Non-disruptive collagen characterization in clinical histopathology using cross-modality image synthesis.

ABSTRACT: The importance of fibrillar collagen topology and organization in disease progression and prognostication in different types of cancer has been characterized extensively in many research studies. These explorations have either used specialized imaging approaches, such as specific stains (e.g., picrosirius red), or advanced and costly imaging modalities (e.g., second harmonic generation imaging (SHG)) that are not currently in the clinical workflow. To facilitate the analysis of stromal biomarkers in clinical workflows, it would be ideal to have technical approaches that can characterize fibrillar collagen on standard H&E stained slides produced during routine diagnostic work. Here, we present a machine learning-based stromal collagen image synthesis algorithm that can be incorporated into

SUBMITTER: Keikhosravi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7395097 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature