MergeUp-augmented Semi-Weakly Supervised Learning for WSI Classification

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Main Authors: Ouyang, Mingxi, Fu, Yuqiu, Yan, Renao, Shi, ShanShan, Ling, Xitong, Zhu, Lianghui, He, Yonghong, Guan, Tian
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author Ouyang, Mingxi
Fu, Yuqiu
Yan, Renao
Shi, ShanShan
Ling, Xitong
Zhu, Lianghui
He, Yonghong
Guan, Tian
author_facet Ouyang, Mingxi
Fu, Yuqiu
Yan, Renao
Shi, ShanShan
Ling, Xitong
Zhu, Lianghui
He, Yonghong
Guan, Tian
contents Recent advancements in computational pathology and artificial intelligence have significantly improved whole slide image (WSI) classification. However, the gigapixel resolution of WSIs and the scarcity of manual annotations present substantial challenges. Multiple instance learning (MIL) is a promising weakly supervised learning approach for WSI classification. Recently research revealed employing pseudo bag augmentation can encourage models to learn various data, thus bolstering models' performance. While directly inheriting the parents' labels can introduce more noise by mislabeling in training. To address this issue, we translate the WSI classification task from weakly supervised learning to semi-weakly supervised learning, termed SWS-MIL, where adaptive pseudo bag augmentation (AdaPse) is employed to assign labeled and unlabeled data based on a threshold strategy. Using the "student-teacher" pattern, we introduce a feature augmentation technique, MergeUp, which merges bags with low-priority bags to enhance inter-category information, increasing training data diversity. Experimental results on the CAMELYON-16, BRACS, and TCGA-LUNG datasets demonstrate the superiority of our method over existing state-of-the-art approaches, affirming its efficacy in WSI classification.
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spellingShingle MergeUp-augmented Semi-Weakly Supervised Learning for WSI Classification
Ouyang, Mingxi
Fu, Yuqiu
Yan, Renao
Shi, ShanShan
Ling, Xitong
Zhu, Lianghui
He, Yonghong
Guan, Tian
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Recent advancements in computational pathology and artificial intelligence have significantly improved whole slide image (WSI) classification. However, the gigapixel resolution of WSIs and the scarcity of manual annotations present substantial challenges. Multiple instance learning (MIL) is a promising weakly supervised learning approach for WSI classification. Recently research revealed employing pseudo bag augmentation can encourage models to learn various data, thus bolstering models' performance. While directly inheriting the parents' labels can introduce more noise by mislabeling in training. To address this issue, we translate the WSI classification task from weakly supervised learning to semi-weakly supervised learning, termed SWS-MIL, where adaptive pseudo bag augmentation (AdaPse) is employed to assign labeled and unlabeled data based on a threshold strategy. Using the "student-teacher" pattern, we introduce a feature augmentation technique, MergeUp, which merges bags with low-priority bags to enhance inter-category information, increasing training data diversity. Experimental results on the CAMELYON-16, BRACS, and TCGA-LUNG datasets demonstrate the superiority of our method over existing state-of-the-art approaches, affirming its efficacy in WSI classification.
title MergeUp-augmented Semi-Weakly Supervised Learning for WSI Classification
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.12825