CN112435243A - Automatic analysis system and method for full-slice digital pathological image - Google Patents

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CN112435243A
CN112435243A CN202011346662.6A CN202011346662A CN112435243A CN 112435243 A CN112435243 A CN 112435243A CN 202011346662 A CN202011346662 A CN 202011346662A CN 112435243 A CN112435243 A CN 112435243A
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The present disclosure provides an automatic analysis system and method for a full-slice digital pathology image, comprising acquiring a full-slice digital pathology image; carrying out block processing on the full-slice digital pathological image; dividing the pathological image block into a background blank area and a foreground tissue area, and performing color normalization on the image block in the foreground area to obtain small blocks which can be directly used for analyzing the foreground tissue area; after image preprocessing, classifying the pathological image blocks to obtain a prediction subtype classification result, a segmentation result and a target detection result of each pathological image block; after the full-slice digital pathological image is obtained, the full-slice digital pathological image is partitioned and preprocessed, so that image classification, segmentation and target detection tasks can be performed by using a deep learning model, and then visual display is performed, so that a pathologist is assisted in observing and analyzing the image, and the diagnosis efficiency and the diagnosis accuracy are improved.

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Automatic analysis system and method for full-slice digital pathological image
Technical Field
The disclosure relates to the technical field of medical image processing, in particular to an automatic analysis system and method for full-slice digital pathological images.
Background
Histopathological examination is a pathomorphological method for examining pathological changes in tissues to analyze and diagnose diseases, and is currently the most accurate method for diagnosing cancer. The pathological images can help doctors analyze the disease condition of patients to obtain the specific conditions of tumor cells, such as differentiation degree, lymph node metastasis and the like, and are helpful for disease diagnosis, staging and prognosis. Typically, a pathologist classifies tissues and receives histopathological reports to determine the next treatment regimen. The pathological specimen is shot by adopting the scanning image equipment, and a high-quality pathological digital image can be obtained.
In recent years, with the rapid development of artificial intelligence technology, Computer Aided Diagnosis (CAD) has been successful in the medical field. The main methods of CAD in the diagnosis of pathological images include conventional machine learning and the more popular deep learning in recent years. The analysis effect of the method mainly depends on the effect of the previous manual feature extraction. Compared with the traditional method, the deep learning does not need manual feature extraction, deep features of pathological images can be automatically mined, and end-to-end optimization is directly carried out; the deep learning method is used for realizing medical image classification, target area detection, target area segmentation and retrieval, and assisting a doctor to finish analysis and diagnosis work; the artificial intelligence auxiliary diagnosis has the advantages of high efficiency, objectivity and stability.
The inventor finds that the current pathological image analysis still has the following problems: the diagnosis of doctors needs to take a long time, and the requirement on the professional ability of the doctors is high; the traditional machine learning method analyzes pathological images and mainly depends on the effect of feature extraction, which has higher requirements on professional knowledge of research personnel; the existing method based on deep learning can only analyze small-size images, but the size of the digital pathological images is too large, and the existing method cannot be directly used for analyzing large-size full-slice digital pathological images.
Disclosure of Invention
In order to solve the above problems, the present disclosure provides an automatic analysis system and method for a full-slice digital pathological image, which can assist a pathologist in observing an analysis image, and improve diagnosis efficiency and diagnosis accuracy.
According to a first aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an automatic analysis system of a full-slice digital pathology image, comprising:
the image preprocessing module is used for dividing the acquired full-slice digital pathological image into a plurality of image small blocks; dividing the pathological image small blocks into a background blank area and a foreground tissue area to obtain foreground tissue area image small blocks; performing color conversion on the image small blocks according to the color distribution of the training set sample, and enhancing the color variability of data;
and the automatic analysis module is used for analyzing and processing the processed image small blocks by utilizing the pre-trained deep learning model and realizing the analysis of the full-slice pathological image according to the processing result.
Further, the analysis of the full-slice digital pathological image is realized according to the analysis processing result, and the specific steps are that the prediction result of the automatic analysis module is marked on each pathological image small block, and the marked image small blocks are spliced back to the size of the original input image.
Furthermore, the spliced image is displayed on a display, so that a user can assist in judging the position and the type of a lesion in the image according to a marking result.
According to a second aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a method for automatically analyzing a full-slice digital pathology image, including:
dividing the acquired full-slice digital pathological image into a plurality of image small blocks;
dividing the pathological image small blocks into a background blank area and a foreground tissue area to obtain foreground tissue area image small blocks;
performing color conversion on the image small blocks according to the color distribution of the training set sample, and enhancing the color variability of data;
and analyzing the processed image small blocks by utilizing a pre-trained deep learning model, and analyzing the full-slice digital pathological image according to an analysis processing result.
According to a third aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an electronic device, including a memory, a processor and a computer program stored in the memory for execution, wherein the processor implements the method for automatically analyzing a full-slice digital pathological image.
According to a fourth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by a processor, implements the method for automatic analysis of a full-slice digital pathology image.
Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effect of this disclosure is:
(1) in terms of completeness, the present disclosure provides a full-slice digital pathological image processing method and process based on a deep learning model for the first time, and provides a complete process for performing digital pathological image processing by using a deep learning method, including: acquiring a full-slice digital pathological image; carrying out block pretreatment on the full-slice pathological image, and dividing the full-slice pathological image into small digital pathological image blocks which can be used for direct analysis; after obtaining small blocks of the pathological image, classifying each image block to obtain subtype classification results; or after obtaining the pathological image small blocks, carrying out segmentation processing on each image block to obtain subtype segmentation results; or after obtaining the pathological image small blocks, detecting each image block to obtain a subtype detection result. In addition, the present disclosure provides a full-slice pathological image corresponding label processing flow; a procedure for visualizing results.
(2) In the practicability and the expansibility, the method provided by the disclosure can be used for classifying and segmenting the digital pathological image sub-regions and detecting the target by the trained deep learning model, so that the subtype of the full-slice pathological image is marked in advance, a pathologist can be assisted to observe and analyze the image, and the diagnosis efficiency and the diagnosis accuracy are improved. Meanwhile, the method provides a complete digital pathological image analysis process, can complete classification, segmentation and target detection of pathological image sub-regions, and can be fused with other pathological image analysis methods.
(3) On the aspects of calculation efficiency and operation speed, the method is based on the deep learning model, and the trained model can realize the operation analysis of the pathological image block through one-time forward transmission, so that the operation analysis of the full-slice pathological image can be realized in a short time.
Advantages of additional aspects of the disclosure will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the disclosure.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic flowchart of a full-slice digital pathology image processing method based on deep learning according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;
FIG. 2 is a flowchart of acquiring a full-slice digital pathology image according to a first embodiment of the disclosure;
FIG. 3 is a flow chart of pre-processing a full-slice digital pathology image according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;
FIG. 4(a) is a diagram of an example of a full-slice digital pathology image in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;
FIG. 4(b) is a diagram of another example of a full-slice digital pathology image in accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure;
fig. 5 is a diagram of an example of a full-slice digital pathology image after being diced in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;
FIG. 6 is a flow chart of processing a Label corresponding to a full-slice digital pathology image according to an embodiment of the disclosure;
FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a test image and visualization process according to an embodiment of the disclosure;
fig. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of classification results for all-slice digital pathology images according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
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It should be noted that the following detailed description is exemplary and is intended to provide further explanation of the disclosure. Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this disclosure belongs.
It is noted that the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of example embodiments according to the present disclosure. As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, and it should be understood that when the terms "comprises" and/or "comprising" are used in this specification, they specify the presence of stated features, steps, operations, devices, components, and/or combinations thereof, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
It is noted that the flowchart and block diagrams in the figures illustrate the architecture, functionality, and operation of possible implementations of methods and systems according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. It should be noted that each block in the flowchart or block diagrams may represent a module, a segment, or a portion of code, which may comprise one or more executable instructions for implementing the logical function specified in the respective embodiment. It should also be noted that, in some alternative implementations, the functions noted in the block may occur out of the order noted in the figures. For example, two blocks shown in succession may, in fact, be executed substantially concurrently, or the blocks may sometimes be executed in the reverse order, depending upon the functionality involved. It will also be noted that each block of the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, and combinations of blocks in the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, can be implemented by special purpose hardware-based systems which perform the specified functions or acts, or combinations of special purpose hardware and computer instructions.
The first embodiment is as follows:
the embodiment aims to provide an automatic analysis system for a full-slice digital pathological image.
An automated analysis system for full-slice digital pathology images, comprising:
an image preprocessing module: the system comprises a data acquisition unit, a data processing unit and a data processing unit, wherein the data acquisition unit is used for acquiring a full-slice digital pathological image; dividing the pathological image small blocks into a background blank area and a foreground tissue area to obtain foreground tissue area image small blocks; performing color conversion on the image small blocks according to the color distribution of the training set sample, and enhancing the color variability of data;
the image blocks are named according to a certain naming rule and used for splicing and restoring the processed images.
An automatic analysis module: the method is used for analyzing and processing the processed image small blocks by utilizing the pre-trained deep learning model and analyzing the full-section pathological image according to the processing result.
Wherein the analysis of the processed image patches by the deep learning model comprises:
predicting the image small blocks by using the trained deep learning model to obtain a prediction subtype classification result of each pathological image small block;
specifically, the deep learning model classified by using sample data may be trained in advance to obtain a trained deep learning image classification model, where the sample data includes a digital pathological image and a subtype label corresponding to the pathological image. The training process of the network model can be realized by the existing deep learning training method without specific limitation. After the trained deep learning classification model is obtained, the processor uses the trained model to classify each pathological image block to obtain a classification result of each pathological image block, and the classification result is displayed on the pathological image block.
Or predicting the image small blocks by using the trained deep learning model to obtain a prediction subtype segmentation result of each pathological image small block;
specifically, the segmented deep learning model may be trained in advance using sample data, so as to obtain a trained deep learning image segmentation model, where the sample data includes a digital pathological image and a subtype label corresponding to the pathological image. The training process of the network model can be realized by the existing deep learning training method without specific limitation. After the trained deep learning segmentation model is obtained, the processor performs segmentation processing on each pathological image block by using the trained model to obtain a segmentation result corresponding to each pathological image block, and displays the segmentation result on the pathological image block.
Or predicting the image small blocks by using the trained deep learning model to obtain a predicted subtype target detection result of each pathological image small block;
specifically, the deep learning model for target detection may be trained in advance using sample data to obtain a trained deep learning image target detection model, where the sample data includes a digital pathological image and a target detection label corresponding to the pathological image. The training process of the network model can be realized by the existing deep learning training method without specific limitation. After the trained deep learning target detection model is obtained, the processor uses the trained model to perform detection processing on each pathological image block to obtain the detection result of each pathological image block, and the target detection result is displayed on the pathological image block.
A visualization module: the prediction result is displayed on each pathological image patch, and the marked patch is spliced back to the size of the original input image.
Further, the training process of the deep learning model comprises: a model training phase and a model testing phase.
In the model training stage, the deep learning model is trained by using the sample data to obtain the trained deep learning model. In the training stage, a system analysis task, model selection, a model use data path, training set and verification set quantity, a block side length, a task type, a model storage path, model training parameters such as initialization, deviation, regularization, a learning rate, an optimization algorithm, iteration times and the like need to be set, so that model training is realized. Optionally, the number of categories and the names of the corresponding subtypes in different tasks, and specific parameters to be set for different tasks.
And the model test stage comprises a model input module, a task type module and an output module.
The input comprises a path of a test folder, a test model path, a test model, the number of test images and a test result output path. Optionally, in the subtype classification task, the category and the corresponding display color, transparency, and the like. Optionally, in the subtype division task, categories and corresponding display colors, transparency, and the like. Optionally, in the subtype detection task, the confidence threshold and the border corresponding to the category display colors.
The system is mainly used for an automatic analysis system of digital pathological images, and comprises subtype classification, subtype segmentation and subtype detection. In use, only the model testing phase needs to be performed when using the trained model to analyze pathology images. In order to enable the system to be applied to different histopathology image analysis and enhance the expandability of the system, the system is added with a model training stage.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 1, the specific processing steps of the automatic analysis system of the present disclosure are as follows, and the application of the process to the full-slice digital histopathological image analysis is explained as an example, and the process includes the following steps:
step 1: a full-slice digital pathology image is acquired.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 2, a flow of acquiring a full-slice digital pathological image is obtained, and the cut pathological tissue is wrapped in a wax block; pathological tissue wax block is sliced, H & E (H is the abbreviation of hematoxylin, the stained cell nucleus is blue, E is the abbreviation of eosin, the stained cytoplasm is red) is stained, then the stained pathological tissue wax block is scanned into a computer by a digital slice scanner, and the scanned full-slice digital pathological image can be amplified and reduced, has higher resolution ratio, and can be used for extracting and analyzing the histological and cytological characteristics of pathological tissues by a computer. The embodiment adopts a conventional mode of acquiring a full-slice digital pathological image, and the specific mode is not modified.
Step 2: the full-slice digital pathological image is processed in a blocking mode and divided into small image blocks which can be used for direct analysis.
In particular, the blocking processing of the full-slice digital pathological image refers to the division of the image into a plurality of image small blocks which can be used for analysis. In this embodiment, an OpenSlide software package is used to read a digital pathological image file, and the size of a block, the size of an overlap, whether an edge is discarded, and the like are set, so that the digital pathological image block is realized.
And step 3: and (5) image preprocessing.
The pathological image preprocessing step comprises two steps of dividing the pathological image block into a background blank area and a foreground tissue area and standardizing colors.
Dividing the pathological image block into a background blank area and a foreground tissue area to obtain small blocks which can be directly used for analyzing the foreground tissue area;
and after the small blocks to be processed are obtained, performing color conversion according to the color distribution of the training set samples to enhance the color variability of the data.
Step 4-1: and the pathological image subtype classification module analyzes the processed small blocks by using a deep learning model to obtain expected classification.
Medical image classification refers to a technique for classifying medical images into diagnoses of whether or not they are suffering from a certain disease or graded in severity. In this embodiment, image classification processing is performed on the digital pathological image blocks to obtain a specific subtype classification result.
Optionally, the pathological subtypes include: normal tissue area, tumor area. Tumors in different locations correspond to different subtype pathology classifications. For example, breast cancer pathotyping comprises: non-invasive cancer (intraductal carcinoma, lobular carcinoma in situ, intraductal papillary carcinoma, eczematoid breast carcinoma), early invasive cancer (early invasive ductal carcinoma, early invasive lobular carcinoma), invasive cancer (invasive specific cancer, invasive non-specific cancer), rare cancer. The invasive specific cancers include papillary carcinoma, medullary carcinoma (with large amount of lymphocyte infiltration), tubular carcinoma (high differentiation adenocarcinoma), adenoid cystic carcinoma, mucinous adenocarcinoma, apocrine adenoid carcinoma, and squamous cell carcinoma. The lung cancer pathological typing comprises: small cell lung cancer and non-small cell lung cancer (squamous cell lung cancer, adenocarcinoma, large cell carcinoma. among them, adenocarcinoma is further classified into adherent growth type, acinar growth type, papillary shape, microemulsion head shape, and solid growth type.
Alternatively, pathological image subtype classification can also be combined with gene expression; the correlation between the tumor tissue genotype mutation and the expression of the gene in the tissue and cells is established.
When the pathological image blocks are classified, a classic machine learning classification model or a deep learning classification model can be adopted. A classical machine learning classification model comprising: the system comprises a K nearest neighbor classification model, a Bayesian classification model, a random forest classification model, a support vector machine model and the like. The deep learning model can adopt one of classical classification models such as LeNet, AlexNet, VGG, GoogLeNet, ResNet and the like to perform image classification processing, and can also adopt other classification networks or designed specific network models. Alternatively, a pre-trained version of the classical model is used for the transfer learning. In the present disclosure, the pathological image is analyzed using the deep learning model, and when the pathological image block is classified, the specific classification model used is not limited.
Step 4-2: and the pathological image subtype segmentation module analyzes the processed small blocks by using a deep learning model to obtain expected segmentation.
Image segmentation is a technique and process that divides an image into several specific regions with unique properties and proposes an object of interest. Medical image segmentation is the identification and extraction of external contours and internal voxels of an object of interest in a medical image, enabling the segmentation of an organ or lesion region in the image. In this embodiment, the digital pathological image block is segmented to obtain a specific region of interest. Usually, the segmentation of cell nuclei in histopathological sections is realized, and the obtained segmentation of cell nuclei can be used for automatic counting and characteristic quantitative description of cells.
When pathological image blocks are segmented, a classical segmentation method or a deep learning segmentation model can be adopted. A classical segmentation method comprising: threshold-based segmentation methods, region-based segmentation methods, edge-based segmentation methods, histogram-based segmentation methods, and segmentation methods based on specific theories. The deep learning model can adopt one of FCN, U-Net + +, SegNet, RefineNet and other classical segmentation models to carry out image segmentation processing, and can also adopt other segmentation networks or designed specific network models. Alternatively, a pre-trained version of the classical model is used for the transfer learning. In the present disclosure, the pathological image is analyzed using the deep learning model, and when the pathological image block segmentation is realized, the specific segmentation model to be used is not limited.
Step 4-3: and the pathological image subtype detection module analyzes the processed small blocks by using a deep learning model to obtain expected detection.
Object detection is a computer vision image processing related technique for detecting semantic objects of a particular class in a digital image or video. Medical image object detection is commonly used to detect and identify specific medical objects. In this embodiment, the target in the digital pathological image block is detected to obtain a specific subtype detection result, or the cell nucleus in the image block is detected.
In one embodiment, nuclei in the pathological image block are detected for further analysis statistics. Morphological characteristics of cell nuclei and distribution of cell nuclei in tissues are important criteria for cancer diagnosis.
Optionally, the growth pattern subtypes for lung adenocarcinoma pathology images include: adherent growth, acinar growth, papillary, and parenchymal growth. The microemulsion head type has low differentiation degree, high malignancy degree, strong invasiveness and easy metastasis, and occupies an important position in the pathological diagnosis of lung adenocarcinoma. The method has the advantages that the microemulsion head type in the lung adenocarcinoma pathological image is detected, the automatic marking of the microemulsion head type is realized, and a pathologist can find the microemulsion head type tissue more easily, so that the diagnosis efficiency and accuracy are improved.
When the targets in the pathological image blocks are detected, a classical detection method or a deep learning model can be adopted. A classical detection method comprising: Viola-Jones detector, HOG detector, deformable component model, etc. The deep learning model can adopt one of typical target detection models such as R-CNN, SPPNet, Fast-RCNN, Mask-RCNN, YOLO, SSD, Retina-Net and the like to carry out image target detection processing, and can also adopt other detection models or designed specific network models. Alternatively, a pre-trained version of the classical model is used for the transfer learning. It should be noted that, in the present disclosure, the deep learning model is used to analyze the pathological image, and when the target detection of the pathological image block is implemented, the specific target detection model is not limited.
Further, as shown in fig. 2, a procedure for acquiring a full-slice digital pathology image is as follows:
step 1: encapsulating the excised pathological tissue in a wax block comprising: obtaining tissue specimen, fixing, washing, dehydrating, removing residual water and fat, and permeating wax.
Step 2: the waxed tissue is processed by embedding, slicing, sticking, dewaxing and rehydration, H & E dyeing, washing, differentiation, rinsing, dehydration, counterdyeing, dehydration, mounting and the like. Paraffin blocks were cut into very thin high quality sections (sections) which were mounted on glass slides and appropriately stained to reveal normal and abnormal structures.
And step 3: after obtaining the pathological section, the whole slide is scanned by using a microscope system to obtain a full-section digital pathological image. The pathological image capturing device is not limited in this embodiment.
Further, as shown in fig. 3, the full-slice digital pathology image preprocessing procedure includes:
step 1: and dividing the pathological image block into a background blank area and a foreground tissue area to obtain small blocks which can be directly used for analyzing the foreground tissue area.
The method for distinguishing the background blank area from the foreground tissue area may be a threshold-based method, a histogram statistical method, or other methods implemented by a network model.
Step 2: and performing color conversion to enhance the color variability of the data.
Histologically, a stain (often abbreviated as H & E) of a combination of hematoxylin and eosin is often used. Hematoxylin stains the nucleus blue and eosin stains the cell plasma red. The color of the section is related to the dyeing conditions such as solution concentration, processing time, temperature and the like during dyeing processing, and the color distribution presented by the dyed section is different, so that the appearance is obviously changed. In order to make a reliable diagnosis, it is necessary to correct color variations in the pathological image.
Where the variability in the appearance of histopathological images is accounted for by performing normalization of the images prior to analysis, color normalization is typically performed. Such methods effectively standardize color while maintaining structural integrity.
When the color normalization is performed on the pathological image block, a natural scene image color enhancement method or a color deconvolution algorithm can be adopted, or a countermeasure model based on the deep learning field can be adopted. A method of color enhancement of images of natural scenes, comprising: histogram equalization, histogram standardization, Retinex enhancement and the like, and the method does not consider the essential characteristics of pathological images and is difficult to obtain good normalization effect. Most effective pathological image normalization methods are based on a color deconvolution-based staining separation method, and algorithms perform linear transformation on pathological images in optical density space to separate independent color components. Such methods typically first separate the nucleus from the cytoplasmic region, which is used as a priori to calculate adaptive color deconvolution parameters. The method based on the deep learning domain confrontation ignores irrelevant appearance variability through the domain confrontation training, and can analyze the performance of a problem based on a single histopathology image to obtain a dyeing normalization result.
In the present disclosure, when color normalization of a pathological image block is implemented, a specific color normalization method is not limited.
Further, the label processing procedure corresponding to the full-slice pathological image includes:
step 1: and (5) labeling processing. And reading and labeling the target structure of the digital pathological image by using pathological image labeling software. The target structure includes: tumor region, non-tumor region subtype region, or different tissue student long pattern subtype region. It should be noted that the various subtypes do not overlap.
In particular, using the QuPath software to label subtype regions of a pathology image, region labeling can be achieved at different magnifications. Newly building a project and importing pictures in QuPath software; and defining a marking type and a corresponding color number. Note that the callout may not have overlapping regions.
Step 2: and deriving the label picture. The label image corresponding to the digital pathology image is derived from software by using a script supported by QuPath, and can be derived into a PNG image format, wherein the color of the image corresponds to the subtype of the pathology. Depending on the specific requirements and image size, it is possible to choose to derive 2-fold down-sampled or 4-fold down-sampled label images.
And step 3: and (4) blocking, namely blocking the label picture into small label blocks of the image corresponding to the digital pathological image according to the full-slice digital pathological image blocking processing rule.
And 4, step 4: the small blocks of the full-slice pathological image correspond to the small blocks of the label, and the classified, segmented or detected label corresponding to each pathological image block is obtained.
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the embodiment aims to provide an automatic analysis method of a full-slice digital pathological image.
A method for automatic analysis of a full-slice digital pathology image, comprising:
dividing the acquired full-slice digital pathological image into a plurality of image small blocks;
dividing the pathological image small blocks into a background blank area and a foreground tissue area to obtain foreground tissue area image small blocks;
performing color conversion on the image small blocks according to the color distribution of the training set sample, and enhancing the color variability of data;
and analyzing the processed image small blocks by utilizing a pre-trained deep learning model, and analyzing the full-slice digital pathological image according to an analysis processing result.
The method comprises the steps of data acquisition, slicing, preprocessing, label labeling, classification, segmentation and target detection by using the deep learning model. Including the training and testing phases of the model.
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the embodiment aims at providing an electronic device.
An electronic device comprising a memory, a processor and a computer program stored in the memory for execution by the processor, the program when executed by the processor implementing a method for automatic analysis of a full-slice digital pathology image, comprising:
dividing the acquired full-slice digital pathological image into a plurality of image small blocks;
dividing the pathological image small blocks into a background blank area and a foreground tissue area to obtain foreground tissue area image small blocks;
performing color conversion on the image small blocks according to the color distribution of the training set sample, and enhancing the color variability of data;
and analyzing the processed image small blocks by utilizing a pre-trained deep learning model, and analyzing the full-slice digital pathological image according to an analysis processing result.
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an object of the present embodiment is to provide a computer-readable storage medium.
A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by a processor, implements a method of automatic analysis of a full-slice digital pathology image, comprising:
dividing the acquired full-slice digital pathological image into a plurality of image small blocks;
dividing the pathological image small blocks into a background blank area and a foreground tissue area to obtain foreground tissue area image small blocks;
performing color conversion on the image small blocks according to the color distribution of the training set sample, and enhancing the color variability of data;
and analyzing the processed image small blocks by utilizing a pre-trained deep learning model, and analyzing the full-slice digital pathological image according to an analysis processing result.
Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the modules or steps of the present disclosure described above can be implemented using general purpose computer means, or alternatively, they can be implemented using program code executable by computing means, such that they are stored in a storage means and executed by computing means, or they are separately fabricated into individual integrated circuit modules, or multiple modules or steps thereof are fabricated into a single integrated circuit module. The present disclosure is not limited to any specific combination of hardware and software.
The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure and is not intended to limit the present disclosure, and various modifications and changes may be made to the present disclosure by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement and the like made within the spirit and principle of the present disclosure should be included in the protection scope of the present disclosure.
Although the present disclosure has been described with reference to specific embodiments, it should be understood that the scope of the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure.

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1. An automated analysis system for full-slice digital pathology images, comprising:
the image preprocessing module is used for dividing the acquired full-slice digital pathological image into a plurality of image small blocks; dividing the pathological image small blocks into a background blank area and a foreground tissue area to obtain foreground tissue area image small blocks; performing color conversion on the image small blocks according to the color distribution of the training set sample, and enhancing the color variability of data;
and the automatic analysis module is used for analyzing and processing the processed image small blocks by utilizing the pre-trained deep learning model and realizing the analysis of the full-slice pathological image according to the analysis and processing result.
2. The system for automatic analysis of full-slice digital pathology images of claim 1, wherein said automatic analysis module comprises:
the classification unit is used for predicting the image small blocks by using the trained deep learning model to obtain a prediction classification result of each pathological image small block;
the segmentation unit is used for predicting the image small blocks by using the trained deep learning model to obtain the prediction segmentation result of each pathological image small block;
and the target detection unit is used for predicting the image small blocks by using the trained deep learning model to obtain a prediction target detection result of each pathological image small block.
3. The system of claim 1, wherein the automatic analysis module marks the image patches according to the classification result, the segmentation result and the target detection result obtained by the analysis process, and splices the marked image patches back to the size of the original input image.
4. An automatic analysis system of full-slice digital pathology images according to claim 1, characterized in that the system further comprises a visualization unit for displaying marked pathology image patches and images stitched with marked case image patches.
5. An automatic analysis method for a full-slice digital pathology image, comprising:
dividing the acquired full-slice digital pathological image into a plurality of image small blocks;
dividing the pathological image small blocks into a background blank area and a foreground tissue area to obtain foreground tissue area image small blocks;
performing color conversion on the image small blocks according to the color distribution of the training set sample, and enhancing the color variability of data;
and analyzing the processed image small blocks by utilizing a pre-trained deep learning model, and analyzing the full-slice digital pathological image according to a processing result.
6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the step of analyzing the full-slice digital pathological image according to the analysis processing result includes marking the prediction result of the automatic analysis module on each pathological image patch, and splicing the marked image patches back to the size of the original input image.
7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the stitched image is displayed on a display, and the user can assist in determining the location and type of lesion in the image according to the labeling result.
8. The method of claim 5, wherein the analysis process comprises image classification, image segmentation and target detection of the image on the image patch.
9. An electronic device comprising a memory, a processor and a computer program stored and executed on the memory, wherein the processor when executing the program implements a method for automatic analysis of a full slice digital pathology image according to any one of claims 5-8.
10. A computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored which, when being executed by a processor, carries out a method of automatic analysis of a full-slice digital pathology image according to any one of claims 5-8.
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