A novel imaging information system developed by researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus may eventually provide a faster & accurate prognosis for certain tumours
Oncologists have long used the Ki67 protein as a proliferation biomarker for human tumor cells
Yet the time, money and distribution method has challenged medical professionals
Fuyong Xing is the principal investigator of the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) R21 Project
He is the first author of the paper and an assistant professor in the department of biostatistics and informatics at the Colorado School of Public Health
The system will significantly improve the efficiency and objectivity of the biomarker computation, so that it can enable quick disease detection,” said Xing
This study serves as the foundation of Ki67 labeling index assessment in our project, and it will provide a low-cost, efficient method for Ki67 scoring in different datasets,” he added
Xing said the study is a key step in developing generalizable algorithms for the Ki67 labeling index assessment