Detecting Breast Carcinoma Metastasis on Whole-Slide Images by Partially Subsampled Multiple Instance Learning
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| author | Yu, Baichen Li, Xuetong Zhou, Jing Wang, Hansheng |
| author_facet | Yu, Baichen Li, Xuetong Zhou, Jing Wang, Hansheng |
| contents | Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer in women worldwide. Histopathology image analysis serves as the gold standard for cancer diagnosis. In this regard, whole-slide imaging (WSI), a revolutionary technology in digital pathology, allows for ultrahigh-resolution tissue analysis. Despite its promise, WSI analysis faces significant computational challenges due to its massive data size and tissue heterogeneity. To address this issue, we present a Gaussian mixture based multiple instance learning (MIL) framework for WSI analysis with partially subsampled instances. Our approach models a WSI as a bag of instances (i.e., randomly cropped sub-images), leveraging a bag-based maximum likelihood estimator (BMLE) to predict metastases. Furthermore, we introduce a subsampling-based maximum likelihood estimator (SMLE) to refine predictions by selectively labeling a subset of instances. Extensive evaluations of the breast carcinoma metastasis prediction demonstrate that BMLE surpasses state-of-the-art methods, while the SMLE further improves the prediction accuracy at both bag and instance levels. We find that our method is fairly robust against various plausible model mis-specifications. Theoretical analyses and simulation studies validate the performance and robustness of our methods. |
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| spellingShingle | Detecting Breast Carcinoma Metastasis on Whole-Slide Images by Partially Subsampled Multiple Instance Learning Yu, Baichen Li, Xuetong Zhou, Jing Wang, Hansheng Methodology Applications Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer in women worldwide. Histopathology image analysis serves as the gold standard for cancer diagnosis. In this regard, whole-slide imaging (WSI), a revolutionary technology in digital pathology, allows for ultrahigh-resolution tissue analysis. Despite its promise, WSI analysis faces significant computational challenges due to its massive data size and tissue heterogeneity. To address this issue, we present a Gaussian mixture based multiple instance learning (MIL) framework for WSI analysis with partially subsampled instances. Our approach models a WSI as a bag of instances (i.e., randomly cropped sub-images), leveraging a bag-based maximum likelihood estimator (BMLE) to predict metastases. Furthermore, we introduce a subsampling-based maximum likelihood estimator (SMLE) to refine predictions by selectively labeling a subset of instances. Extensive evaluations of the breast carcinoma metastasis prediction demonstrate that BMLE surpasses state-of-the-art methods, while the SMLE further improves the prediction accuracy at both bag and instance levels. We find that our method is fairly robust against various plausible model mis-specifications. Theoretical analyses and simulation studies validate the performance and robustness of our methods. |
| title | Detecting Breast Carcinoma Metastasis on Whole-Slide Images by Partially Subsampled Multiple Instance Learning |
| topic | Methodology Applications |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.17254 |