Artificial Intelligence in Cytopathology: A Review of the Literature and Overview of Commercial Landscape

Publication date: Available online 25 March 2019Source: Journal of the American Society of CytopathologyAuthor(s): Michael S. Landau, Liron PantanowitzAbstractArtificial Intelligence (AI) has made impressive strides recently in interpreting complex images, thanks to improvements in deep learning techniques and increasing computational power. Researchers have started applying these advanced techniques to pathology images, although most efforts have been focused on histopathology. Cytopathology, however, remains the original field of pathology for which AI models for clinical use were successfully commercialized, to assist with automating Pap test screening. Recent AI efforts have focused on whole slide images of both gynecological and non-gynecological cytopathology. This review summarizes the literature and commercial landscape of AI as applied to cytopathology.
Source: Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology - Category: Cytology Source Type: research