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ArticleJournal of neuropathology and experimental neurology2023

Preanalytic variable effects on segmentation and quantification machine learning algorithms for amyloid-β analyses on digitized human brain slides.

Luca Cerny Oliveira, Zhengfeng Lai, Danielle Harvey, Kevin Nzenkue, Lee-Way Jin, Charles Decarli, Chen-Nee Chuah, Brittany N Dugger

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Article in Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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14citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Luca Cerny OliveiraDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA.
Zhengfeng LaiDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA.
Danielle HarveyDepartment of Public Health Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA.
Kevin NzenkueDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California, USA.
Lee-Way JinDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California, USA.
Charles DecarliDepartment of Neurology, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California, USA.
Chen-Nee ChuahDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA.
Brittany N DuggerDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2141-8855
University of California, Davis · US

Funding

UC Davis Alzheimer's Disease Core CenterP30AG010129 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS · PI DECARLI, CHARLES · 1991 to 2020
$28.3M
Epidemiology of Age-related Dementia, Mild Cognitive Impairment and Brain Pathology in Cohort of Oldest-OldR01AG056519 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI Maria Corrada, Paola Gilsanz · 2022 to 2026
$25.8M
UC Davis Alzheimer's Disease Research CenterP30AG072972 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI Charles DeCarli, Rachel A Whitmer · 2021 to 2026
$25.2M
The Neuropathologic Landscape of Alzheimer's Disease in Hispanic DecedentsR01AG062517 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI Brittany Nicole Dugger · 2019 to 2026
$10.5M
NIA NIH HHS P30 AG010129NIA NIH HHS P30 AG072972NIA NIH HHS R01 AG056519NIA NIH HHS R01 AG062517NIH HHS R01AG062517
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Computational machine learning (ML)-based frameworks could be advantageous for scalable analyses in neuropathology. A recent deep learning (DL) framework has shown promise in automating the processes of visualizing and quantifying different types of amyloid-β deposits as well as segmenting white matter (WM) from gray matter (GM) on digitized immunohistochemically stained slides. However, this framework has only been trained and evaluated on amyloid-β-stained slides with minimal changes in preanalytic variables. In this study, we evaluated select preanalytical variables including magnification, compression rate, and storage format using three digital slides scanners (Zeiss Axioscan Z1, Leica Aperio AT2, and Leica Aperio GT 450), on over 60 whole slide images, in a cohort of 14 cases having a spectrum of amyloid-β deposits. We conducted statistical comparisons of preanalytic variables with repeated measures analysis of variance evaluating the outputs of two DL frameworks for segmentation and object classification tasks. For both WM/GM segmentation and amyloid-β plaque classification tasks, there were statistical differences with respect to scanner types (p < 0.05) and magnifications (p < 0.05). Although small numbers of cases were analyzed, this pilot study highlights the significance of preanalytic variables that may alter the performance of ML algorithms.

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BrainImage Processing, Computer-AssistedAlgorithmsAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorHumansMachine LearningPilot ProjectsAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorAPP protein, humanAlzheimer diseaseAmyloid-βDeep learningDigital pathologyMachine learningSlide scannerWhole slide imaging

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PMID36692190
PMCPMC9941825
OpenAlexW4317871176

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