AI-augmented pathology: the experience of transfer learning and intra-domain data diversity in breast cancer metastasis detection
This study demonstrates that transfer learning architectures, when enhanced with multi-source data integration and interpretability frameworks, can significantly improve metastatic detection in whole slide imaging. Our methodology achieves diagnostic performance comparable to gold-standard techniques while dramatically accelerating analytical workflows. The synergistic combination of external dataset incorporation and probabilistic visualization outputs provides a clinically actionable solution that maintains both computational efficiency and pathological interpretability.
Authors
- Nina Wiedemann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8160-7634)
- Manuel Cossio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6004-9488)
- Esther Solé
- Laura Igual (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7225-7441)
- E. Sanfeliu Torres
Institutions
- Hospital Clínic de Barcelona (ES)
- GeoInformation (United Kingdom) (GB)
- Universitat de Barcelona (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Oncology
- Published
- 2025-06-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2025.1598289
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- AI in cancer detection
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 7.44
Funders
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
- Universitat de Barcelona
- Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca