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Digital pathology and artificial intelligence

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Niazi, Muhammad Khalid Khan, Parwani, Anil V, Gurcan, Metin N·2019·The Lancet Oncology

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In modern clinical practice, digital pathology has a crucial role and is increasingly a technological requirement in the scientific laboratory environment. The advent of whole-slide imaging, availability of faster networks, and cheaper storage solutions has made it easier for pathologists to manage digital slide images and share them for clinical use. In parallel, unprecedented advances in machine learning have enabled the synergy of artificial intelligence and digital pathology, which offers image-based diagnosis possibilities that were once limited only to radiology and cardiology. Integration of digital slides into the pathology workflow, advanced algorithms, and computer-aided diagnostic techniques extend the frontiers of the pathologist's view beyond a microscopic slide and enable true utilisation and integration of knowledge that is beyond human limits and boundaries, and we believe there is clear potential for artificial intelligence breakthroughs in the pathology setting. In this Review, we discuss advancements in digital slide-based image diagnosis for cancer along with some challenges and opportunities for artificial intelligence in digital pathology.

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  • The development of deep learning methods has expanded the applications of digital pathology in education, clinical diagnosis, image analysis, and integration with other clinical diagnostic methods.

    “The development of deep learning methods has expanded the applications of digital pathology in education, clinical diagnosis, image analysis, and integration with other clinical diagnostic methods [94].”

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    The Introduction (page unavailable) says AI has advanced digital pathology in education, clinical diagnosis, and image analysis; the AI and Education and AI and Image Analysis sections describe applications of deep-learning methods. The Integration of AI with Other Clinical Data section discusses linking pathology images with clinical information, but presents much of that integration as a goal or expected development rather than an application already expanded by deep learning. (LLM, conf=0.82)

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    “These datasets have enabled the utilization of AI techniques in various downstream tasks, such as sample classification, prognosis prediction, image lesion detection, image segmentation, and others [206], which have demonstrated higher precision and efficacy in clinical settings [94].”

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Authors
Niazi, M. K. K., Parwani, A. V., & Gurcan, M. N.
Affiliations
  • Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist (US)
  • The Ohio State University (US)
Corresponding author
Niazi, Muhammad Khalid Khan
Venue
The Lancet Oncology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2019-05
Volume
20
Issue
5
Pages
e253-e261
ISSN
1470-2045 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2943370629
Cited by
1,232
References
61
Citations by year
2026: 164 · 2025: 204 · 2024: 236 · 2023: 209 · 2022: 175 · 2021: 138 · 2020: 91 · 2019: 12 · 2012: 1
FWCI
6.83
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • The Lancet Oncology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Cancer Institute and The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center Intramural Research (R01CA134451)
  • Metin N Gurcan (co-principal investigator) and Gerard Lozanski (U24CA199374)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › AI in cancer detection
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Health Informatics › Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
Keywords
digital pathology, artificial intelligence, whole slide imaging, computer-aided diagnosis, cancer diagnosis
MeSH terms
Artificial Intelligence, Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted, Humans, Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted, Microscopy, Neoplasms, Pathology, Predictive Value of Tests, Prognosis, Reproducibility of Results, Workflow

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