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Validating a low-cost, open-source, locally manufactured workstation and computational pipeline for automated histopathology evaluation using deep learning

Choudhury, D.; Dolezal, J.; Dyer, E.; Kochanny, S.; Ramesh, S.; Howard, F. M.; Margalus, J. R.; Schroeder, A.; Schulte, J. J.; Garassino, M. C.; Kather, J. N.; Pearson, A. T.

2023-04-21 pathology
10.1101/2023.04.19.537544 bioRxiv
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Deployment and access to state-of-the-art diagnostic technologies remains a fundamental challenge in providing equitable global cancer care to low-resource settings. The expansion of digital pathology in recent years and its interface with computational biomarkers provides an opportunity to democratize access to personalized medicine. Here we describe a low-cost platform for digital side capture and computational analysis composed of open-source components. The platform provides low-cost ($200) digital image capture from glass slides and is capable of real-time computational image analysis using an open-source deep learning (DL) algorithm and Raspberry Pi ($35) computer. We validate the performance of deep learning models performance using images captured from the open-source workstation and show similar model performance when compared against significantly more expensive standard institutional hardware.

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