Machine learning identification of thresholds to discriminate osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis synovial inflammation

© 2023. The Author(s)..

BACKGROUND: We sought to identify features that distinguish osteoarthritis (OA) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) hematoxylin and eosin (H&E)-stained synovial tissue samples.

METHODS: We compared fourteen pathologist-scored histology features and computer vision-quantified cell density (147 OA and 60 RA patients) in H&E-stained synovial tissue samples from total knee replacement (TKR) explants. A random forest model was trained using disease state (OA vs RA) as a classifier and histology features and/or computer vision-quantified cell density as inputs.

RESULTS: Synovium from OA patients had increased mast cells and fibrosis (p < 0.001), while synovium from RA patients exhibited increased lymphocytic inflammation, lining hyperplasia, neutrophils, detritus, plasma cells, binucleate plasma cells, sub-lining giant cells, fibrin (all p < 0.001), Russell bodies (p = 0.019), and synovial lining giant cells (p = 0.003). Fourteen pathologist-scored features allowed for discrimination between OA and RA, producing a micro-averaged area under the receiver operating curve (micro-AUC) of 0.85±0.06. This discriminatory ability was comparable to that of computer vision cell density alone (micro-AUC = 0.87±0.04). Combining the pathologist scores with the cell density metric improved the discriminatory power of the model (micro-AUC = 0.92±0.06). The optimal cell density threshold to distinguish OA from RA synovium was 3400 cells/mm2, which yielded a sensitivity of 0.82 and specificity of 0.82.

CONCLUSIONS: H&E-stained images of TKR explant synovium can be correctly classified as OA or RA in 82% of samples. Cell density greater than 3400 cells/mm2 and the presence of mast cells and fibrosis are the most important features for making this distinction.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:25

Enthalten in:

Arthritis research & therapy - 25(2023), 1 vom: 02. März, Seite 31

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mehta, Bella [VerfasserIn]
Goodman, Susan [VerfasserIn]
DiCarlo, Edward [VerfasserIn]
Jannat-Khah, Deanna [VerfasserIn]
Gibbons, J Alex B [VerfasserIn]
Otero, Miguel [VerfasserIn]
Donlin, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Pannellini, Tania [VerfasserIn]
Robinson, William H [VerfasserIn]
Sculco, Peter [VerfasserIn]
Figgie, Mark [VerfasserIn]
Rodriguez, Jose [VerfasserIn]
Kirschmann, Jessica M [VerfasserIn]
Thompson, James [VerfasserIn]
Slater, David [VerfasserIn]
Frezza, Damon [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Zhenxing [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Fei [VerfasserIn]
Orange, Dana E [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Histology
Journal Article
Machine learning
Osteoarthritis
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Rheumatoid arthritis
Synovial inflammation

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Date Completed 06.03.2023

Date Revised 25.04.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s13075-023-03008-8

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM353703931