Gland Segmentation in Colon Histology Images: The GlaS Challenge Contest

Korsuk Sirinukunwattana*, Josien P. W. Pluim, Hao Chen, Xiaojuan Qi, Pheng-Ann Heng, Yun Bo Guo, Li Yang Wang, Bogdan J. Matuszewski, Elia Bruni, Urko Sanchez, Anton Böhm, Olaf Ronneberger, Bassem Ben Cheikh, Daniel Racoceanu, Philipp Kainz, Michael Pfeiffer, Martin Urschler, David R. J. Snead, Nasir M. Rajpoot*

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Abstract

Colorectal adenocarcinoma originating in intestinal glandular structures is the most common form of colon cancer. In clinical practice, the morphology of intestinal glands, including architectural appearance and glandular formation, is used by pathologists to inform prognosis and plan the treatment of individual patients. However, achieving good inter-observer as well as intra-observer reproducibility of cancer grading is still a major challenge in modern pathology. An automated approach which quantifies the morphology of glands is a solution to the problem. This paper provides an overview to the Gland Segmentation in Colon Histology Images Challenge Contest (GlaS) held at MICCAI'2015. Details of the challenge, including organization, dataset and evaluation criteria, are presented, along with the method descriptions and evaluation results from the top performing methods.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)489-502
Number of pages14
JournalMedical Image Analysis
Volume35
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2017

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