ihc quantification
DeepLIIF: Deep Learning-Inferred Multiplex ImmunoFluorescence for IHC Quantification
Reporting biomarkers assessed by routine immunohistochemical (IHC) staining of tissue is broadly used in diagnostic pathology laboratories for patient care. To date, clinical reporting is predominantly qualitative or semi-quantitative. By creating a multitask deep learning framework referred to as DeepLIIF, we are presenting a single step solution to nuclear segmentation and quantitative single-cell IHC scoring. Leveraging a unique de novo dataset of co-registered IHC and multiplex immunoflourescence (mpIF) data generated from the same tissue section, we simultaneously segment and translate low-cost and prevalent IHC slides to more expensive-yet-informative mpIF images. Moreover, a nuclear-pore marker, LAP2beta, is co-registered to improve cell segmentation and protein expression quantification on IHC slides.