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ReviewBiomedical reports2026

Artificial intelligence in digital pathology diagnosis and analysis: Technologies, clinical integration, and future prospects (Review).

Abdul-Mohsen Alhejaily, Doaa Alghamdi

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2 authors.

Abdul-Mohsen AlhejailyScientific Publication Support Unit and Academic Operations Administration, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh Second Health Cluster, Riyadh 11525, Saudi Arabia.
Doaa AlghamdiDepartment of Anatomical Pathology, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh Second Health Cluster, Riyadh 11525, Saudi Arabia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into digital pathology is perhaps the most revolutionary leap forward in modern diagnostic medicine. The present review analyzes the existing context of AI pathology systems, particularly diagnostic precision, clinical validation, and technical systems such as convolutional neural networks and transformers and discusses the integration challenge in clinical workflows for these systems. AI systems have achieved pathologist-level performance in controlled settings, including diagnostic accuracy >99% and area under the receiver operating characteristic curve values exceeding 0.97. However, translating research into clinical adoption is riddled with several challenges attributable to computational requirements, data standardization issues, regulatory hurdles and limitations in generalizability. Moreover, Vision Transformers are widely popular as powerful alternatives to conventional convolutional models, delivering high performance in certain domains while also imposing a novel computational burden. Overcoming these challenges is a prerequisite for the successful integration of AI into pathology practice and the realization of its full diagnostic potential.

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area under the receiver operating characteristic curveartificial intelligenceclinical decision support systemconvolutional neural networksdeep learningdiagnostic accuracypathology

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PMID42614875
PMCPMC13482949

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