STAMP: Multi-pattern Attention-aware Multiple Instance Learning for STAS Diagnosis in Multi-center Histopathology Images

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Autores principales: Pan, Liangrui, Li, xiaoyu, Zhu, Guang, Li, Guanting, Wang, Ruixin, Luo, Jiadi, Yang, Yaning, qingchun, Liang, Peng, Shaoliang
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author Pan, Liangrui
Li, xiaoyu
Zhu, Guang
Li, Guanting
Wang, Ruixin
Luo, Jiadi
Yang, Yaning
qingchun, Liang
Peng, Shaoliang
author_facet Pan, Liangrui
Li, xiaoyu
Zhu, Guang
Li, Guanting
Wang, Ruixin
Luo, Jiadi
Yang, Yaning
qingchun, Liang
Peng, Shaoliang
contents Spread through air spaces (STAS) constitutes a novel invasive pattern in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD), associated with tumor recurrence and diminished survival rates. However, large-scale STAS diagnosis in LUAD remains a labor-intensive endeavor, compounded by the propensity for oversight and misdiagnosis due to its distinctive pathological characteristics and morphological features. Consequently, there is a pressing clinical imperative to leverage deep learning models for STAS diagnosis. This study initially assembled histopathological images from STAS patients at the Second Xiangya Hospital and the Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, alongside the TCGA-LUAD cohort. Three senior pathologists conducted cross-verification annotations to construct the STAS-SXY, STAS-TXY, and STAS-TCGA datasets. We then propose a multi-pattern attention-aware multiple instance learning framework, named STAMP, to analyze and diagnose the presence of STAS across multi-center histopathology images. Specifically, the dual-branch architecture guides the model to learn STAS-associated pathological features from distinct semantic spaces. Transformer-based instance encoding and a multi-pattern attention aggregation modules dynamically selects regions closely associated with STAS pathology, suppressing irrelevant noise and enhancing the discriminative power of global representations. Moreover, a similarity regularization constraint prevents feature redundancy across branches, thereby improving overall diagnostic accuracy. Extensive experiments demonstrated that STAMP achieved competitive diagnostic results on STAS-SXY, STAS-TXY and STAS-TCGA, with AUCs of 0.8058, 0.8017, and 0.7928, respectively, surpassing the clinical level.
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spellingShingle STAMP: Multi-pattern Attention-aware Multiple Instance Learning for STAS Diagnosis in Multi-center Histopathology Images
Pan, Liangrui
Li, xiaoyu
Zhu, Guang
Li, Guanting
Wang, Ruixin
Luo, Jiadi
Yang, Yaning
qingchun, Liang
Peng, Shaoliang
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Computers and Society
Spread through air spaces (STAS) constitutes a novel invasive pattern in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD), associated with tumor recurrence and diminished survival rates. However, large-scale STAS diagnosis in LUAD remains a labor-intensive endeavor, compounded by the propensity for oversight and misdiagnosis due to its distinctive pathological characteristics and morphological features. Consequently, there is a pressing clinical imperative to leverage deep learning models for STAS diagnosis. This study initially assembled histopathological images from STAS patients at the Second Xiangya Hospital and the Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, alongside the TCGA-LUAD cohort. Three senior pathologists conducted cross-verification annotations to construct the STAS-SXY, STAS-TXY, and STAS-TCGA datasets. We then propose a multi-pattern attention-aware multiple instance learning framework, named STAMP, to analyze and diagnose the presence of STAS across multi-center histopathology images. Specifically, the dual-branch architecture guides the model to learn STAS-associated pathological features from distinct semantic spaces. Transformer-based instance encoding and a multi-pattern attention aggregation modules dynamically selects regions closely associated with STAS pathology, suppressing irrelevant noise and enhancing the discriminative power of global representations. Moreover, a similarity regularization constraint prevents feature redundancy across branches, thereby improving overall diagnostic accuracy. Extensive experiments demonstrated that STAMP achieved competitive diagnostic results on STAS-SXY, STAS-TXY and STAS-TCGA, with AUCs of 0.8058, 0.8017, and 0.7928, respectively, surpassing the clinical level.
title STAMP: Multi-pattern Attention-aware Multiple Instance Learning for STAS Diagnosis in Multi-center Histopathology Images
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Computers and Society
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.10473