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Deep Learning Model for Histologic Diagnosis of Dysplastic Barrett's Esophagus: Multisite Cohort External Validation

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Codipilly, D. Chamil
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Faghani, Shahriar
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Moassefi, Mana
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Nikita Garg
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Leggett, Cadman L.
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Patil, Pallavi
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Sameer Al Diffalha
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Shajan Peter
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Brinkerhoff, Brian
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Wong, Mary
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Fouad Otaki
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Wani, Sachin
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Shaheen, Nicholas
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Erickson, Bradley J.
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Iyer, Prasad G.
DOI:10.14309/ajg.0000000000003495delete
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INTRODUCTION: The risk of progression to esophageal adenocarcinoma in Barrett's esophagus (BE) increases with advancing degrees of dysplasia. There is a critical need to improve the diagnosis of BE dysplasia, given substantial interobserver variability and overcalls of dysplasia during manual community pathologist reads. We aimed to externally validate a previously cross-validated BE dysplasia diagnosis deep learning model (BEDDLM) that predicts dysplasia grade on whole slide images (WSIs). METHODS: We digitized nondysplastic BE (NDBE), low-grade (LGD), and high-grade dysplasia (HGD) histology slides from 3 external academic centers. A consensus read by 2 expert study pathologists was used as the criterion standard. Slide stain characteristics were normalized using cycle-generative adversarial networks. WSIs were assessed by BEDDLM using an ensemble approach, combining a You Only Look Once model followed by a ResNet101 classifier model. RESULTS: We included 489 WSIs. Consensus histopathology revealed 232 NDBE, 117 LGD, and 140 HGD WSIs. The mean age (SD) was 66.9 (11.4) years; 413 (84.7%) were men. Using the BEDDLM ensemble model, sensitivity and specificity for NDBE were 73.3% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 67.09%-78.85%) and 93.4% (95% CI: 89.62%-96.10%); for LGD, 84.6% (95% CI: 76.78%-90.62%) and 80.6% (95% CI: 76.26%-84.54%); and for HGD, 80.7% (95% CI: 73.19%-86.89%) and 94.8% (95% CI: 91.97%-96.91%), respectively. The F1 score was 0.81, 0 0.69, and 0.83 for NDBE, LGD, and HGD, respectively. DISCUSSION: Our externally validated deep learning model demonstrates substantial accuracy for the diagnosis of BE dysplasia grade on WSIs.
Keywords:
Barrett's esophagus
low-grade dysplasia
artificial intelligence
risk
progression

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