{"doi":"10.1101/2021.03.22.436514","title":"Deep neural network analysis employing diffusion basis spectrum imaging metrics as classifiers improves prostate cancer detection and grading","abstract":"Abstract Structural and cellular complexity of prostatic histopathology limits the accuracy of noninvasive detection and grading of prostate cancer (PCa). We addressed this limitation by employing a novel diffusion basis spectrum imaging (DBSI) to derive structurally-specific diffusion fingerprints reflecting various underlying prostatic structural and cellular components. We further developed diffusion histology imaging (DHI) by combining DBSI-derived structural fingerprints with a deep neural network (DNN) algorithm to more accurately classify different histopathological features and predict tumor grade in PCa. We examined 243 patients suspected with PCa using in vivo DBSI. The in vivo DBSI-derived diffusion metrics detected coexisting prostatic pathologies distinguishing inflammation, PCa, and benign prostatic hyperplasia. DHI distinguished PCa from benign peripheral and transition zone tissues with over 95% sensitivity and specificity. DHI also demonstrated over 90% sensitivity and specificity for Gleason score noninvasively. We present DHI as a novel diagnostic tool capable of noninvasive detection and grading of PCa. One sentence summary Diffusion histology imaging noninvasively and accurately detects and grades prostate cancer.","journal":"bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)","year":2021,"id":223583,"datarank":0.0,"base_score":0.0,"endowment":0.0,"self_citation_contribution":0.0,"citation_network_contribution":0.0,"self_endowment_contribution":0.0,"citer_contribution":0.0,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":0,"citer_count":0,"citers_with_citation_signal":0,"citers_with_endowment":0,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":0.9554,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":true,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":"2021-01-01","fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":825060,"name":"Qingsong Yang","orcid":"0009-0007-5415-9593","position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":351632,"name":"Joshua Yao-Yu Lin","orcid":"0000-0003-0680-4838","position":2,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":285665,"name":"Peng Sun","orcid":"0000-0002-9697-4656","position":3,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":825061,"name":"Chengwei Shao","orcid":"0000-0003-1640-9663","position":4,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":825440,"name":"Yong-wei Yu","orcid":null,"position":5,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":825062,"name":"Luguang Chen","orcid":"0000-0002-3742-9439","position":6,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":825063,"name":"Yasheng Zhu","orcid":"0000-0002-1397-2517","position":7,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":351630,"name":"Anthony T. 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