Mapping cell-to-tissue graphs across human placenta histology whole slide images using deep learning with HAPPY

Accurate placenta pathology assessment is essential for managing maternal and newborn health, but the placenta’s heterogeneity and temporal variability pose challenges for histology analysis. To address this issue, we developed the ‘Histology Analysis Pipeline.PY’ (HAPPY), a deep learning hierarchic...

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Published in:Nature communications 2024-03, Vol.15 (1), p.2710-2710, Article 2710
Main Authors: Vanea, Claudia, Džigurski, Jelisaveta, Rukins, Valentina, Dodi, Omri, Siigur, Siim, Salumäe, Liis, Meir, Karen, Parks, W. Tony, Hochner-Celnikier, Drorith, Fraser, Abigail, Hochner, Hagit, Laisk, Triin, Ernst, Linda M., Lindgren, Cecilia M., Nellåker, Christoffer
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Language:English
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Deep learning
Heterogeneity
Histology
Histopathology
Humanities and Social Sciences
Infarction
multidisciplinary
Placenta
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Tissues
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Summary:Accurate placenta pathology assessment is essential for managing maternal and newborn health, but the placenta’s heterogeneity and temporal variability pose challenges for histology analysis. To address this issue, we developed the ‘Histology Analysis Pipeline.PY’ (HAPPY), a deep learning hierarchical method for quantifying the variability of cells and micro-anatomical tissue structures across placenta histology whole slide images. HAPPY differs from patch-based features or segmentation approaches by following an interpretable biological hierarchy, representing cells and cellular communities within tissues at a single-cell resolution across whole slide images. We present a set of quantitative metrics from healthy term placentas as a baseline for future assessments of placenta health and we show how these metrics deviate in placentas with clinically significant placental infarction. HAPPY’s cell and tissue predictions closely replicate those from independent clinical experts and placental biology literature. Placenta histopathology for maternal and newborn health is highly specialised and time consuming. Here, authors present a deep learning pipeline for quantifying cells and tissues in placenta whole slide images, revealing biological and clinical insights.
ISSN:2041-1723
2041-1723
DOI:10.1038/s41467-024-46986-2