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ArticleHistology and histopathology2024

Colorectal cancer histopathology image analysis: A comparative study of prognostic values of automatically extracted morphometric nuclear features in multispectral and red-blue-green imagery.

Wenlou Liu, Aiping Qu, Jingping Yuan, Linwei Wang, Jiamei Chen, Xiuli Zhang, Hongmei Wang, Zhengxiang Han, Yan Li

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Wenlou Liu *Department of Oncology, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China.
Aiping Qu *School of Computer, University of South China, Hengyang, China.
Jingping YuanDepartment of Pathology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Linwei WangDepartment of Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Jiamei ChenDepartment of Oncology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Xiuli ZhangDepartment of Radiology, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China.
Hongmei WangDepartment of Oncology, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China.
Zhengxiang HanDepartment of Oncology, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China. cnhzxyq@163.com.
Yan LiDepartment of Cancer Surgery, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. liyansd2@163.com.
Xuzhou Medical College · CNRenmin Hospital of Wuhan University · CNUniversity of South China · CNWuhan University · CNZhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University · CN

Funding

China Postdoctor Science Foundation 2020M670078ZXKey Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China 81230031/H18Project of the Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University 2020KB006
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Abstract

objectivesMultispectral imaging (MSI) has been utilized to predict the prognosis of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients, however, our understanding of the prognostic value of nuclear morphological parameters of bright-field MSI in CRC is still limited. This study was designed to compare the efficiency of MSI and standard red-green-blue (RGB) images in predicting the prognosis of CRC.

methodsWe compared the efficiency of MS and conventional RGB images on the quantitative assessment of hematoxylin-eosin (HE) stained histopathology images. A pipeline was developed using a pixel-wise support vector machine (SVM) classifier for gland-stroma segmentation, and a marker-controlled watershed algorithm was used for nuclei segmentation. The correlation between extracted morphological parameters and the five-year disease-free survival (5-DFS) was analyzed.

resultsForty-seven nuclear morphological parameters were extracted in total. Based on Kaplan-Meier analysis, eight features derived from MS images and seven featured derived from RGB images were significantly associated with 5-DFS, respectively. Compared with RGB images, MSI showed higher accuracy, precision, and Dice index in nuclei segmentation. Multivariate analysis indicated that both integrated parameters 1 (factors negatively correlated with CRC prognosis including nuclear number, circularity, eccentricity, major axis length) and 2 (factors positively correlated with CRC prognosis including nuclear average area, area perimeter, total area/total perimeter ratio, average area/perimeter ratio) in MS images were independent prognostic factors of 5-DFS, in contrast with only integrated parameter 1 (

conclusionsQuantitative evaluation of HE-stained MS images could yield more information and better predictive performance for CRC prognosis than conventional RGB images, thereby contributing to precision oncology.

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Cell NucleusColorectal NeoplasmsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleHumansHyperspectral ImagingImage Processing, Computer-AssistedKaplan-Meier EstimateMaleMiddle AgedPrognosisSupport Vector Machine

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