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Tumor Cell Identification in Ki-67 Images on Deep Learning

Ruihan Zhang1,2, Junhao Yang1, Chunxiao Chen1,*

Department of Biomedical Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Nanjing, 211106, China.
The University of Melbourne, Parkville Campus, Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia.

* Corresponding Author: Chunxiao Chen. E-mail: email. Email:

Molecular & Cellular Biomechanics 2018, 15(3), 177-187. https://doi.org/10.3970/mcb.2018.04292

Abstract

The proportion of cells staining for the nuclear antigen Ki-67 is an important predictive indicator for assessment of tumor cell proliferation and growth in routine pathological investigation. Instead of traditional scoring methods based on the experience of a trained laboratory scientist, deep learning approach can be automatically used to analyze the expression of Ki-67 as well. Deep learning based on convolutional neural networks (CNN) for image classification and single shot multibox detector (SSD) for object detection are used to investigate the expression of Ki-67 for assessment of biopsies from patients with breast cancer in this study. The results focus on estimating the probability heatmap of tumor cells using CNN with accuracy of 98% and detecting the tumor cells using SSD with accuracy of 90%. This deep learning framework will provide an objective basis for the malignant degree of breast tumors and be beneficial to the pathologists for fast and efficiently Ki-67 scoring.

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Zhang, R., Yang, J., Chen, C. (2018). Tumor cell identification in ki-67 images on deep learning. Molecular & Cellular Biomechanics, 15(3), 177-187. https://doi.org/10.3970/mcb.2018.04292
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Zhang R, Yang J, Chen C. Tumor cell identification in ki-67 images on deep learning. Mol Cellular Biomechanics . 2018;15(3):177-187 https://doi.org/10.3970/mcb.2018.04292
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R. Zhang, J. Yang, and C. Chen, “Tumor Cell Identification in Ki-67 Images on Deep Learning,” Mol. Cellular Biomechanics , vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 177-187, 2018. https://doi.org/10.3970/mcb.2018.04292



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