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.

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Frontiers in Oncology
Published
2025-06-11
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2025.1598289
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3
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AI in cancer detection
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Field-Weighted Citation Impact
7.44

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AI-augmented pathology: the experience of transfer learning and intra-domain data diversity in breast cancer metastasis detection

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Abstract

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.

Frontiers in OncologyVol. 15
Hospital Clínic de Barcelona (ES), GeoInformation (United Kingdom) (GB), Universitat de Barcelona (ES)
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Universitat de Barcelona, Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca
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