Classification of glomerular pathological findings using deep learning and nephrologist-AI collective intelligence approach.
Journal:
International journal of medical informatics
Published Date:
Sep 1, 2020
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Automated classification of glomerular pathological findings is potentially beneficial in establishing an efficient and objective diagnosis in renal pathology. While previous studies have verified the artificial intelligence (AI) models for the classification of global sclerosis and glomerular cell proliferation, there are several other glomerular pathological findings required for diagnosis, and the comprehensive models for the classification of these major findings have not yet been reported. Whether the cooperation between these AI models and clinicians improves diagnostic performance also remains unknown. Here, we developed AI models to classify glomerular images for major findings required for pathological diagnosis and investigated whether those models could improve the diagnostic performance of nephrologists.