https://discourse.canceridc.dev/t/google-hi-def-path-foundation-model-embeddings-for-idc-slides/783 "2026-04-07T15:18:04Z")\
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HI-DEF Path Foundation model embeddings extracted from 65K+ IDC slides have been released by the Google HealthAI team, and are available under permissive CC-BY license!

Learn more from the [blog post](https://developers.google.com/health-ai-developer-foundations/blogs/idc-image-search), and even more from the accompanying [white paper](https://developers.google.com/health-ai-developer-foundations/blogs/idc_image_search/white_paper).

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Figure from [Enhancing medical image discovery: similarity search in the Imaging Data Commons archive &nbsp;|&nbsp; Health AI Developer Foundations &nbsp;|&nbsp; Google for Developers](https://developers.google.com/health-ai-developer-foundations/blogs/idc-image-search).