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ArticleCancer medicine2024

A study of machine learning models for rapid intraoperative diagnosis of thyroid nodules for clinical practice in China.

Yan Ma, Xiuming Zhang, Zhongliang Yi, Liya Ding, Bojun Cai, Zhinong Jiang, Wangwang Liu, Hong Zou, Xiaomei Wang, Guoxiang Fu

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10 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Yan MaDepartment of Pathology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Xiuming ZhangDepartment of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Zhongliang YiDepartment of Pathology, Hang Zhou Dian Medical Laboratory, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P. R. China.
Liya DingDepartment of Pathology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Bojun CaiHangzhou PathoAI Technology Co., Ltd, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7406-5865
Zhinong JiangDepartment of Pathology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Wangwang LiuDepartment of Pathology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Hong ZouDepartment of Pathology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Xiaomei WangHangzhou PathoAI Technology Co., Ltd, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Guoxiang FuDepartment of Pathology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital · CNZhejiang Zanyu Technology (China) · CNDian Diagnostics (China) · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University · CNSecond Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn China, rapid intraoperative diagnosis of frozen sections of thyroid nodules is used to guide surgery. However, the lack of subspecialty pathologists and delayed diagnoses are challenges in clinical treatment. This study aimed to develop novel diagnostic approaches to increase diagnostic effectiveness.

methodsArtificial intelligence and machine learning techniques were used to automatically diagnose histopathological slides. AI-based models were trained with annotations and selected as efficientnetV2-b0 from multi-set experiments.

resultsOn 191 test slides, the proposed method predicted benign and malignant categories with a sensitivity of 72.65%, specificity of 100.0%, and AUC of 86.32%. For the subtype diagnosis, the best AUC was 99.46% for medullary thyroid cancer with an average of 237.6 s per slide.

conclusionsWithin our testing dataset, the proposed method accurately diagnosed the thyroid nodules during surgery.

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Thyroid NeoplasmsThyroid NoduleArtificial IntelligenceChinaHumansMachine Learningartificial intelligencefrozen sectionhistopathologymachine learningthyroid

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PMID38189547
PMCPMC10904961
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