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Near real-time intraoperative brain tumor diagnosis using stimulated Raman histology and deep neural networks

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Hollon, Todd C., Pandian, Balaji, Adapa, Arjun R., Urias, Esteban, Save, Akshay V., Khalsa, Siri Sahib S., Eichberg, Daniel G., D’Amico, Randy S. +29 more·2020·Nature Medicine

Abstract

Intraoperative diagnosis is essential for providing safe and effective care during cancer surgery 1. The existing workflow for intraoperative diagnosis based on hematoxylin and eosin staining of processed tissue is time, resource and labor intensive 2,3. Moreover, interpretation of intraoperative histologic images is dependent on a contracting, unevenly distributed, pathology workforce 4. In the present study, we report a parallel workflow that combines stimulated Raman histology (SRH)5-7, a label-free optical imaging method and deep convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to predict diagnosis at the bedside in near real-time in an automated fashion. Specifically, our CNNs, trained on over 2.5 million SRH images, predict brain tumor diagnosis in the operating room in under 150 s, an order of magnitude faster than conventional techniques (for example, 20-30 min)2. In a multicenter, prospective clinical trial (n = 278), we demonstrated that CNN-based diagnosis of SRH images was noninferior to pathologist-based interpretation of conventional histologic images (overall accuracy, 94.6% versus 93.9%). Our CNNs learned a hierarchy of recognizable histologic feature representations to classify the major histopathologic classes of brain tumors. In addition, we implemented a semantic segmentation method to identify tumor-infiltrated diagnostic regions within SRH images. These results demonstrate how intraoperative cancer diagnosis can be streamlined, creating a complementary pathway for tissue diagnosis that is independent of a traditional pathology laboratory.

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Hollon, T. C., Pandian, B., Adapa, A. R., Urias, E., Save, A. V., Khalsa, S. S. S., Eichberg, D. G., D’Amico, R. S., Farooq, Z. U., Lewis, S., Petridis, P. D., Marie, T., Shah, A. H., Garton, H. J. L., Maher, C. O., Heth, J. A., McKean, E. L., Sullivan, S. E., Hervey-Jumper, S. L., Patil, P. G., Thompson, B. G., Sagher, O., McKhann, G. M., Komotar, R. J., Ivan, M. E., Snuderl, M., Otten, M. L., Johnson, T. D., Sisti, M. B., Bruce, J. N., Muraszko, K. M., Trautman, J., Freudiger, C. W., Canoll, P., Lee, H., Camelo-Piragua, S., & Orringer, D. A.
Affiliations
  • University of Michigan (US)
  • Columbia University (US)
  • University of Miami (US)
  • Invenio Imaging (United States) (US)
  • New York University (US)
Corresponding author
Orringer, Daniel A.
Venue
Nature Medicine
Published
2020-01
Volume
26
Issue
1
Pages
52-58
ISSN
  • 1078-8956 (ISSN-L)
  • 1546-170X
OpenAlex
W2998401461
Cited by
790
References
42
Citations by year
2026: 102 · 2025: 134 · 2024: 147 · 2023: 113 · 2022: 115 · 2021: 125 · 2020: 53
FWCI
48.28
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (R01CA226527-02)
  • Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Biophysics › Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › AI in cancer detection
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques
Keywords
brain tumors, intraoperative diagnosis, stimulated Raman histology, deep convolutional neural networks, label-free optical imaging, semantic segmentation, artificial intelligence in pathology
MeSH terms
Deep Learning, Algorithms, Brain Neoplasms, Clinical Trials as Topic, Computer Systems, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Probability, Spectrum Analysis, Raman, Monitoring, Intraoperative, Neural Networks, Computer

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