Detecting red blood cell morphology changes in iron deficiency by deep learning artificial intelligence

Kyaw, Moe Aung and Abdullah, Nor Zamzila and A.Talib, Norlelawati and Che Azemin, Mohd. Zulfaezal and Taib, Ibrahim Adham (2025) Detecting red blood cell morphology changes in iron deficiency by deep learning artificial intelligence. Revelation and Science, 2 (1 Special Issue: Postgraduate Colloquium 2024). pp. 50-64. E-ISSN 2229-9947

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Abstract

Iron Deficiency has a high prevalence globally including Malaysia. In uncomplicated patients, serum ferritin and red cell parameters are sufficient for diagnosis. However, ferritin is an acute-phase protein that becomes elevated in response to inflammation, complicating the diagnosis in the presence of coexisting chronic diseases. Many studies on image processing provide the opportunity to develop an artificial intelligence model for the diagnosis of iron deficiency anaemia (IDA). However, most of them onlyfocus on a single smear image which is not sufficient to make a conclusive clinical report on the diagnosis of IDA. Therefore, a new approach using whole smear slide imagesto perform pathological classification is more appropriate to assist in the diagnosis of IDA in the presence of coexisting thalassaemia and chronic kidney disease. This study aims to develop a deep learning model to detect red blood cell (RBC) morphological changes due to iron deficiency. Three study groups (Iron deficiency anaemia, Anaemia due to Thalassemia trait and Anaemia of chronic disease (CKD) ) are defined by Malaysia Clinical Practice Guidelines. The data was collected from Sultan Ahmad Shah Medical Centre records from 2017 to 2022. Images of peripheral blood smears were analysed using a slide scanner. Pathological red blood cells were manually selected as samples. 80% of the sample is used to train a deep learning (DL) model and the remaining 20%is used to test the DL model. model. The deep learning model was able to detect RBC morphology changes due to IDA with 92% sensitivity and 94% specificity in the presence of coexisting pathologies.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Iron deficiency anaemia, Artificial intelligence, Deep Learning, Red blood cell morphology.
Subjects:	R Medicine > RB Pathology
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Medicine > Department of Pathology & Lab Medicine Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences > Department of Biomedical Science (Effective:1st July 2011) Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences > Department of Optometry and Visual Science Kulliyyah of Medicine
Depositing User:	Mr Mohd Shahrul Fadzli Imaduddin
Date Deposited:	26 Sep 2025 15:55
Last Modified:	26 Sep 2025 15:55
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/123364

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