Publications by authors named "Kurara Kawaguchi"

To develop a deep learning (DL)-based algorithm to predict the presence of stromal invasion in breast cancer using digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT). Our institutional review board approved this retrospective study and waived the requirement for informed consent from the patients. Initially, 499 patients (mean age 50.

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Background: A diagnosis with histological classification by pathologists is very important for appropriate treatments to improve the prognosis of patients with breast cancer. However, the number of pathologists is limited, and assisting the pathological diagnosis by artificial intelligence becomes very important. Here, we presented an automatic breast lesions detection model using microscopic histopathological images based on a Single Shot Multibox Detector (SSD) for the first time and evaluated its significance in assisting the diagnosis.

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