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ArticleCancer cytopathology2023

Large-scale validation study of an improved semiautonomous urine cytology assessment tool: AutoParis-X.

Joshua J Levy, Natt Chan, Jonathan D Marotti, Darcy A Kerr, Edward J Gutmann, Ryan E Glass, Caroline P Dodge, Arief A Suriawinata, Brock C Christensen, Xiaoying Liu and 1 more

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Article in Cancer cytopathology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Joshua J LevyEmerging Diagnostic and Investigative Technologies, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA.
Natt ChanProgram in Quantitative Biomedical Sciences, Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA.
Jonathan D MarottiEmerging Diagnostic and Investigative Technologies, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2181-3698
Darcy A KerrEmerging Diagnostic and Investigative Technologies, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3228-2044
Edward J GutmannEmerging Diagnostic and Investigative Technologies, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3392-4731
Ryan E GlassDepartment of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center East, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8802-7288
Caroline P DodgeCambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Arief A SuriawinataEmerging Diagnostic and Investigative Technologies, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA.
Brock C ChristensenDepartment of Epidemiology, Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA.
Xiaoying LiuEmerging Diagnostic and Investigative Technologies, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA.
Louis J VaickusEmerging Diagnostic and Investigative Technologies, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA.
Dartmouth College · USCambridge Health Alliance · USUniversity of Pittsburgh Medical Center · US

Funding

Zhao - Proj 2P20GM130454 · NIGMS · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI MICHAEL L WHITFIELD · 2019 to 2026
$27.2M
Relation Between In-utero Vitamin D and Immune Function in Early Childhood P20GM104416 · NIGMS · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI KARAGAS, MARGARET RITA · 2013 to 2022
$23.7M
Semi-automated bladder cancer screening using machine learning: clinical validation and implementation.K08CA267096 · NCI · DARTMOUTH-HITCHCOCK CLINIC · PI VAICKUS, LOUIS JOSEPH · 2022 to 2025
$949k
NCI NIH HHS K08 CA267096NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM130454NIH HHS K08CA267096NIH HHS P20GM104416NIH HHS P20GM130454
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAdopting a computational approach for the assessment of urine cytology specimens has the potential to improve the efficiency, accuracy, and reliability of bladder cancer screening, which has heretofore relied on semisubjective manual assessment methods. As rigorous, quantitative criteria and guidelines have been introduced for improving screening practices (e.g., The Paris System for Reporting Urinary Cytology), algorithms to emulate semiautonomous diagnostic decision-making have lagged behind, in part because of the complex and nuanced nature of urine cytology reporting.

methodsIn this study, the authors report on the development and large-scale validation of a deep-learning tool, AutoParis-X, which can facilitate rapid, semiautonomous examination of urine cytology specimens.

resultsThe results of this large-scale, retrospective validation study indicate that AutoParis-X can accurately determine urothelial cell atypia and aggregate a wide variety of cell-related and cluster-related information across a slide to yield an atypia burden score, which correlates closely with overall specimen atypia and is predictive of Paris system diagnostic categories. Importantly, this approach accounts for challenges associated with the assessment of overlapping cell cluster borders, which improve the ability to predict specimen atypia and accurately estimate the nuclear-to-cytoplasm ratio for cells in these clusters.

conclusionsThe authors developed a publicly available, open-source, interactive web application that features a simple, easy-to-use display for examining urine cytology whole-slide images and determining the level of atypia in specific cells, flagging the most abnormal cells for pathologist review. The accuracy of AutoParis-X (and other semiautomated digital pathology systems) indicates that these technologies are approaching clinical readiness and necessitates full evaluation of these algorithms in head-to-head clinical trials.

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Urinary Bladder NeoplasmsUrologic NeoplasmsAlgorithmsCytodiagnosisHumansReproducibility of ResultsRetrospective StudiesUrineUrotheliumartificial intelligenceatypiabladder cancerdeep learningdiagnostic decision aidThe Paris System (TPS)urine cytology (UC)

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PMID37377320
PMCPMC11251731
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