Classifying driver mutations of papillary thyroid carcinoma on whole slide image: an automated workflow applying deep convolutional neural network.

Journal: Frontiers in endocrinology
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Informative biomarkers play a vital role in guiding clinical decisions regarding management of cancers. We have previously demonstrated the potential of a deep convolutional neural network (CNN) for predicting cancer driver gene mutations from expert-curated histopathologic images in papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTCs). Recognizing the importance of whole slide image (WSI) analysis for clinical application, we aimed to develop an automated image preprocessing workflow that uses WSI inputs to categorize PTCs based on driver mutations.

Authors

  • Peiling Tsou
    Department of Genomic Medicine, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States.
  • Chang-Jiun Wu
    Department of Genomic Medicine, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States.