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ArticleJournal of pathology informatics2024

Mathematical modelling and deep learning algorithms to automate assessment of single and digitally multiplexed immunohistochemical stains in tumoural stroma.

Liam Burrows, Declan Sculthorpe, Hongrun Zhang, Obaid Rehman, Abhik Mukherjee, Ke Chen

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Liam BurrowsDepartment of Mathematical Sciences and Centre for Mathematical Imaging Techniques, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Declan SculthorpeBiodiscovery Institute, Translational Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Hongrun ZhangDepartment of Eye and Vision Science, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Obaid RehmanDepartment of Histopathology, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Abhik MukherjeeBiodiscovery Institute, Translational Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Ke ChenDepartment of Mathematical Sciences and Centre for Mathematical Imaging Techniques, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom.

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Abstract

Whilst automated analysis of immunostains in pathology research has focused predominantly on the epithelial compartment, automated analysis of stains in the stromal compartment is challenging and therefore requires time-consuming pathological input and guidance to adjust to tissue morphometry as perceived by pathologists. This study aimed to develop a robust method to automate stromal stain analyses using 2 of the commonest stromal stains (SMA and desmin) employed in clinical pathology practice as examples. An effective computational method capable of automatically assessing and quantifying tumour-associated stromal stains was developed and applied on cores of colorectal cancer tissue microarrays. The methodology combines both mathematical models and deep learning techniques with the former requiring no training data and the latter as many inputs as possible. The novel mathematical model was used to produce a digital double marker overlay allowing for fast automated digital multiplex analysis of stromal stains. The results show that deep learning methodologies in combination with mathematical modelling allow for an accurate means of quantifying stromal stains whilst also opening up new possibilities of digital multiplex analyses.

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Digital multiplexDigital pathologyMachine learningMathematical modellingStromal stainTissue microarrays

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PMID38186746
PMCPMC10770531

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