Quantifying Heterogeneity in Tumors: Proposing a New Method Utilizing Convolutional Neuronal Networks

Creators: Prokop, Georg and Örtl, Michael and Fotteler, Marina L. and Schüffler, Peter and Schobel, Johannes and Swoboda, Walter and Schlegel, Jürgen and Liesche-Starnecker, Friederike
Title: Quantifying Heterogeneity in Tumors: Proposing a New Method Utilizing Convolutional Neuronal Networks
Item Type: Article or issue of a publication series
Projects: DigiHealth, n4n
Journal or Series Title: Studies in health technology and informatics
Page Range: pp. 397-400
Additional Information: Open Access
Date: January 2022
Divisions: Gesundheitsmanagement
Abstract (ENG): Heterogeneity is a hallmark of glioblastoma (GBM), the most common malignant brain tumor, and a key reason for the poor survival rate of patients. However, establishing a clinically applicable, cost-efficient tool to measure and quantify heterogeneity is challenging. We present a novel method in an ongoing study utilizing two convolutional neuronal networks (CNN). After digitizing tumor samples, the first CNN delimitates GBM from normal tissue, the second quantifies heterogeneity within the tumor. Since neuronal networks can detect and interpret underlying and hidden information within images and have the ability to incorporate different information sets (i.e. clinical data and mutational status), this approach might venture towards a next level of integrated diagnosis. It may be applicable to other tumors as well and lead to a more precision-based medicine.
Forthcoming: No
Language: English
Uncontrolled Keywords: Convolutional Neuronal Network; Digital Pathology; Glioblastoma; Neuropathology; Tumor heterogeneity
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Prokop, Georg and Örtl, Michael and Fotteler, Marina L. and Schüffler, Peter and Schobel, Johannes and Swoboda, Walter and Schlegel, Jürgen and Liesche-Starnecker, Friederike (2022) Quantifying Heterogeneity in Tumors: Proposing a New Method Utilizing Convolutional Neuronal Networks. Studies in health technology and informatics, 289. pp. 397-400. ISSN 0926-9630

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