Decidual Vasculopathy Identification in Whole Slide Images Using Multi-Resolution Hierarchical Convolutional Neural Networks

After a child is born, the examination of the placenta by a pathologist for abnormalities such as infection or maternal vascular malperfusion can provide important information about the immediate and long-term health of the infant. Detection of the pathologic placental blood vessel lesion decidual vasculopathy (DV) has been shown to predict adverse pregnancy outcomes such as pre-eclampsia, which can lead to mother and neonatal morbidity in subsequent pregnancies. However, due to the high volume of deliveries at large hospitals and limited resources, currently a large proportion of delivered placentas are being discarded without inspection.
Source: American Journal of Pathology - Category: Pathology Authors: Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research