arXiv AI

AutoMIL: Automated Multiple Instance Learning for Whole-Slide Image Classification

AutoMIL is an open‑source framework that automates key steps of multiple instance learning pipelines for whole‑slide image classification, including preprocessing, training, and evaluation. In benchmark tests, it achieved ROC‑AUC scores of 0.94 on UBC‑OCEAN, 0.99 on PCam, and 0.93‑0.96 on a TCGA‑NSCLC subset, matching the performance of specialized pipelines. The framework’s ensembling approach particularly improved results on imbalanced datasets, demonstrating the need for automated pipelines to adapt to dataset characteristics.

arXiv Computer Vision
Sep 28

LadderMIL: Multiple Instance Learning with Coarse-to-Fine Self-Distillation

arXiv:2502.02707v5 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Multiple Instance Learning (MIL) for whole slide image (WSI) analysis in computational pathology often neglects instance-level learning as supervis...

By Shuyang Wu, Yifu Qiu, Ines P. Nearchou, Sandrine Prost, Jonathan A. Fallowfield, Hideki Ueno, Hitoshi Tsuda, David J. Harrison, Hakan Bilen, Timothy J. Kendall
arXiv Computer Vision
5d ago

Denoising Mutual Knowledge Distillation in Bi-Directional Multiple Instance Learning

The paper introduces a denoising mutual knowledge distillation framework for bi-directional multiple instance learning (MIL) applied to whole slide image classification in digital pathology. By integrating instance-level classifiers and masks, the method grounds predictions on supporting patches while mitigating noisy labels. The proposed algorithm enhances both bag- and instance-level performance, as demonstrated on public pathology datasets.

By Chen Shu, Boyu Fu, Yiman Li, Ting Yin, Wenchuan Zhang, Jie Chen, Yuhao Yi, Hong Bu
arXiv AI
Sep 24

Do Center Biases Propagate? Robustness of Pathology Foundation Models in Whole-Slide Image Classification

The study investigates whether pathology foundation models (PFMs) carry center-related biases into whole-slide image (WSI) classification. By training models with increasing class-center correlations and evaluating six PFMs across four datasets and two MIL aggregators, the authors introduce the Area Under the Cramér's V Curve (AUCC) to measure both accuracy and degradation due to spurious correlations. Results reveal that center information propagates to WSI predictions, with robustness varying by PFM and MIL strategy, and that ComBat harmonization does not consistently improve robustness.

By Il\'an Carretero, Pablo Meseguer, Roc\'io del Amor, Valery Naranjo
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 3

Morphology signal in whole slide image foundation models can automatically triage slides

The paper introduces a pipeline that uses publicly available whole slide image foundation models (FMs) to automatically triage slides by ranking them based on zero‑shot classification predictions. This approach accurately identifies slides containing the most tumor, achieving top‑2 ranking for patients with up to 43 slides across multiple datasets. The study also proposes a ranked evaluation framework to benchmark FM performance in slide triage.

By Ayushi Sinha, Shashank Yadav, Benjamin Holmes, Pravat Das, Aaron W. Bogan, James S. Lewis Jr., Santiago Romero-Brufau, Andrew Y. K. Foong, Scott H. Kaufmann, Kathryn M. Van Abel, David M. Routman, Michael R. Lucas
arXiv AI
Jul 7

Towards Generalizable Deepfake Image Detection with Vision Transformers

arXiv:2604. 17376v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: In today's day and age, we face a challenge in detecting deepfake images because of the fast evolution of modern generative models and the poor generalization capability of existing methods.

By Kaliki V Srinanda, M Manvith Prabhu, Hemanth K Mogilipalem, Jayavarapu S Abhinai, Vaibhav Santhosh, Aryan Herur, Deepu Vijayasenan