arXiv:2607.26153eess.IV2026-07中稿 · ICML

提出分层图学习框架,自动优化病理图像的组织结构建模。

A Hierarchical Framework for Graph Structure Learning in Histopathology Image Classification

论文配图:A Hierarchical Framework for Graph Structure Learning in Histopathology Image Classification
图 1 · 摘自论文原文
  • 分两层构建图:局部细胞图+可学习的图像级图结构
  • 在3个数据集上显著提升分类准确率,优于固定图方法
  • 适合医学图像分析、病理诊断等需要结构理解的场景

细胞和组织的空间分布为病理图像诊断提供重要线索。尽管基于图的方法能建模这些关系,但许多方法依赖于固定或启发式的图结构,可能无法准确反映组织连接性。本文提出 $G_2^*$-Net,一种针对大规模病理图像(如全切片图像WSI或大兴趣区域ROI)的优化双层图学习框架。其中,$G_2$ 表示两级分层图表示,上标 $*$ 表示由该框架学习得到的优化图像级图结构。方法首先将每张WSI或大ROI划分为图像块,每个块内构建细胞级图以捕捉局部组织架构,再将每个块表示为可学习图像级图中的节点。$G_2^*$-Net 将图像级图结构学习建模为二阶双层优化问题,分离图连通性学习与分类器优化,通过验证驱动反馈耦合二者。为使该方法计算可行,采用受DARTS启发的一步回滚近似进行高效超梯度估计。在三个不同病理数据集上的实验验证了该方法的有效性。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

The spatial organization of cells and tissues provides important diagnostic cues in histopathology images. Although graph-based approaches can model these relationships, many rely on fixed or heuristic graph structures that may not accurately represent tissue connectivity. In this work, we propose $G_2^*$-Net, an optimized two-level graph learning framework for classifying large-scale histopathology images, such as whole-slide images (WSIs) or large regions of interest (ROIs). Here, $G_2$ denotes the two-level hierarchical graph representation, and the superscript $*$ indicates the optimized image-level graph structure learned from the proposed framework. The method first divides each WSI or large ROI into image patches, constructs cell-level graphs within each patch to capture local tissue architecture, and then represents each patch as a node in a learnable image-level graph. $G_2^*$-Net formulates image-level graph structure learning as a second-order bilevel optimization problem, separating graph connectivity learning from classifier optimization while coupling them through validation-driven feedback. To make this formulation computationally practical, we adopt a DARTS-inspired one-step unrolled approximation for efficient hypergradient estimation. Experimental validation on three distinct histopathology datasets demonstrates the effectiveness of our proposed method.

图神经网络病理图像结构学习

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