Generalisation of automatic tumour segmentation in histopathological whole-slide images across multiple cancer types
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| author | Skrede, Ole-Johan Pradhan, Manohar Isaksen, Maria Xepapadakis Hveem, Tarjei Sveinsgjerd Vlatkovic, Ljiljana Nesbakken, Arild Lindemann, Kristina Kristensen, Gunnar B Kasius, Jenneke Zeimet, Alain G Brustugun, Odd Terje Busund, Lill-Tove Rasmussen Richardsen, Elin H Haug, Erik Skaaheim Brennhovd, Bjørn Rewcastle, Emma Lillesand, Melinda Kvikstad, Vebjørn Janssen, Emiel Kerr, David J Liestøl, Knut Albregtsen, Fritz Kleppe, Andreas |
| author_facet | Skrede, Ole-Johan Pradhan, Manohar Isaksen, Maria Xepapadakis Hveem, Tarjei Sveinsgjerd Vlatkovic, Ljiljana Nesbakken, Arild Lindemann, Kristina Kristensen, Gunnar B Kasius, Jenneke Zeimet, Alain G Brustugun, Odd Terje Busund, Lill-Tove Rasmussen Richardsen, Elin H Haug, Erik Skaaheim Brennhovd, Bjørn Rewcastle, Emma Lillesand, Melinda Kvikstad, Vebjørn Janssen, Emiel Kerr, David J Liestøl, Knut Albregtsen, Fritz Kleppe, Andreas |
| contents | Deep learning is expected to aid pathologists by automating tasks such as tumour segmentation. We aimed to develop one universal tumour segmentation model for histopathological images and examine its performance in different cancer types. The model was developed using over 20 000 whole-slide images from over 4 000 patients with colorectal, endometrial, lung, or prostate carcinoma. Performance was validated in pre-planned analyses on external cohorts with over 3 000 patients across six cancer types. Exploratory analyses included over 1 500 additional patients from The Cancer Genome Atlas. Average Dice coefficient was over 80% in all validation cohorts with en bloc resection specimens and in The Cancer Genome Atlas cohorts. No loss of performance was observed when comparing the universal model with models specialised on single cancer types. In conclusion, extensive and rigorous evaluations demonstrate that generic tumour segmentation by a single model is possible across cancer types, patient populations, sample preparations, and slide scanners. |
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| spellingShingle | Generalisation of automatic tumour segmentation in histopathological whole-slide images across multiple cancer types Skrede, Ole-Johan Pradhan, Manohar Isaksen, Maria Xepapadakis Hveem, Tarjei Sveinsgjerd Vlatkovic, Ljiljana Nesbakken, Arild Lindemann, Kristina Kristensen, Gunnar B Kasius, Jenneke Zeimet, Alain G Brustugun, Odd Terje Busund, Lill-Tove Rasmussen Richardsen, Elin H Haug, Erik Skaaheim Brennhovd, Bjørn Rewcastle, Emma Lillesand, Melinda Kvikstad, Vebjørn Janssen, Emiel Kerr, David J Liestøl, Knut Albregtsen, Fritz Kleppe, Andreas Image and Video Processing Artificial Intelligence Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Deep learning is expected to aid pathologists by automating tasks such as tumour segmentation. We aimed to develop one universal tumour segmentation model for histopathological images and examine its performance in different cancer types. The model was developed using over 20 000 whole-slide images from over 4 000 patients with colorectal, endometrial, lung, or prostate carcinoma. Performance was validated in pre-planned analyses on external cohorts with over 3 000 patients across six cancer types. Exploratory analyses included over 1 500 additional patients from The Cancer Genome Atlas. Average Dice coefficient was over 80% in all validation cohorts with en bloc resection specimens and in The Cancer Genome Atlas cohorts. No loss of performance was observed when comparing the universal model with models specialised on single cancer types. In conclusion, extensive and rigorous evaluations demonstrate that generic tumour segmentation by a single model is possible across cancer types, patient populations, sample preparations, and slide scanners. |
| title | Generalisation of automatic tumour segmentation in histopathological whole-slide images across multiple cancer types |
| topic | Image and Video Processing Artificial Intelligence Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.11182 |