Recommendations on compiling test datasets for evaluating artificial intelligence solutions in pathology

A Homeyer, C Geißler, LO Schwen, F Zakrzewski… - Modern …, 2022 - nature.com
Artificial intelligence (AI) solutions that automatically extract information from digital histology
images have shown great promise for improving pathological diagnosis. Prior to routine use …

Whole slide image quality in digital pathology: review and perspectives

R Brixtel, S Bougleux, O Lézoray, Y Caillot… - IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the advent of whole slide image (WSI) scanners, pathology is undergoing a digital
revolution. Simultaneously, with the development of image analysis algorithms based on …

Benchmarking the robustness of deep neural networks to common corruptions in digital pathology

Y Zhang, Y Sun, H Li, S Zheng, C Zhu… - … Conference on Medical …, 2022 - Springer
When designing a diagnostic model for a clinical application, it is crucial to guarantee the
robustness of the model with respect to a wide range of image corruptions. Herein, an easy …

Improving quality control of whole slide images by explicit artifact augmentation

A Jurgas, M Wodzinski, M D'Amato, J van der Laak… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The problem of artifacts in whole slide image acquisition, prevalent in both clinical workflows
and research-oriented settings, necessitates human intervention and re-scanning …

[HTML][HTML] Tcnn: A transformer convolutional neural network for artifact classification in whole slide images

A Shakarami, L Nicolè, M Terreran, AP Dei Tos… - … Signal Processing and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The production of pathological slides is a complex task requiring several physical and
chemical procedures that are often done manually. Occasionally, such procedures may end …

Tissue contamination challenges the credibility of machine learning models in real world digital pathology

I Irmakci, R Nateghi, R Zhou, M Vescovo, M Saft… - Modern Pathology, 2024 - Elsevier
Machine learning (ML) models are poised to transform surgical pathology practice. The most
successful use attention mechanisms to examine whole slides, identify which areas of tissue …

Histology image artifact restoration with lightweight transformer based diffusion model

C Wang, Z He, J He, J Ye, Y Shen - International Conference on Artificial …, 2024 - Springer
Histology whole slide images (WSIs) are extensively used in tumor diagnosis and treatment
planning. However, the presence of artifacts resulting from improper operations during WSI …

Stress testing vision transformers using common histopathological artifacts

G Raipuria, N Singhal - Medical Imaging with Deep Learning, 2022 - openreview.net
Artifacts on digitized Whole Slide Images like blur, tissue fold, and foreign particles have
been demonstrated to degrade the performance of deep convolutional neural networks …

Exploring the application of classical and intelligent software testing in medicine: A literature review

M Boukhlif, N Kharmoum, M Hanine, C Elasri… - … on Advanced Intelligent …, 2024 - Springer
This literature review explores the vital role of both classic and intelligent software testing in
ensuring the quality and safety of medical software. Classic approaches establish a solid …

LatentArtiFusion: An Effective and Efficient Histological Artifacts Restoration Framework

Z He, W Liu, M Yin, K Han - MICCAI Workshop on Deep Generative …, 2024 - Springer
Histological artifacts pose challenges for both pathologists and Computer-Aided Diagnosis
(CAD) systems, leading to errors in analysis. Current approaches for histological artifact …