Identifying tumor in pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms from Ki67 images using transfer learning.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has clear guidelines regarding the use of Ki67 index in defining the proliferative rate and assigning grade for pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (NET). WHO mandates the quantification of Ki67 index by counting at least 500 positive tumor cells in a hotspot. Unfortu...

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Main Authors: Muhammad Khalid Khan Niazi, Thomas Erol Tavolara, Vidya Arole, Douglas J Hartman, Liron Pantanowitz, Metin N Gurcan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5896941?pdf=render