Next Generation Digital Pathology: Emerging Trends and Measurement Challenges for Molecular Pathology
Abstract
:1. What Are Digital and Molecular Pathology?
2. Why Is It Important?
3. Classical Digital Pathology
3.1. Slide Scanning
3.2. Guided Visualisation
3.3. AI for Classification
3.4. Metadata
4. Molecular Pathology
4.1. Spatial Resolution
4.2. Data Analysis
4.2.1. Pre-Processing
4.2.2. Feature Selection
4.2.3. Segmentation
4.2.4. Classification
4.2.5. Validation and Review
4.2.6. Metadata in Molecular Pathology
4.3. Barriers to Molecular Pathology
4.4. Integration of Molecular Pathology with Classical Histopathology
4.5. Routes to Standards in Molecular Pathology
5. Conclusions and Future Directions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Technique | Measurements | Specificity | Sensitivity | Spatial Resolution | Labelled | Spectral Channels |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Raman microscopy | Bond vibration | Medium | Medium | <1 μm | Unlabelled | 100–1000 |
IR microscopy | Bond vibration | Medium | Medium | 1 μm | Unlabelled | 100–1000 |
Hyperspectral imaging | Light absorption | Low | Low | 100 nm | Unlabelled | 10–100 |
Multiplex IHC | Labelled antibodies | High | High | 100 nm | Labelled | 10 |
Multiplex FISH | Labelled fluorophores | High | High | 100 nm | Labelled | 10 |
IMC | Labelled antibodies | High | High | 1 μm | Labelled | 52 |
MSI | Ionised molecules | High | Medium | 10 μm | Unlabelled | 1000–100,000 |
Microdissection and RNA-seq | Gene expression | High | High | 1 μm | Unlabelled | 1000–100,000 |
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Dexter, A.; Tsikritsis, D.; Belsey, N.A.; Thomas, S.A.; Venton, J.; Bunch, J.; Romanchikova, M. Next Generation Digital Pathology: Emerging Trends and Measurement Challenges for Molecular Pathology. J. Mol. Pathol. 2022, 3, 168-181. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmp3030014
Dexter A, Tsikritsis D, Belsey NA, Thomas SA, Venton J, Bunch J, Romanchikova M. Next Generation Digital Pathology: Emerging Trends and Measurement Challenges for Molecular Pathology. Journal of Molecular Pathology. 2022; 3(3):168-181. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmp3030014
Chicago/Turabian StyleDexter, Alex, Dimitrios Tsikritsis, Natalie A. Belsey, Spencer A. Thomas, Jenny Venton, Josephine Bunch, and Marina Romanchikova. 2022. "Next Generation Digital Pathology: Emerging Trends and Measurement Challenges for Molecular Pathology" Journal of Molecular Pathology 3, no. 3: 168-181. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmp3030014