arXiv Machine Learning
4d ago

Biology-Guided Context-Aware Residual Propagation for Spatial Gene Expression Prediction from Histology

The paper introduces BCARP, a Biology‑Guided Context‑Aware Residual Propagation framework that predicts spatial gene expression from H&E‑stained histology images. Rather than directly decoding expression from visual features, BCARP treats histology embeddings as morphological priors and iteratively refines spot representations in a transcriptomics‑oriented latent space, integrating nuclei‑guided local context and prototype‑guided global propagation. Evaluations on three spatial transcriptomics datasets and ten HEST‑1k cohorts show that BCARP outperforms existing baselines in mean correlation‑based metrics, demonstrating the effectiveness of biology‑guided local‑global residual propagation for histology‑to‑transcriptomics prediction.

By Vu Van An, Long D. Nguyen, Ho Viet Duc Luong, Binh P. Nguyen
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 3

Spatial Transcriptomics-Guided Alignment Enhances Molecular Profiling in Pathology Foundation Model

arXiv:2606. 03644v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Comprehensive molecular profiling is essential for modern precision oncology but remains hindered by prohibitive costs, specimen exhaustion, and protracted turnaround times.

By Fengtao Zhou, Yingxue Xu, Zhengyu Zhang, Yihui Wang, Zhengrui Guo, Ling Liang, Jiabo Ma, Cheng Jin, Ziyi Liu, Huajun Zhou, Hongyi Wang, Du Cai, Chenglong Zhao, Xi Wang, Can Yang, Yu Wang, Wenbin Li, Feng Gao, Zhe Wang, Zhenhui Li, Xiuming Zhang, Li Liang, Hao Chen