Computerized microscopic image analysis of follicular lymphoma

Olcay Sertel; Jun Kong; Gerard Lozanski; Umit Catalyurek; Joel H. Saltz; Metin N. Gurcan

doi:10.1117/12.770936

17 March 2008 Computerized microscopic image analysis of follicular lymphoma

Olcay Sertel, Jun Kong, Gerard Lozanski, Umit Catalyurek, Joel H. Saltz, Metin N. Gurcan

Proceedings Volume 6915, Medical Imaging 2008: Computer-Aided Diagnosis; 691535 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.770936
Event: Medical Imaging, 2008, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Follicular Lymphoma (FL) is a cancer arising from the lymphatic system. Originating from follicle center B cells, FL is mainly comprised of centrocytes (usually middle-to-small sized cells) and centroblasts (relatively large malignant cells). According to the World Health Organization's recommendations, there are three histological grades of FL characterized by the number of centroblasts per high-power field (hpf) of area 0.159 mm². In current practice, these cells are manually counted from ten representative fields of follicles after visual examination of hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) stained slides by pathologists. Several studies clearly demonstrate the poor reproducibility of this grading system with very low inter-reader agreement. In this study, we are developing a computerized system to assist pathologists with this process. A hybrid approach that combines information from several slides with different stains has been developed. Thus, follicles are first detected from digitized microscopy images with immunohistochemistry (IHC) stains, (i.e., CD10 and CD20). The average sensitivity and specificity of the follicle detection tested on 30 images at 2×, 4× and 8× magnifications are 85.5±9.8% and 92.5±4.0%, respectively. Since the centroblasts detection is carried out in the H&E-stained slides, the follicles in the IHC-stained images are mapped to H&E-stained counterparts. To evaluate the centroblast differentiation capabilities of the system, 11 hpf images have been marked by an experienced pathologist who identified 41 centroblast cells and 53 non-centroblast cells. A non-supervised clustering process differentiates the centroblast cells from noncentroblast cells, resulting in 92.68% sensitivity and 90.57% specificity.

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Olcay Sertel, Jun Kong, Gerard Lozanski, Umit Catalyurek, Joel H. Saltz, and Metin N. Gurcan "Computerized microscopic image analysis of follicular lymphoma", Proc. SPIE 6915, Medical Imaging 2008: Computer-Aided Diagnosis, 691535 (17 March 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.770936

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