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Foran DJ, Durbin EB, Chen W, Sadimin E, Sharma A, Banerjee I, Kurc T, Li N, Stroup AM, Harris G, Gu A, Schymura M, Gupta R, Bremer E, Balsamo J, DiPrima T, Wang F, Abousamra S, Samaras D, Hands I, Ward K, Saltz JH. An Expandable Informatics Framework for Enhancing Central Cancer Registries with Digital Pathology Specimens, Computational Imaging Tools, and Advanced Mining Capabilities. J Pathol Inform 2022; 13:5. [PMID: 35136672 PMCID: PMC8794027 DOI: 10.4103/jpi.jpi_31_21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2021] [Accepted: 04/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Population-based state cancer registries are an authoritative source for cancer statistics in the United States. They routinely collect a variety of data, including patient demographics, primary tumor site, stage at diagnosis, first course of treatment, and survival, on every cancer case that is reported across all U.S. states and territories. The goal of our project is to enrich NCI's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) registry data with high-quality population-based biospecimen data in the form of digital pathology, machine-learning-based classifications, and quantitative histopathology imaging feature sets (referred to here as Pathomics features). MATERIALS AND METHODS As part of the project, the underlying informatics infrastructure was designed, tested, and implemented through close collaboration with several participating SEER registries to ensure consistency with registry processes, computational scalability, and ability to support creation of population cohorts that span multiple sites. Utilizing computational imaging algorithms and methods to both generate indices and search for matches makes it possible to reduce inter- and intra-observer inconsistencies and to improve the objectivity with which large image repositories are interrogated. RESULTS Our team has created and continues to expand a well-curated repository of high-quality digitized pathology images corresponding to subjects whose data are routinely collected by the collaborating registries. Our team has systematically deployed and tested key, visual analytic methods to facilitate automated creation of population cohorts for epidemiological studies and tools to support visualization of feature clusters and evaluation of whole-slide images. As part of these efforts, we are developing and optimizing advanced search and matching algorithms to facilitate automated, content-based retrieval of digitized specimens based on their underlying image features and staining characteristics. CONCLUSION To meet the challenges of this project, we established the analytic pipelines, methods, and workflows to support the expansion and management of a growing repository of high-quality digitized pathology and information-rich, population cohorts containing objective imaging and clinical attributes to facilitate studies that seek to discriminate among different subtypes of disease, stratify patient populations, and perform comparisons of tumor characteristics within and across patient cohorts. We have also successfully developed a suite of tools based on a deep-learning method to perform quantitative characterizations of tumor regions, assess infiltrating lymphocyte distributions, and generate objective nuclear feature measurements. As part of these efforts, our team has implemented reliable methods that enable investigators to systematically search through large repositories to automatically retrieve digitized pathology specimens and correlated clinical data based on their computational signatures.
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- David J. Foran
- Center for Biomedical Informatics, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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- Kentucky Cancer Registry, Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
- Division of Biomedical Informatics, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Lexington, KY, USA
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- Center for Biomedical Informatics, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Center for Biomedical Informatics, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- New Jersey State Cancer Registry, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- New Jersey State Cancer Registry, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- New York State Cancer Registry, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Division of Biomedical Informatics, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Lexington, KY, USA
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- Georgia State Cancer Registry, Georgia Department of Public Health, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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Panayides AS, Amini A, Filipovic ND, Sharma A, Tsaftaris SA, Young A, Foran D, Do N, Golemati S, Kurc T, Huang K, Nikita KS, Veasey BP, Zervakis M, Saltz JH, Pattichis CS. AI in Medical Imaging Informatics: Current Challenges and Future Directions. IEEE J Biomed Health Inform 2020; 24:1837-1857. [PMID: 32609615 PMCID: PMC8580417 DOI: 10.1109/jbhi.2020.2991043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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This paper reviews state-of-the-art research solutions across the spectrum of medical imaging informatics, discusses clinical translation, and provides future directions for advancing clinical practice. More specifically, it summarizes advances in medical imaging acquisition technologies for different modalities, highlighting the necessity for efficient medical data management strategies in the context of AI in big healthcare data analytics. It then provides a synopsis of contemporary and emerging algorithmic methods for disease classification and organ/ tissue segmentation, focusing on AI and deep learning architectures that have already become the de facto approach. The clinical benefits of in-silico modelling advances linked with evolving 3D reconstruction and visualization applications are further documented. Concluding, integrative analytics approaches driven by associate research branches highlighted in this study promise to revolutionize imaging informatics as known today across the healthcare continuum for both radiology and digital pathology applications. The latter, is projected to enable informed, more accurate diagnosis, timely prognosis, and effective treatment planning, underpinning precision medicine.
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Multi-objective Parameter Auto-tuning for Tissue Image Segmentation Workflows. J Digit Imaging 2018; 32:521-533. [PMID: 30402669 DOI: 10.1007/s10278-018-0138-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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We propose a software platform that integrates methods and tools for multi-objective parameter auto-tuning in tissue image segmentation workflows. The goal of our work is to provide an approach for improving the accuracy of nucleus/cell segmentation pipelines by tuning their input parameters. The shape, size, and texture features of nuclei in tissue are important biomarkers for disease prognosis, and accurate computation of these features depends on accurate delineation of boundaries of nuclei. Input parameters in many nucleus segmentation workflows affect segmentation accuracy and have to be tuned for optimal performance. This is a time-consuming and computationally expensive process; automating this step facilitates more robust image segmentation workflows and enables more efficient application of image analysis in large image datasets. Our software platform adjusts the parameters of a nuclear segmentation algorithm to maximize the quality of image segmentation results while minimizing the execution time. It implements several optimization methods to search the parameter space efficiently. In addition, the methodology is developed to execute on high-performance computing systems to reduce the execution time of the parameter tuning phase. These capabilities are packaged in a Docker container for easy deployment and can be used through a friendly interface extension in 3D Slicer. Our results using three real-world image segmentation workflows demonstrate that the proposed solution is able to (1) search a small fraction (about 100 points) of the parameter space, which contains billions to trillions of points, and improve the quality of segmentation output by × 1.20, × 1.29, and × 1.29, on average; (2) decrease the execution time of a segmentation workflow by up to 11.79× while improving output quality; and (3) effectively use parallel systems to accelerate parameter tuning and segmentation phases.
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Barreiros W, Teodoro G, Kurc T, Kong J, Melo ACMA, Saltz J. Parallel and Efficient Sensitivity Analysis of Microscopy Image Segmentation Workflows in Hybrid Systems. PROCEEDINGS. IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CLUSTER COMPUTING 2017; 2017:25-35. [PMID: 29081725 DOI: 10.1109/cluster.2017.28] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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We investigate efficient sensitivity analysis (SA) of algorithms that segment and classify image features in a large dataset of high-resolution images. Algorithm SA is the process of evaluating variations of methods and parameter values to quantify differences in the output. A SA can be very compute demanding because it requires re-processing the input dataset several times with different parameters to assess variations in output. In this work, we introduce strategies to efficiently speed up SA via runtime optimizations targeting distributed hybrid systems and reuse of computations from runs with different parameters. We evaluate our approach using a cancer image analysis workflow on a hybrid cluster with 256 nodes, each with an Intel Phi and a dual socket CPU. The SA attained a parallel efficiency of over 90% on 256 nodes. The cooperative execution using the CPUs and the Phi available in each node with smart task assignment strategies resulted in an additional speedup of about 2×. Finally, multi-level computation reuse lead to an additional speedup of up to 2.46× on the parallel version. The level of performance attained with the proposed optimizations will allow the use of SA in large-scale studies.
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- Willian Barreiros
- Department of Computer Science, University of Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil
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- Department of Computer Science, University of Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil.,Department of Biomedical Informatics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA.,Scientific Data Group, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
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- Biomedical Informatics Department, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, University of Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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Clunie DA, Dennison DK, Cram D, Persons KR, Bronkalla MD, Primo HR. Technical Challenges of Enterprise Imaging: HIMSS-SIIM Collaborative White Paper. J Digit Imaging 2016; 29:583-614. [PMID: 27576909 PMCID: PMC5023533 DOI: 10.1007/s10278-016-9899-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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This white paper explores the technical challenges and solutions for acquiring (capturing) and managing enterprise images, particularly those involving visible light applications. The types of acquisition devices used for various general-purpose photography and specialized applications including dermatology, endoscopy, and anatomic pathology are reviewed. The formats and standards used, and the associated metadata requirements and communication protocols for transfer and workflow are considered. Particular emphasis is placed on the importance of metadata capture in both order- and encounter-based workflow. The benefits of using DICOM to provide a standard means of recording and accessing both metadata and image and video data are considered, as is the role of IHE and FHIR.
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- David A Clunie
- Pixelmed Publishing LLC., 943 Heiden Rd, Bangor, PA, 18013, USA.
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- Don K Dennison Solutions Inc., 205 Fern Cres, Waterloo, ON, N2V 2P9, Canada
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- Department of Information Technology, University of Miami Health System, Miami, FL, 33136, USA
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- Mayo Clinic and Foundation, 200 First St. SW, Pb 2-58, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA
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- Merge Healthcare, 900 Walnut Ridge Drive, Hartland, WI, 53029, USA
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- Digital Health Services, Siemens Healthineers, 65 Valley Stream Parkway, Malvern, PA, 19355, USA
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