• Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Vol. 58, Issue 24, 2417001 (2021)
zhenzhen Wan1, Shaoyong Zhang1, Fang Liu3、4, Ning Shi2、*, Shuai Han1, and Chunxue Li1
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Electronic Information Engineering, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 0 71002, China
  • 2Hebei Software Institute, Baoding, Hebei 0 71030, China
  • 3Pathology Department, Baoding Children's Hospital, Baoding, Hebei 0 71051, China
  • 4Key Laboratory of Clinical Research on Children's Respiratory Digestive Diseases in Baoding City, Baoding, Hebei 0 71051, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/LOP202158.2417001 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    zhenzhen Wan, Shaoyong Zhang, Fang Liu, Ning Shi, Shuai Han, Chunxue Li. Computer-Aided Evaluation of Ki-67 on Pathological Sections of Appendiceal Neuroendocrine Neoplasms[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2021, 58(24): 2417001 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Appendiceal neuroendocrine neoplasms (ANENs) account for a large proportion of all types of appendiceal malignancies, and one of the important diagnostic criteria is the size of Ki-67 proliferation index. The calculation of the Ki-67 index mainly depends on the experience of pathologists; however, the manual counting process is tedious. Therefore, this study aims to calculate the number of positive and negative cells in the ANEN pathological sections using computer image analysis algorithm and calculate the Ki-67 index to assist the pathologist for conducting a comprehensive evaluation. Aiming to resolve the over-segmentation problem of the traditional watershed algorithm, we used a forced minimum technique to modify the distance and propose an improved watershed algorithm. Then, we segmented, recognized, and counted the positive and negative cells in pathological images, and matched them with the pathologist’s gold standard. Our results show that the average accuracy of the proposed algorithm for the negative cells’ segmentation is 93.4%, while the average over-segmentation rate is 3.3%. Moreover, the average accuracy of the Ki-67 index and average error rate of computer-aided processing ANEN pathological images are 93.2% and 6.8%, respectively. The average time of processing ANENs pathological images decreases artificial time consumption from 57.4 s to 29.5 s, which improves the working efficiency.
    zhenzhen Wan, Shaoyong Zhang, Fang Liu, Ning Shi, Shuai Han, Chunxue Li. Computer-Aided Evaluation of Ki-67 on Pathological Sections of Appendiceal Neuroendocrine Neoplasms[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2021, 58(24): 2417001
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