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Spatiopath
Statistical analysis of spatial patterns in tumor microenvironment images.
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2025.12.04
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Abstract
Advances in tissue labeling, imaging, and automated cell identification now enable the visualization of immune cell types in human tumors. However, a framework for analyzing spatial patterns within the tumor microenvironment (TME) is still lacking. To address this, we develop Spatiopath, a null-hypothesis framework that distinguishes statistically significant immune cell associations from random distributions. Using embedding functions to map cell contours and tumor regions, Spatiopath extends Ripley's K function to analyze both cell-cell and cell-tumor interactions. We validate the method with synthetic simulations and apply it to multi-color images of lung tumor sections, revealing significant spatial patterns such as mast cells accumulating near T cells and the tumor epithelium. These patterns highlight differences in spatial organization, with mast cells clustering near the epithelium and T cells positioned farther away. Spatiopath enables a better understanding of immune responses and may help identify biomarkers for patient outcomes.
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PMID:40164621
Statistical analysis of spatial patterns in tumor microenvironment images
Statistical analysis of spatial patterns in tumor microenvironment imagesNature Communications. 2025
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Image analysis
Pathology
Oncology
Molecular interactions, pathways and networks
Machine learning
Public health and epidemiology
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