Scientific Reports,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
14(1)
Published: Aug. 6, 2024
The
utility
of
deep
neural
nets
has
been
demonstrated
for
mapping
hematoxylin-and-eosin
(H&E)
stained
image
features
to
expression
individual
genes.
However,
these
models
have
not
employed
discover
clinically
relevant
spatial
biomarkers.
Here
we
develop
MOSBY
(Multi-Omic
translation
whole
slide
images
Spatial
Biomarker
discoverY)
that
leverages
contrastive
self-supervised
pretraining
extract
improved
H&E
features,
learns
a
between
and
bulk
omic
profiles
(RNA,
DNA,
protein),
utilizes
tile-level
information
We
validate
gene
set
predictions
with
transcriptomic
serially-sectioned
CD8
IHC
data.
demonstrate
MOSBY-inferred
colocalization
survival-predictive
power
orthogonal
expression,
enable
concordance
indices
highly
competitive
survival-trained
multimodal
networks.
identify
(1)
an
ER
stress-associated
feature
as
chemotherapy-specific
risk
factor
in
lung
adenocarcinoma,
(2)
the
T
effector
cell
vs
cysteine
signatures
negative
prognostic
multiple
cancer
indications.
discovery
biologically
interpretable
biomarkers
showcases
model
unraveling
novel
insights
biology
well
informing
clinical
decision-making.
BioMedical Engineering OnLine,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
22(1)
Published: Sept. 25, 2023
Transformers
have
been
widely
used
in
many
computer
vision
challenges
and
shown
the
capability
of
producing
better
results
than
convolutional
neural
networks
(CNNs).
Taking
advantage
capturing
long-range
contextual
information
learning
more
complex
relations
image
data,
applied
to
histopathological
processing
tasks.
In
this
survey,
we
make
an
effort
present
a
thorough
analysis
uses
analysis,
covering
several
topics,
from
newly
built
Transformer
models
unresolved
challenges.
To
be
precise,
first
begin
by
outlining
fundamental
principles
attention
mechanism
included
other
key
frameworks.
Second,
analyze
Transformer-based
applications
imaging
domain
provide
evaluation
100
research
publications
across
different
downstream
tasks
cover
most
recent
innovations,
including
survival
prediction,
segmentation,
classification,
detection,
representation.
Within
survey
work,
also
compare
performance
CNN-based
techniques
based
on
recently
published
papers,
highlight
major
challenges,
interesting
future
directions.
Despite
outstanding
architectures
number
papers
reviewed
anticipate
that
further
improvements
exploration
are
still
required
future.
We
hope
paper
will
give
readers
field
study
understanding
up-to-date
list
summary
provided
at
https://github.com/S-domain/Survey-Paper
.
Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
16(1)
Published: March 17, 2025
Abstract
Anti-angiogenic
(AA)
therapy
is
a
cornerstone
of
metastatic
clear
cell
renal
carcinoma
(ccRCC)
treatment,
but
not
everyone
responds,
and
predictive
biomarkers
are
lacking.
CD31,
marker
vasculature,
insufficient,
the
Angioscore,
an
RNA-based
angiogenesis
quantification
method,
costly,
associated
with
delays,
difficult
to
standardize,
does
account
for
tumor
heterogeneity.
Here,
we
developed
interpretable
deep
learning
(DL)
model
that
predicts
Angioscore
directly
from
ubiquitous
histopathology
slides
yielding
visual
vascular
network
(H&E
DL
Angio).
H&E
Angio
achieves
strong
correlation
across
multiple
cohorts
(spearman
correlations
0.77
0.73).
Using
this
approach,
found
inversely
correlates
grade
stage
driver
mutation
status.
Importantly,
expediently
AA
response
in
both
real-world
IMmotion150
trial
cohorts,
out-performing
closely
approximating
(c-index
0.66
vs
0.67)
at
fraction
cost.
Journal of Pathology Informatics,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
15, P. 100375 - 100375
Published: April 5, 2024
Pathology
images
of
histopathology
can
be
acquired
from
camera-mounted
microscopes
or
whole-slide
scanners.
Utilizing
similarity
calculations
to
match
patients
based
on
these
holds
significant
potential
in
research
and
clinical
contexts.
Recent
advancements
search
technologies
allow
for
implicit
quantification
tissue
morphology
across
diverse
primary
sites,
facilitating
comparisons,
enabling
inferences
about
diagnosis,
potentially
prognosis,
predictions
new
when
compared
against
a
curated
database
diagnosed
treated
cases.
In
this
article,
we
comprehensively
review
the
latest
developments
image
histopathology,
offering
concise
overview
tailored
computational
pathology
researchers
seeking
effective,
fast,
efficient
methods
their
work.
Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
15(1)
Published: Nov. 14, 2024
Cancer
is
a
heterogeneous
disease
requiring
costly
genetic
profiling
for
better
understanding
and
management.
Recent
advances
in
deep
learning
have
enabled
cost-effective
predictions
of
alterations
from
whole
slide
images
(WSIs).
While
transformers
driven
significant
progress
non-medical
domains,
their
application
to
WSIs
lags
behind
due
high
model
complexity
limited
dataset
sizes.
Here,
we
introduce
SEQUOIA,
linearized
transformer
that
predicts
cancer
transcriptomic
profiles
WSIs.
SEQUOIA
developed
using
7584
tumor
samples
across
16
types,
with
its
generalization
capacity
validated
on
two
independent
cohorts
comprising
1368
tumors.
Accurately
predicted
genes
are
associated
key
processes,
including
inflammatory
response,
cell
cycles
metabolism.
Further,
demonstrate
the
value
stratifying
risk
breast
recurrence
resolving
spatial
gene
expression
at
loco-regional
levels.
hence
deciphers
clinically
relevant
information
WSIs,
opening
avenues
personalized
Predicting
whole-slide
(WSIs)
can
be
cost-efficient
solution
profiling.
authors
develop
linearised
attention
predict
validate
performance
clinical
utility
multiple
pan-cancer
datasets.