GloFinder: AI-empowered QuPath Plugin for WSI-level Glomerular Detection, Visualization, and Curation
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| author | Yue, Jialin Yao, Tianyuan Deng, Ruining Lu, Siqi Guo, Junlin Liu, Quan Yin, Mengmeng Xiong, Juming Yang, Haichun Huo, Yuankai |
| author_facet | Yue, Jialin Yao, Tianyuan Deng, Ruining Lu, Siqi Guo, Junlin Liu, Quan Yin, Mengmeng Xiong, Juming Yang, Haichun Huo, Yuankai |
| contents | Artificial intelligence (AI) has demonstrated significant success in automating the detection of glomeruli, the key functional units of the kidney, from whole slide images (WSIs) in kidney pathology. However, existing open-source tools are often distributed as source code or Docker containers, requiring advanced programming skills that hinder accessibility for non-programmers, such as clinicians. Additionally, current models are typically trained on a single dataset and lack flexibility in adjusting confidence levels for predictions. To overcome these challenges, we introduce GloFinder, a QuPath plugin designed for single-click automated glomeruli detection across entire WSIs with online editing through the graphical user interface (GUI). GloFinder employs CircleNet, an anchor-free detection framework utilizing circle representations for precise object localization, with models trained on approximately 160,000 manually annotated glomeruli. To further enhance accuracy, the plugin incorporates Weighted Circle Fusion (WCF), an ensemble method that combines confidence scores from multiple CircleNet models to produce refined predictions, achieving superior performance in glomerular detection. GloFinder enables direct visualization and editing of results in QuPath, facilitating seamless interaction for clinicians and providing a powerful tool for nephropathology research and clinical practice. Code and the QuPath plugin are available at https://github.com/hrlblab/GloFinder |
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| spellingShingle | GloFinder: AI-empowered QuPath Plugin for WSI-level Glomerular Detection, Visualization, and Curation Yue, Jialin Yao, Tianyuan Deng, Ruining Lu, Siqi Guo, Junlin Liu, Quan Yin, Mengmeng Xiong, Juming Yang, Haichun Huo, Yuankai Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Artificial intelligence (AI) has demonstrated significant success in automating the detection of glomeruli, the key functional units of the kidney, from whole slide images (WSIs) in kidney pathology. However, existing open-source tools are often distributed as source code or Docker containers, requiring advanced programming skills that hinder accessibility for non-programmers, such as clinicians. Additionally, current models are typically trained on a single dataset and lack flexibility in adjusting confidence levels for predictions. To overcome these challenges, we introduce GloFinder, a QuPath plugin designed for single-click automated glomeruli detection across entire WSIs with online editing through the graphical user interface (GUI). GloFinder employs CircleNet, an anchor-free detection framework utilizing circle representations for precise object localization, with models trained on approximately 160,000 manually annotated glomeruli. To further enhance accuracy, the plugin incorporates Weighted Circle Fusion (WCF), an ensemble method that combines confidence scores from multiple CircleNet models to produce refined predictions, achieving superior performance in glomerular detection. GloFinder enables direct visualization and editing of results in QuPath, facilitating seamless interaction for clinicians and providing a powerful tool for nephropathology research and clinical practice. Code and the QuPath plugin are available at https://github.com/hrlblab/GloFinder |
| title | GloFinder: AI-empowered QuPath Plugin for WSI-level Glomerular Detection, Visualization, and Curation |
| topic | Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.18795 |