A method for utilizing automated machine learning for histopathological classification of testis based on Johnsen scores

Abstract We examined whether a tool for determining Johnsen scores automatically using artificial intelligence (AI) could be used in place of traditional Johnsen scoring to support pathologists’ evaluations. Average precision, precision, and recall were assessed by the Google Cloud AutoML Vision pla...

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Autores principales: Yurika Ito, Mami Unagami, Fumito Yamabe, Yozo Mitsui, Koichi Nakajima, Koichi Nagao, Hideyuki Kobayashi
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Sumario:Abstract We examined whether a tool for determining Johnsen scores automatically using artificial intelligence (AI) could be used in place of traditional Johnsen scoring to support pathologists’ evaluations. Average precision, precision, and recall were assessed by the Google Cloud AutoML Vision platform. We obtained testicular tissues for 275 patients and were able to use haematoxylin and eosin (H&E)-stained glass microscope slides from 264 patients. In addition, we cut out of parts of the histopathology images (5.0 × 5.0 cm) for expansion of Johnsen’s characteristic areas with seminiferous tubules. We defined four labels: Johnsen score 1–3, 4–5, 6–7, and 8–10 to distinguish Johnsen scores in clinical practice. All images were uploaded to the Google Cloud AutoML Vision platform. We obtained a dataset of 7155 images at magnification 400× and a dataset of 9822 expansion images for the 5.0 × 5.0 cm cutouts. For the 400× magnification image dataset, the average precision (positive predictive value) of the algorithm was 82.6%, precision was 80.31%, and recall was 60.96%. For the expansion image dataset (5.0 × 5.0 cm), the average precision was 99.5%, precision was 96.29%, and recall was 96.23%. This is the first report of an AI-based algorithm for predicting Johnsen scores.