Renal cell carcinoma detection and subtyping with minimal point-based annotation in whole-slide images

Automated renal cell carcinoma detection and subtyping is limited by the lack of large whole-slide datasets with precise annotations. This paper proposes a semi-supervised framework built on a minimal point-based annotation strategy, where annotators only mark a few cancerous and non-cancerous points in each slide. The resulting detector and subtype classifier achieve performance comparable to much more heavily annotated alternatives while substantially lowering labeling effort.
Recommended citation: Gao Z, Puttapirat P, Shi J, et al. Renal cell carcinoma detection and subtyping with minimal point-based annotation in whole-slide images[C]//International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020: 439-448.
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