Artificial Intelligence-Based Breast Cancer Nodal Metastasis Detection: Insights Into the Black Box for Pathologists.

Journal: Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
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Abstract

CONTEXT.—: Nodal metastasis of a primary tumor influences therapy decisions for a variety of cancers. Histologic identification of tumor cells in lymph nodes can be laborious and error-prone, especially for small tumor foci.

Authors

  • Yun Liu
    Google Health, Palo Alto, CA USA.
  • Timo Kohlberger
    From Google AI Healthcare, Google Research, Mountain View, California (Drs Liu, Kohlberger, Norouzi, Dahl, Peng, Hipp, and Stumpe); and Laboratory Department, Naval Medical Center, San Diego, California (Drs Smith, Mohtashamian, and Olson).
  • Mohammad Norouzi
    From Google AI Healthcare, Google Research, Mountain View, California (Drs Liu, Kohlberger, Norouzi, Dahl, Peng, Hipp, and Stumpe); and Laboratory Department, Naval Medical Center, San Diego, California (Drs Smith, Mohtashamian, and Olson).
  • George E Dahl
  • Jenny L Smith
    From Google AI Healthcare, Google Research, Mountain View, California (Drs Liu, Kohlberger, Norouzi, Dahl, Peng, Hipp, and Stumpe); and Laboratory Department, Naval Medical Center, San Diego, California (Drs Smith, Mohtashamian, and Olson).
  • Arash Mohtashamian
    From Google AI Healthcare, Google Research, Mountain View, California (Drs Liu, Kohlberger, Norouzi, Dahl, Peng, Hipp, and Stumpe); and Laboratory Department, Naval Medical Center, San Diego, California (Drs Smith, Mohtashamian, and Olson).
  • Niels Olson
    From Google AI Healthcare, Google Research, Mountain View, California (Drs Liu, Kohlberger, Norouzi, Dahl, Peng, Hipp, and Stumpe); and Laboratory Department, Naval Medical Center, San Diego, California (Drs Smith, Mohtashamian, and Olson).
  • Lily H Peng
    Google Health, Palo Alto, CA USA.
  • Jason D Hipp
    From Google AI Healthcare, Google Research, Mountain View, California (Drs Liu, Kohlberger, Norouzi, Dahl, Peng, Hipp, and Stumpe); and Laboratory Department, Naval Medical Center, San Diego, California (Drs Smith, Mohtashamian, and Olson).
  • Martin C Stumpe
    Google Health, Palo Alto, CA USA.