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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Analysis of Cytology Pap Smear Images Based on Ensemble Deep Learning Approach.

Mohammed Alsalatie, Hiam Alquran, Wan Azani Mustafa, Yasmin Mohd Yacob, Asia Ali Alayed

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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17citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Mohammed AlsalatieThe Institute of Biomedical Technology, King Hussein Medical Center, Royal Jordanian Medical Service, Amman 11855, Jordan.ORCID 0000-0002-5450-3311
Hiam AlquranBiomedical Systems and Medical Informatics Engineering, Yarmouk University, Irbid 21163, Jordan.ORCID 0000-0002-2966-6442
Wan Azani MustafaFaculty of Electrical Engineering & Technology, University of Malaysia Perlis, UniCITI Alam Campus, Sungai Chuchuh, Arau 02600, Perlis, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0001-7260-6085
Yasmin Mohd YacobAdvanced Computing (AdvCOMP), Centre of Excellence, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Pauh Putra Campus, Arau 02600, Perlis, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-2757-6347
Asia Ali AlayedBiomedical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA 01854, USA.
Universiti Malaysia Perlis · MYKing Hussein Medical Center · JOUniversity of Massachusetts Lowell · USYarmouk University · JO

Funding

Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia FRGS/1/2021/SKK0/UNIMAP/02/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The fourth most prevalent cancer in women is cervical cancer, and early detection is crucial for effective treatment and prognostic prediction. Conventional cervical cancer screening and classifying methods are less reliable and accurate as they heavily rely on the expertise of a pathologist. As such, colposcopy is an essential part of preventing cervical cancer. Computer-assisted diagnosis is essential for expanding cervical cancer screening because visual screening results in misdiagnosis and low diagnostic effectiveness due to doctors' increased workloads. Classifying a single cervical cell will overwhelm the physicians, in addition to the existence of overlap between cervical cells, which needs efficient algorithms to separate each cell individually. Focusing on the whole image is the best way and an easy task for the diagnosis. Therefore, looking for new methods to diagnose the whole image is necessary and more accurate. However, existing recognition algorithms do not work well for whole-slide image (WSI) analysis, failing to generalize for different stains and imaging, and displaying subpar clinical-level verification. This paper describes the design of a full ensemble deep learning model for the automatic diagnosis of the WSI. The proposed network discriminates between four classes with high accuracy, reaching up to 99.6%. This work is distinct from existing research in terms of simplicity, accuracy, and speed. It focuses on the whole staining slice image, not on a single cell. The designed deep learning structure considers the slice image with overlapping and non-overlapping cervical cells.

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colposcopydeep learningwhole slide image (WSI)

Identifiers

PMID36428816
PMCPMC9689383
OpenAlexW4308868318

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