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Gouzou D, Taimori A, Haloubi T, Finlayson N, Wang Q, Hopgood JR, Vallejo M. Applications of machine learning in time-domain fluorescence lifetime imaging: a review. Methods Appl Fluoresc 2024; 12:022001. [PMID: 38055998 PMCID: PMC10851337 DOI: 10.1088/2050-6120/ad12f7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2023] [Revised: 09/25/2023] [Accepted: 12/06/2023] [Indexed: 12/08/2023]
Abstract
Many medical imaging modalities have benefited from recent advances in Machine Learning (ML), specifically in deep learning, such as neural networks. Computers can be trained to investigate and enhance medical imaging methods without using valuable human resources. In recent years, Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging (FLIm) has received increasing attention from the ML community. FLIm goes beyond conventional spectral imaging, providing additional lifetime information, and could lead to optical histopathology supporting real-time diagnostics. However, most current studies do not use the full potential of machine/deep learning models. As a developing image modality, FLIm data are not easily obtainable, which, coupled with an absence of standardisation, is pushing back the research to develop models which could advance automated diagnosis and help promote FLIm. In this paper, we describe recent developments that improve FLIm image quality, specifically time-domain systems, and we summarise sensing, signal-to-noise analysis and the advances in registration and low-level tracking. We review the two main applications of ML for FLIm: lifetime estimation and image analysis through classification and segmentation. We suggest a course of action to improve the quality of ML studies applied to FLIm. Our final goal is to promote FLIm and attract more ML practitioners to explore the potential of lifetime imaging.
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Affiliation(s)
- Dorian Gouzou
- Dorian Gouzou and Marta Vallejo are with Institute of Signals, Sensors and Systems, School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, United Kingdom
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- Tarek Haloubi, Ali Taimori, and James R. Hopgood are with Institute for Imaging, Data and Communication, School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FG, United Kingdom
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- Tarek Haloubi, Ali Taimori, and James R. Hopgood are with Institute for Imaging, Data and Communication, School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FG, United Kingdom
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- Neil Finlayson is with Institute for Integrated Micro and Nano Systems, School of Engineering, University ofEdinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FF, United Kingdom
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- Qiang Wang is with Centre for Inflammation Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH16 4TJ, United Kingdom
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- Tarek Haloubi, Ali Taimori, and James R. Hopgood are with Institute for Imaging, Data and Communication, School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FG, United Kingdom
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- Dorian Gouzou and Marta Vallejo are with Institute of Signals, Sensors and Systems, School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, United Kingdom
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Gautheron A, Bernstock JD, Picart T, Guyotat J, Valdés PA, Montcel B. 5-ALA induced PpIX fluorescence spectroscopy in neurosurgery: a review. Front Neurosci 2024; 18:1310282. [PMID: 38348134 PMCID: PMC10859467 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2024.1310282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2023] [Accepted: 01/02/2024] [Indexed: 02/15/2024] Open
Abstract
The review begins with an overview of the fundamental principles/physics underlying light, fluorescence, and other light-matter interactions in biological tissues. It then focuses on 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA)-induced protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) fluorescence spectroscopy methods used in neurosurgery (e.g., intensity, time-resolved) and in so doing, describe their specific features (e.g., hardware requirements, main processing methods) as well as their strengths and limitations. Finally, we review current clinical applications and future directions of 5-ALA-induced protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) fluorescence spectroscopy in neurosurgery.
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- A. Gautheron
- Université Jean Monnet Saint-Etienne, CNRS, Institut d Optique Graduate School, Laboratoire Hubert Curien UMR 5516, Saint-Étienne, France
- Univ Lyon, INSA-Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, UJM-Saint Etienne, CNRS, Inserm, CREATIS UMR 5220, U1294, Lyon, France
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
- David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgical Oncology and Vascular Neurosurgery, Pierre Wertheimer Neurological and Neurosurgical Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
- Université Lyon 1, INSERM 1052, CNRS 5286, Lyon, France
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- Department of Neurosurgical Oncology and Vascular Neurosurgery, Pierre Wertheimer Neurological and Neurosurgical Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States
- Department of Neurobiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, United States
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- Univ Lyon, INSA-Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, UJM-Saint Etienne, CNRS, Inserm, CREATIS UMR 5220, U1294, Lyon, France
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Thakkar RN, Kioutchoukova IP, Griffin I, Foster DT, Sharma P, Valero EM, Lucke-Wold B. Mapping the Glymphatic Pathway Using Imaging Advances. J 2023; 6:477-491. [PMID: 37601813 PMCID: PMC10439810 DOI: 10.3390/j6030031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/22/2023] Open
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The glymphatic system is a newly discovered waste-clearing system that is analogous to the lymphatic system in our central nervous system. Furthermore, disruption in the glymphatic system has also been associated with many neurodegenerative disorders (e.g., Alzheimer's disease), traumatic brain injury, and subarachnoid hemorrhage. Thus, understanding the function and structure of this system can play a key role in researching the progression and prognoses of these diseases. In this review article, we discuss the current ways to map the glymphatic system and address the advances being made in preclinical mapping. As mentioned, the concept of the glymphatic system is relatively new, and thus, more research needs to be conducted in order to therapeutically intervene via this system.
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- Rajvi N. Thakkar
- College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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- College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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- College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida, 1600 SW Archer Rd., Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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Alfonso-Garcia A, Anbunesan SN, Bec J, Lee HS, Jin LW, Bloch O, Marcu L. In vivo characterization of the human glioblastoma infiltrative edge with label-free intraoperative fluorescence lifetime imaging. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2023; 14:2196-2208. [PMID: 37206147 PMCID: PMC10191664 DOI: 10.1364/boe.481304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2022] [Revised: 03/24/2023] [Accepted: 03/29/2023] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Challenges in identifying a glioblastoma's infiltrative edge during neurosurgical procedures result in rapid recurrence. A label-free fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIm) device was used to evaluate glioblastoma's infiltrative edge in vivo in 15 patients (89 samples). FLIm data were analyzed according to tumor cell density, infiltrating tissue type (gray and white matter), and diagnosis history (new or recurrent). Infiltrations in white matter from new glioblastomas showed decreasing lifetimes and a spectral red shift with increasing tumor cell density. Areas of high versus low tumor cell density were separated through a linear discriminant analysis with a ROC-AUC=0.74. Current results support the feasibility of intraoperative FLIm for real-time in vivo brain measurements and encourage refinement to predict glioblastoma infiltrative edge, underscoring the ability of FLIm to optimize neurosurgical outcomes.
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- Alba Alfonso-Garcia
- Biomedical Engineering Department,
University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Biomedical Engineering Department,
University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Biomedical Engineering Department,
University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Department, University of California, Davis, 4400 V St, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
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- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Department, University of California, Davis, 4400 V St, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
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- Neurological Surgery Department, University of California, Davis, 4860 Y St, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
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- Biomedical Engineering Department,
University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, USA
- Neurological Surgery Department, University of California, Davis, 4860 Y St, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
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Anbunesan SN, Alfonso-Garcia A, Zhou X, Bec J, Lee HS, Jin LW, Bloch O, Marcu L. Intraoperative detection of IDH-mutant glioma using fluorescence lifetime imaging. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2023; 16:e202200291. [PMID: 36510639 PMCID: PMC10522274 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.202200291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2022] [Revised: 11/26/2022] [Accepted: 12/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
Identifying isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH)-mutation and glioma subtype during surgery instead of days later can aid in modifying tumor resection strategies for better survival outcomes. We report intraoperative identification of IDH-mutant glioma (N = 12 patients) with a clinically compatible fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIm) device (excitation: 355 nm; emission spectral bands: 390/40 nm, 470/28 nm, 542/50 nm). The fluorescence-derived parameters were analyzed to study the optical contrast between IDH-mutant tumors and surrounding brain tissue. IDH-mutant oligodendrogliomas exhibited shorter lifetimes (3.3 ± 0.1 ns) than IDH-mutant astrocytomas (4.1 ± 0.1 ns). Both IDH-mutant glioma subtypes had shorter lifetimes than white matter (4.6 ± 0.4 ns) but had comparable lifetimes to cortex. Lifetimes also increased with malignancy grade within IDH-mutant oligodendrogliomas (grade 2: 2.96 ± 0.08 ns, grade 3: 3.4 ± 0.3 ns) but not within IDH-mutant astrocytomas. The current results support the feasibility of FLIm as a surgical adjuvant for identifying IDH-mutant glioma tissue.
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- Silvia Noble Anbunesan
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA
- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California, USA
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Ochoa M, Smith JT, Gao S, Intes X. Computational macroscopic lifetime imaging and concentration unmixing of autofluorescence. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2022; 15:e202200133. [PMID: 36546622 PMCID: PMC10026351 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.202200133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2022] [Revised: 07/06/2022] [Accepted: 07/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Single-pixel computational imaging can leverage highly sensitive detectors that concurrently acquire data across spectral and temporal domains. For molecular imaging, such methodology enables to collect rich intensity and lifetime multiplexed fluorescence datasets. Herein we report on the application of a single-pixel structured light-based platform for macroscopic imaging of tissue autofluorescence. The super-continuum visible excitation and hyperspectral single-pixel detection allow for parallel characterization of autofluorescence intensity and lifetime. Furthermore, we exploit a deep learning based data processing pipeline, to perform autofluorescence unmixing while yielding the autofluorophores' concentrations. The full scheme (setup and processing) is validated in silico and in vitro with clinically relevant autofluorophores flavin adenine dinucleotide, riboflavin, and protoporphyrin. The presented results demonstrate the potential of the methodology for macroscopically quantifying the intensity and lifetime of autofluorophores, with higher specificity for cases of mixed emissions, which are ubiquitous in autofluorescence and multiplexed in vivo imaging.
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- Marien Ochoa
- Center for Modeling, Simulation and Imaging in Medicine (CeMSIM), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA
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- Center for Modeling, Simulation and Imaging in Medicine (CeMSIM), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA
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- Center for Modeling, Simulation and Imaging in Medicine (CeMSIM), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA
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- Center for Modeling, Simulation and Imaging in Medicine (CeMSIM), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA
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Sun Z, Yuan D, Sun Y, Guo Y, Wang G, Zhang P, Wang J, Shi W, Wang G. Intraoperative application of yellow fluorescence in resection of intramedullary spinal canal ependymoma. J Int Med Res 2022; 50:3000605221082889. [PMID: 35313772 PMCID: PMC8943562 DOI: 10.1177/03000605221082889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Spinal ependymoma is the most common intramedullary tumor in adults. This study was performed to evaluate whether intraoperative yellow fluorescence use enhances our ability to identify the tumor margin and residual tumor tissue in intramedullary spinal cord ependymoma resection. We also evaluated patients' clinical conditions at a 3-month follow-up. METHODS We retrospectively evaluated 56 patients with intramedullary ependymoma. Thirty minutes before anesthesia, the patients received intravenous sodium fluorescein injections. Tumor resection was performed under two illumination modes, traditional white light and yellow fluorescence, and the residual tumor tissue was detected. Magnetic resonance imaging was performed 3 months postoperatively to observe the tumor resection outcome and residual tumor tissue. The McCormick spinal cord function grade was evaluated preoperatively and 3 months postoperatively. RESULTS The total resection rate was 100.0% in all patients. Nine patients had no significant fluorescence imaging. After 3 months, patients with a spinal function grade of I to IV showed significant spinal function improvement. Magnetic resonance imaging showed no residual tumor tissue or recurrence. CONCLUSION Sodium fluorescein aids in total excision of intramedullary spinal cord ependymoma and intraoperative residual tumor tissue identification. At the 3-month follow-up, the patients' functional outcome in the fluorescein group was good.
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- Zhenxing Sun
- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, School of Clinical Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 102218, P.R. China
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- Department of Nephrology, Beijing Luhe Hospital, 12517Capital Medical University, Capital Medical University, Beijing 101149, P.R. China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Zaozhuang Mental Health Center, Zaozhuang, Shandong 277103, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, School of Clinical Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 102218, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, School of Clinical Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 102218, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, School of Clinical Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 102218, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, School of Clinical Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 102218, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, School of Clinical Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 102218, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, School of Clinical Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 102218, P.R. China
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Alfonso-García A, Zhou X, Bec J, Anbunesan SN, Fereidouni F, Jin LW, Lee HS, Bloch O, Marcu L. First in patient assessment of brain tumor infiltrative margins using simultaneous time-resolved measurements of 5-ALA-induced PpIX fluorescence and tissue autofluorescence. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2022; 27:020501. [PMID: 35112514 PMCID: PMC8809358 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.27.2.020501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2021] [Accepted: 01/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
SIGNIFICANCE 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA)-induced protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) fluorescence is currently used for image-guided glioma resection. Typically, this widefield imaging method highlights the bulk of high-grade gliomas, but it underperforms at the infiltrating edge where PpIX fluorescence is not visible to the eyes. Fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIm) has the potential to detect PpIX fluorescence below the visible detection threshold. Moreover, simultaneous acquisition of time-resolved nicotinamide adenine (phosphate) dinucleotide [NAD(P)H] fluorescence may provide metabolic information from the tumor environment to further improve overall tumor detection. AIM We investigate the ability of pulse sampling, fiber-based FLIm to simultaneously image PpIX and NAD(P)H fluorescence of glioma infiltrative margins in patients. APPROACH A mesoscopic fiber-based point-scanning FLIm device (355 nm pulses) was used to simultaneously resolve the fluorescence decay of PpIX (629/53 nm) and NAD(P)H (470/28 nm). The FLIm device enabled data acquisition at room light and rapid (<33 ms) augmentation of FLIm parameters on the surgical field-of-view. FLIm measurements from superficial tumors and tissue areas around the resection margins were performed on three glioblastoma patients in vivo following inspection of PpIX visible fluorescence with a conventional neurosurgical microscope. Microbiopsies were collected from FLIm imaged areas for histopathological evaluation. RESULTS The average lifetime from PpIX and NAD(P)H fluorescence distinguished between tumor and surrounding tissue. FLIm measurements of resection margins presented a range of PpIX and NAD(P)H lifetime values (τPpIX ∼ 3 to 14 ns, τNAD(P)H = 3 to 6 ns) associated with unaffected tissue and areas of low-density tumor infiltration. CONCLUSIONS Intraoperative FLIm could simultaneously detect the emission of PpIX and NAD(P)H from patients in vivo during craniotomy procedures. This approach doubles as a clinical tool to identify tumor areas while performing tissue resection and as a research tool to study tumor microenvironmental changes in vivo. Intraoperative FLIm of 5-ALA-induced PpIX and tissue autofluorescence makes a promising surgical adjunct to guide tumor resection surgery.
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- Alba Alfonso-García
- University of California Davis, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Davis, California, United States
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- University of California Davis, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Davis, California, United States
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- University of California Davis, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Davis, California, United States
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- University of California Davis, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Davis, California, United States
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- University of California Davis, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Davis, California, United States
- University of California Davis, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Sacramento, California, United States
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- University of California Davis, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Sacramento, California, United States
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- University of California Davis, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Sacramento, California, United States
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- University of California Davis, Department of Neurological Surgery, Sacramento, California, United States
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- University of California Davis, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Davis, California, United States
- University of California Davis, Department of Neurological Surgery, Sacramento, California, United States
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OCT-Guided Surgery for Gliomas: Current Concept and Future Perspectives. Diagnostics (Basel) 2022; 12:diagnostics12020335. [PMID: 35204427 PMCID: PMC8871129 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics12020335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2021] [Revised: 01/19/2022] [Accepted: 01/26/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Optical coherence tomography (OCT) has been recently suggested as a promising method to obtain in vivo and real-time high-resolution images of tissue structure in brain tumor surgery. This review focuses on the basics of OCT imaging, types of OCT images and currently suggested OCT scanner devices and the results of their application in neurosurgery. OCT can assist in achieving intraoperative precision identification of tumor infiltration within surrounding brain parenchyma by using qualitative or quantitative OCT image analysis of scanned tissue. OCT is able to identify tumorous tissue and blood vessels detection during stereotactic biopsy procedures. The combination of OCT with traditional imaging such as MRI, ultrasound and 5-ALA fluorescence has the potential to increase the safety and accuracy of the resection. OCT can improve the extent of resection by offering the direct visualization of tumor with cellular resolution when using microscopic OCT contact probes. The theranostic implementation of OCT as a part of intelligent optical diagnosis and automated lesion localization and ablation could achieve high precision, automation and intelligence in brain tumor surgery. We present this review for the increase of knowledge and formation of critical opinion in the field of OCT implementation in brain tumor surgery.
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Stewart HL, Birch DJS. Fluorescence Guided Surgery. Methods Appl Fluoresc 2021; 9. [PMID: 34399409 DOI: 10.1088/2050-6120/ac1dbb] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2021] [Accepted: 08/16/2021] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
Abstract
Fluorescence guided surgery (FGS) is an imaging technique that allows the surgeon to visualise different structures and types of tissue during a surgical procedure that may not be as visible under white light conditions. Due to the many potential advantages of fluorescence guided surgery compared to more traditional clinical imaging techniques such as its higher contrast and sensitivity, less subjective use, and ease of instrument operation, the research interest in fluorescence guided surgery continues to grow over various key aspects such as fluorescent probe development and surgical system development as well as its potential clinical applications. This review looks to summarise some of the emerging opportunities and developments that have already been made in fluorescence guided surgery in recent years while highlighting its advantages as well as limitations that need to be overcome in order to utilise the full potential of fluorescence within the surgical environment.
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- Hazel L Stewart
- Translational Healthcare Technologies Group, Centre for Inflammation Research, Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh BioQuarter, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4TJ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, The Photophysics Research Group, University of Strathclyde, SUPA, John Anderson Building, 107 Rottenrow East, Glasgow G4 0NG, United Kingdom
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Alfonso-Garcia A, Bec J, Weyers B, Marsden M, Zhou X, Li C, Marcu L. Mesoscopic fluorescence lifetime imaging: Fundamental principles, clinical applications and future directions. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2021; 14:e202000472. [PMID: 33710785 PMCID: PMC8579869 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.202000472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2020] [Revised: 03/03/2021] [Accepted: 03/05/2021] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
Abstract
Fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIm) is an optical spectroscopic imaging technique capable of real-time assessments of tissue properties in clinical settings. Label-free FLIm is sensitive to changes in tissue structure and biochemistry resulting from pathological conditions, thus providing optical contrast to identify and monitor the progression of disease. Technical and methodological advances over the last two decades have enabled the development of FLIm instrumentation for real-time, in situ, mesoscopic imaging compatible with standard clinical workflows. Herein, we review the fundamental working principles of mesoscopic FLIm, discuss the technical characteristics of current clinical FLIm instrumentation, highlight the most commonly used analytical methods to interpret fluorescence lifetime data and discuss the recent applications of FLIm in surgical oncology and cardiovascular diagnostics. Finally, we conclude with an outlook on the future directions of clinical FLIm.
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- Alba Alfonso-Garcia
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, Davis, California
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, Davis, California
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, Davis, California
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, Davis, California
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, Davis, California
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, Davis, California
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, Davis, California
- Department Neurological Surgery, University of California, Davis, California
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Lukina M, Yashin K, Kiseleva EE, Alekseeva A, Dudenkova V, Zagaynova EV, Bederina E, Medyanic I, Becker W, Mishra D, Berezin M, Shcheslavskiy VI, Shirmanova M. Label-Free Macroscopic Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging of Brain Tumors. Front Oncol 2021; 11:666059. [PMID: 34109119 PMCID: PMC8181388 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2021.666059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2021] [Accepted: 04/27/2021] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
Abstract
Advanced stage glioma is the most aggressive form of malignant brain tumors with a short survival time. Real-time pathology assisted, or image guided surgical procedures that eliminate tumors promise to improve the clinical outcome and prolong the lives of patients. Our work is focused on the development of a rapid and sensitive assay for intraoperative diagnostics of glioma and identification of optical markers essential for differentiation between tumors and healthy brain tissues. We utilized fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) of endogenous fluorophores related to metabolism of the glioma from freshly excised brains tissues. Macroscopic time-resolved fluorescence images of three intracranial animal glioma models and surgical samples of patients' glioblastoma together with the white matter have been collected. Several established and new algorithms were applied to identify the imaging markers of the tumors. We found that fluorescence lifetime parameters characteristic of the glioma provided background for differentiation between the tumors and intact brain tissues. All three rat tumor models demonstrated substantial differences between the malignant and normal tissue. Similarly, tumors from patients demonstrated statistically significant differences from the peritumoral white matter without infiltration. While the data and the analysis presented in this paper are preliminary and further investigation with a larger number of samples is required, the proposed approach based on the macroscopic FLIM has a high potential for diagnostics of glioma and evaluation of the surgical margins of gliomas.
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- Maria Lukina
- Institute of Experimental Oncology and Biomedical Technologies, Privolzhsky Research Medical University, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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- Institute of Experimental Oncology and Biomedical Technologies, Privolzhsky Research Medical University, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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- Institute of Experimental Oncology and Biomedical Technologies, Privolzhsky Research Medical University, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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- Department of Neuromorphology, Research Institute of Human Morphology, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Experimental Oncology and Biomedical Technologies, Privolzhsky Research Medical University, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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- Institute of Experimental Oncology and Biomedical Technologies, Privolzhsky Research Medical University, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
- Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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- Institute of Experimental Oncology and Biomedical Technologies, Privolzhsky Research Medical University, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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- Institute of Experimental Oncology and Biomedical Technologies, Privolzhsky Research Medical University, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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- Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, United States
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- Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, United States
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- Institute of Experimental Oncology and Biomedical Technologies, Privolzhsky Research Medical University, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
- Becker&Hickl GmbH, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Oncology and Biomedical Technologies, Privolzhsky Research Medical University, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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Neurosurgery of intracranial tumors, especially of glial origin, is a non-trivial task due to their infiltrative growth. In recent years, optical methods of intraoperative navigation have been actively used in neurosurgery. However, one of the most widely used approaches based on the selective accumulation of fluorescent contrast medium (5-ALA-induced protoporphyrin IX) by the tumor cannot be applied to a significant number of tumors due to its low accumulation. On the contrary, Raman spectroscopy, which allows analyzing the molecular composition of tissues while preserving all the advantages of the method of fluorescence spectroscopy, does not require the use of an exogenous dye and may become a method of choice when composing a system for intraoperative navigation or optical biopsy. This work presents the first results of using the principal component method to classify Raman spectra of human glioblastoma with intermediate processing of spectra to minimize possible errors from the fluorescence of both endogenous fluorophores and photosensitizers used in fluorescence navigation. As a result, differences were found in the principal component space, corresponding to tissue samples with microcystic components, extensive areas of necrosis, and foci of fresh hemorrhages. It is shown that this approach can serve as the basis for constructing a system for automatic intraoperative tissue classification based on the analysis of Raman spectra.
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Lagarto JL, Villa F, Tisa S, Zappa F, Shcheslavskiy V, Pavone FS, Cicchi R. Real-time multispectral fluorescence lifetime imaging using Single Photon Avalanche Diode arrays. Sci Rep 2020; 10:8116. [PMID: 32415224 PMCID: PMC7229199 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-65218-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2020] [Accepted: 04/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Autofluorescence spectroscopy has emerged in recent years as a powerful tool to report label-free contrast between normal and diseased tissues, both in vivo and ex vivo. We report the development of an instrument employing Single Photon Avalanche Diode (SPAD) arrays to realize real-time multispectral autofluorescence lifetime imaging at a macroscopic scale using handheld single-point fibre optic probes, under bright background conditions. At the detection end, the fluorescence signal is passed through a transmission grating and both spectral and temporal information are encoded in the SPAD array. This configuration allows interrogation in the spectral range of interest in real time. Spatial information is provided by an external camera together with a guiding beam that provides a visual reference that is tracked in real-time. Through fast image processing and data analysis, fluorescence lifetime maps are augmented on white light images to provide feedback of the measurements in real-time. We validate and demonstrate the practicality of this technique in the reference fluorophores and in articular cartilage samples mimicking the degradation that occurs in osteoarthritis. Our results demonstrate that SPADs together with fibre probes can offer means to report autofluorescence spectral and lifetime contrast in real-time and thus are suitable candidates for in situ tissue diagnostics.
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- João L Lagarto
- National Institute of Optics National Research Council (INO-CNR), Largo Enrico Fermi 6, 50125, Florence, Italy.
- European Laboratory for Non-linear Spectroscopy (LENS), Via Nello Carrara 1, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria (DEIB), Politecnico di Milano, 20133, Milan, Italy
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- Micro Photon Device SRL, Via Waltraud Gebert Deeg 3g, I-39100, Bolzano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria (DEIB), Politecnico di Milano, 20133, Milan, Italy
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- Becker & Hickl GmbH, Nunsdorfer Ring 7-9, 12277, Berlin, Germany
- Privolzhskiy Medical Research University, 603005, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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- National Institute of Optics National Research Council (INO-CNR), Largo Enrico Fermi 6, 50125, Florence, Italy
- European Laboratory for Non-linear Spectroscopy (LENS), Via Nello Carrara 1, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
- Department of Physics, University of Florence, Via G. Sansone 1, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- National Institute of Optics National Research Council (INO-CNR), Largo Enrico Fermi 6, 50125, Florence, Italy
- European Laboratory for Non-linear Spectroscopy (LENS), Via Nello Carrara 1, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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DePaoli D, Lemoine É, Ember K, Parent M, Prud’homme M, Cantin L, Petrecca K, Leblond F, Côté DC. Rise of Raman spectroscopy in neurosurgery: a review. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2020; 25:1-36. [PMID: 32358930 PMCID: PMC7195442 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.25.5.050901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2020] [Accepted: 04/10/2020] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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SIGNIFICANCE Although the clinical potential for Raman spectroscopy (RS) has been anticipated for decades, it has only recently been used in neurosurgery. Still, few devices have succeeded in making their way into the operating room. With recent technological advancements, however, vibrational sensing is poised to be a revolutionary tool for neurosurgeons. AIM We give a summary of neurosurgical workflows and key translational milestones of RS in clinical use and provide the optics and data science background required to implement such devices. APPROACH We performed an extensive review of the literature, with a specific emphasis on research that aims to build Raman systems suited for a neurosurgical setting. RESULTS The main translatable interest in Raman sensing rests in its capacity to yield label-free molecular information from tissue intraoperatively. Systems that have proven usable in the clinical setting are ergonomic, have a short integration time, and can acquire high-quality signal even in suboptimal conditions. Moreover, because of the complex microenvironment of brain tissue, data analysis is now recognized as a critical step in achieving high performance Raman-based sensing. CONCLUSIONS The next generation of Raman-based devices are making their way into operating rooms and their clinical translation requires close collaboration between physicians, engineers, and data scientists.
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- Damon DePaoli
- Université Laval, CERVO Brain Research Center, Québec, Canada
- Université Laval, Centre d’optique, Photonique et Lasers, Québec, Canada
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- Polytechnique Montréal, Department of Engineering Physics, Montréal, Canada
- Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
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- Polytechnique Montréal, Department of Engineering Physics, Montréal, Canada
- Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
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- Université Laval, CERVO Brain Research Center, Québec, Canada
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- Hôpital de l’Enfant-Jésus, Department of Neurosurgery, Québec, Canada
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- Hôpital de l’Enfant-Jésus, Department of Neurosurgery, Québec, Canada
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- McGill University, Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal, Canada
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- Polytechnique Montréal, Department of Engineering Physics, Montréal, Canada
- Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
- Address all correspondence to Frédéric Leblond, E-mail: ; Daniel C. Côté, E-mail:
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- Université Laval, CERVO Brain Research Center, Québec, Canada
- Université Laval, Centre d’optique, Photonique et Lasers, Québec, Canada
- Address all correspondence to Frédéric Leblond, E-mail: ; Daniel C. Côté, E-mail:
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Unger J, Hebisch C, Phipps JE, Lagarto JL, Kim H, Darrow MA, Bold RJ, Marcu L. Real-time diagnosis and visualization of tumor margins in excised breast specimens using fluorescence lifetime imaging and machine learning. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2020; 11:1216-1230. [PMID: 32206404 PMCID: PMC7075618 DOI: 10.1364/boe.381358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2019] [Revised: 01/14/2020] [Accepted: 01/14/2020] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Tumor-free surgical margins are critical in breast-conserving surgery. In up to 38% of the cases, however, patients undergo a second surgery since malignant cells are found at the margins of the excised resection specimen. Thus, advanced imaging tools are needed to ensure clear margins at the time of surgery. The objective of this study was to evaluate a random forest classifier that makes use of parameters derived from point-scanning label-free fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIm) measurements of breast specimens as a means to diagnose tumor at the resection margins and to enable an intuitive visualization of a probabilistic classifier on tissue specimen. FLIm data from fresh lumpectomy and mastectomy specimens from 18 patients were used in this study. The supervised training was based on a previously developed registration technique between autofluorescence imaging data and cross-sectional histology slides. A pathologist's histology annotations provide the ground truth to distinguish between adipose, fibrous, and tumor tissue. Current results demonstrate the ability of this approach to classify the tumor with 89% sensitivity and 93% specificity and to rapidly (∼ 20 frames per second) overlay the probabilistic classifier overlaid on excised breast specimens using an intuitive color scheme. Furthermore, we show an iterative imaging refinement that allows surgeons to switch between rapid scans with a customized, low spatial resolution to quickly cover the specimen and slower scans with enhanced resolution (400 μm per point measurement) in suspicious regions where more details are required. In summary, this technique provides high diagnostic prediction accuracy, rapid acquisition, adaptive resolution, nondestructive probing, and facile interpretation of images, thus holding potential for clinical breast imaging based on label-free FLIm.
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- Jakob Unger
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Davis, California, CA 95616, USA
- Corresponding authors
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Davis, California, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Davis, California, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Davis, California, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology, University of California Davis, California, CA 95817, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California Davis, California, CA 95817, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of California Davis, California, CA 95817, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Davis, California, CA 95616, USA
- Corresponding authors
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Alfonso-Garcia A, Bec J, Sridharan S, Hartl B, Unger J, Bobinski M, Lechpammer M, Girgis F, Boggan J, Marcu L. Real-time augmented reality for delineation of surgical margins during neurosurgery using autofluorescence lifetime contrast. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2020; 13:e201900108. [PMID: 31304655 PMCID: PMC7510838 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.201900108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2019] [Revised: 07/11/2019] [Accepted: 07/11/2019] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Current clinical brain imaging techniques used for surgical planning of tumor resection lack intraoperative and real-time feedback; hence surgeons ultimately rely on subjective evaluation to identify tumor areas and margins. We report a fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIm) instrument (excitation: 355 nm; emission spectral bands: 390/40 nm, 470/28 nm, 542/50 nm and 629/53 nm) that integrates with surgical microscopes to provide real-time intraoperative augmentation of the surgical field of view with fluorescent derived parameters encoding diagnostic information. We show the functionality and safety features of this instrument during neurosurgical procedures in patients undergoing craniotomy for the resection of brain tumors and/or tissue with radiation damage. We demonstrate in three case studies the ability of this instrument to resolve distinct tissue types and pathology including cortex, white matter, tumor and radiation-induced necrosis. In particular, two patients with effects of radiation-induced necrosis exhibited longer fluorescence lifetimes and increased optical redox ratio on the necrotic tissue with respect to non-affected cortex, and an oligodendroglioma resected from a third patient reported shorter fluorescence lifetime and a decrease in optical redox ratio than the surrounding white matter. These results encourage the use of FLIm as a label-free and non-invasive intraoperative tool for neurosurgical guidance.
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- Alba Alfonso-Garcia
- Dept. Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, California, United States
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- Dept. Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, California, United States
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- Dept. Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, California, United States
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- Dept. Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, California, United States
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- Dept. Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, California, United States
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- Dept. Radiology, University of California, Davis, California, United States
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- Dept. Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Davis, California, United States
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- Dept. Neurological Surgery, University of California, Davis, California, United States
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- Dept. Neurological Surgery, University of California, Davis, California, United States
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- Dept. Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, California, United States
- Dept. Neurological Surgery, University of California, Davis, California, United States
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Stummer W, Koch R, Valle RD, Roberts DW, Sanai N, Kalkanis S, Hadjipanayis CG, Suero Molina E. Intraoperative fluorescence diagnosis in the brain: a systematic review and suggestions for future standards on reporting diagnostic accuracy and clinical utility. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2019; 161:2083-2098. [PMID: 31363920 PMCID: PMC6739423 DOI: 10.1007/s00701-019-04007-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2019] [Accepted: 07/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Background Surgery for gliomas is often confounded by difficulties in distinguishing tumor from surrounding normal brain. For better discrimination, intraoperative optical imaging methods using fluorescent dyes are currently being explored. Understandably, such methods require the demonstration of a high degree of diagnostic accuracy and clinical benefit. Currently, clinical utility is determined by tissue biopsies which are correlated to optical signals, and quantified using measures such as sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive values, and negative predictive values. In addition, surgical outcomes, such as extent of resection rates and/or survival (progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS)) have been measured. These assessments, however, potentially involve multiple biases and confounders, which have to be minimized to ensure reproducibility, generalizability and comparability of test results. Test should aim at having a high internal and external validity. The objective of this article is to analyze how diagnostic accuracy and outcomes are utilized in available studies describing intraoperative imaging and furthermore, to derive recommendations for reliable and reproducible evaluations. Methods A review of the literature was performed for assessing the use of measures of diagnostic accuracy and outcomes of intraoperative optical imaging methods. From these data, we derive recommendations for designing and reporting future studies. Results Available literature indicates that potential confounders and biases for reporting the diagnostic accuracy and usefulness of intraoperative optical imaging methods are seldom accounted for. Furthermore, methods for bias reduction are rarely used nor reported. Conclusions Detailed, transparent, and uniform reporting on diagnostic accuracy of intraoperative imaging methods is necessary. In the absence of such reporting, studies will not be comparable or reproducible. Future studies should consider some of the recommendations given here. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1007/s00701-019-04007-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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Optical Signatures Derived From Deep UV to NIR Excitation Discriminates Healthy Samples From Low and High Grades Glioma. Sci Rep 2019; 9:8786. [PMID: 31217542 PMCID: PMC6584506 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-45181-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2019] [Accepted: 05/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Among all the tumors of the central nervous system (CNS), glioma are the most deadly and the most malignant. Surgical resection is the standard therapeutic method to treat this type of brain cancer. But the diffusive character of these tumors create many problems for surgeons during the operation. In fact, these tumors migrate outside the tumor solid zone and invade the surrounding healthy tissues. These infiltrative tissues have the same visual appearance as healthy tissues, making it very difficult for surgeons to distinguish the healthy ones from the diffused ones. The surgeon, therefore, cannot properly remove the tumor margins increasing the recurrence risk of the tumor. To resolve this problem, our team has developed a multimodal two-photon fibered endomicroscope, compatible with the surgeon trocar, to better delimitate tumor boundaries by relying on the endogenous fluorescence of brain tissues. In this context, and in order to characterize the optical signature of glioma tumors, this study offers multimodal and multi-scaled optical measurements from healthy tissues to high grade glioma. We can interrogate tissue from deep ultra-violet to near infrared excitation by working with spectroscopy, fluorescence lifetime imaging, two-photon fluorescene imaging and Second Harmonic Generation (SHG) imaging. Optically derived ratios such as the Tryptophan/Collagen ratio, the optical redox ratio and the long lifetime intensity fraction, discriminated diseased tissue from its normal counterparts when fitted by Gaussian ellipsoids and choosing a threshold for each. Additionally two-photon fluorescence and SHG images were shown to display similar histological features as Hematoxylin-Eosin stained images.
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Multispectral Depth-Resolved Fluorescence Lifetime Spectroscopy Using SPAD Array Detectors and Fiber Probes. SENSORS 2019; 19:s19122678. [PMID: 31200569 PMCID: PMC6631026 DOI: 10.3390/s19122678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2019] [Revised: 06/10/2019] [Accepted: 06/12/2019] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Single Photon Avalanche Diode (SPAD) arrays are increasingly exploited and have demonstrated potential in biochemical and biomedical research, both for imaging and single-point spectroscopy applications. In this study, we explore the application of SPADs together with fiber-optic-based delivery and collection geometry to realize fast and simultaneous single-point time-, spectral-, and depth-resolved fluorescence measurements at 375 nm excitation light. Spectral information is encoded across the columns of the array through grating-based dispersion, while depth information is encoded across the rows thanks to a linear arrangement of probe collecting fibers. The initial characterization and validation were realized against layered fluorescent agarose-based phantoms. To verify the practicality and feasibility of this approach in biological specimens, we measured the fluorescence signature of formalin-fixed rabbit aorta samples derived from an animal model of atherosclerosis. The initial results demonstrate that this detection configuration can report fluorescence spectral and lifetime contrast originating at different depths within the specimens. We believe that our optical scheme, based on SPAD array detectors and fiber-optic probes, constitute a powerful and versatile approach for the deployment of multidimensional fluorescence spectroscopy in clinical applications where information from deeper tissue layers is important for diagnosis.
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Erkkilä MT, Bauer B, Hecker‐Denschlag N, Madera Medina MJ, Leitgeb RA, Unterhuber A, Gesperger J, Roetzer T, Hauger C, Drexler W, Widhalm G, Andreana M. Widefield fluorescence lifetime imaging of protoporphyrin IX for fluorescence-guided neurosurgery: An ex vivo feasibility study. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2019; 12:e201800378. [PMID: 30636030 PMCID: PMC7065606 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.201800378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2018] [Revised: 12/07/2018] [Accepted: 01/09/2019] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Achieving a maximal safe extent of resection during brain tumor surgery is the goal for improved patient prognosis. Fluorescence-guided neurosurgery using 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) induced protoporphyrin IX has thereby become a valuable tool enabling a high frequency of complete resections and a prolonged progression-free survival in glioblastoma patients. We present a widefield fluorescence lifetime imaging device with 250 mm working distance, working under similar conditions such as surgical microscopes based on a time-of-flight dual tap CMOS camera. In contrast to intensity-based fluorescence imaging, our method is invariant to light scattering and absorption while being sensitive to the molecular composition of the tissue. We evaluate the feasibility of lifetime imaging of protoporphyrin IX using our system to analyze brain tumor phantoms and fresh 5-ALA-labeled human tissue samples. The results demonstrate the potential of our lifetime sensing device to go beyond the limitation of current intensity-based fluorescence-guided neurosurgery.
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- Mikael T. Erkkilä
- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical EngineeringMedical University of ViennaViennaAustria
- Advanced Development Microsurgery, Carl Zeiss Meditec AGOberkochenGermany
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- Advanced Development Microsurgery, Carl Zeiss Meditec AGOberkochenGermany
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- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical EngineeringMedical University of ViennaViennaAustria
- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Innovative Optical Imaging and Its Translation to MedicineMedical University of ViennaViennaAustria
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- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical EngineeringMedical University of ViennaViennaAustria
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- Institute of NeurologyGeneral Hospital and Medical University of ViennaViennaAustria
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- Institute of NeurologyGeneral Hospital and Medical University of ViennaViennaAustria
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- Advanced Development Microsurgery, Carl Zeiss Meditec AGOberkochenGermany
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- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical EngineeringMedical University of ViennaViennaAustria
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- Department of NeurosurgeryGeneral Hospital and Medical University of ViennaViennaAustria
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- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical EngineeringMedical University of ViennaViennaAustria
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Hartl BA, Ma HSW, Sridharan S, Hansen KS, Kent MS, Gorin F, Fragoso RC, Marcu L. Label-free fluorescence lifetime spectroscopy detects radiation-induced necrotic changes in live brain in real-time. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2018; 9:3559-3580. [PMID: 30338140 PMCID: PMC6191615 DOI: 10.1364/boe.9.003559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2018] [Revised: 04/28/2018] [Accepted: 05/22/2018] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Current clinical imaging modalities do not reliably identify brain tissue regions with necrosis following radiotherapy. This creates challenges for stereotaxic biopsies and surgical-decision making. Time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy (TRFS) provides a means to rapidly identify necrotic tissue by its distinct autofluorescence signature resulting from tissue breakdown and altered metabolic profiles in regions with radiation damage. Studies conducted in a live animal model of radiation necrosis demonstrated that necrotic tissue is characterized by respective increases of 27% and 108% in average lifetime and redox ratio, when compared with healthy tissue. Moreover, radiation-damaged tissue not visible by MRI but confirmed by histopathology, was detected by TRFS. Current results demonstrate the ability of TRFS to identify radiation-damaged brain tissue in real-time and indicates its potential to assist with surgical guidance and MRI-guided biopsy procedures.
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- Brad A. Hartl
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA 95616,
USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA 95616,
USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA 95616,
USA
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- Department of Surgical and Radiological Sciences, University of California Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, Davis, CA 95616,
USA
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- Department of Surgical and Radiological Sciences, University of California Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, Davis, CA 95616,
USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA 95817,
USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA 95817,
USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA 95616,
USA
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Haj-Hosseini N, Richter JCO, Milos P, Hallbeck M, Wårdell K. 5-ALA fluorescence and laser Doppler flowmetry for guidance in a stereotactic brain tumor biopsy. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2018; 9:2284-2296. [PMID: 29760987 PMCID: PMC5946788 DOI: 10.1364/boe.9.002284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2018] [Revised: 03/27/2018] [Accepted: 04/09/2018] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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A fiber optic probe was developed for guidance during stereotactic brain biopsy procedures to target tumor tissue and reduce the risk of hemorrhage. The probe was connected to a setup for the measurement of 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) induced fluorescence and microvascular blood flow. Along three stereotactic trajectories, fluorescence (n = 109) and laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) (n = 144) measurements were done in millimeter increments. The recorded signals were compared to histopathology and radiology images. The median ratio of protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) fluorescence and autofluorescence (AF) in the tumor was considerably higher than the marginal zone (17.3 vs 0.9). The blood flow showed two high spots (3%) in total. The proposed setup allows simultaneous and real-time detection of tumor tissue and microvascular blood flow for tracking the vessels.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Linköping University, Sweden
- Department of Neurosurgery, Linköping University Hospital, County Council Östergötland, Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Linköping University Hospital, County Council Östergötland, Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Pathology and Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Linköping University, Sweden
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Das B, Shi L, Budansky Y, Rodriguez-Contreras A, Alfano R. Alzheimer mouse brain tissue measured by time resolved fluorescence spectroscopy using single- and multi-photon excitation of label free native molecules. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2018; 11:10.1002/jbio.201600318. [PMID: 28464457 PMCID: PMC5668196 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.201600318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2017] [Revised: 03/01/2017] [Accepted: 03/10/2017] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Time resolved spectroscopic measurements with single-photon and multi-photon excitation of native molecules were performed ex vivo on brain tissues from an Alzheimer's disease (AD) and a wild type (WT) mouse model using a streak camera. The fluorescence decay times of native NADH and FAD show a longer relaxation time in AD than in WT tissue, suggesting less non-radiative processes in AD. The longer emission time of AD may be attributed to the coupling of the key native building block molecules to the amyloid-tau and/or to the caging of the native fluorophores by the deposition of amyloid-beta or tau plaques and neurofibrillary tangles that affect the local non-radiative interactions.
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- Bidyut Das
- Department of Physics, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT 06824, USA
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- Institute for Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Lasers, Department of Physics, the City College of New York, New York, NY 10031, USA
- Department of Biology, the City College of New York, New York, NY 10031, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
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- Institute for Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Lasers, Department of Physics, the City College of New York, New York, NY 10031, USA
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- Institute for Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Lasers, Department of Physics, the City College of New York, New York, NY 10031, USA
- Department of Biology, the City College of New York, New York, NY 10031, USA
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- Institute for Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Lasers, Department of Physics, the City College of New York, New York, NY 10031, USA
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Poulon F, Mehidine H, Juchaux M, Varlet P, Devaux B, Pallud J, Abi Haidar D. Optical properties, spectral, and lifetime measurements of central nervous system tumors in humans. Sci Rep 2017; 7:13995. [PMID: 29070870 PMCID: PMC5656602 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-14381-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2017] [Accepted: 10/09/2017] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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A key challenge of central nervous system tumor surgery is to discriminate between brain regions infiltrated by tumor cells and surrounding healthy tissue. Although monitoring of autofluorescence could potentially be an efficient way to provide reliable information for these regions, we found little information on this subject, and thus we conducted studies of brain tissue optical properties. This particular study focuses on the different optical quantitative responses of human central nervous system tumors and their corresponding controls. Measurements were performed on different fixed human tumoral and healthy brain samples. Four groups of central nervous system tumors (glioblastoma, diffuse glioma, meningioma and metastasis) were discriminated from healthy brain and meninx control tissues. A threshold value was found for the scattering and absorption coefficient between tumoral and healthy groups. Emission Spectra of healthy tissue had a significant higher intensity than tumoral groups. The redox and optical index ratio were thenn calculated and these also showed significant discrimination. Two fluorescent molecules, NADH and porphyrins, showed distinct lifetim values among the different groups of samples. This study defines several optical indexes that can act as combinated indicators to discriminate healthy from tumoral tissues.
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- F Poulon
- IMNC Laboratory UMR 8165-CNRS/IN2P3, Paris-Saclay University, Orsay, 91405, France
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- IMNC Laboratory UMR 8165-CNRS/IN2P3, Paris-Saclay University, Orsay, 91405, France
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- IMNC Laboratory UMR 8165-CNRS/IN2P3, Paris-Saclay University, Orsay, 91405, France
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- Neuropathology Department, Sainte-Anne Hospital, Paris, 75014, France
- IMA BRAIN, INSERMU894, Centre de Psychiatrie et de Neurosciences, Paris, France
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- Neurosurgery Department, Sainte-Anne Hospital, 75014, Paris, France
- Paris Descates University, Paris, France
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- IMA BRAIN, INSERMU894, Centre de Psychiatrie et de Neurosciences, Paris, France
- Neurosurgery Department, Sainte-Anne Hospital, 75014, Paris, France
- Paris Descates University, Paris, France
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- IMNC Laboratory UMR 8165-CNRS/IN2P3, Paris-Saclay University, Orsay, 91405, France.
- Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-75013, Paris, France.
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Saito Nogueira M, Cosci A, Teixeira Rosa RG, Salvio AG, Pratavieira S, Kurachi C. Portable fluorescence lifetime spectroscopy system for in-situ interrogation of biological tissues. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2017; 22:1-10. [PMID: 29052374 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.22.12.121608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2017] [Accepted: 09/22/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Fluorescence spectroscopy and lifetime techniques are potential methods for optical diagnosis and characterization of biological tissues with an in-situ, fast, and noninvasive interrogation. Several diseases may be diagnosed due to differences in the fluorescence spectra of targeted fluorophores, when, these spectra are similar, considering steady-state fluorescence, others may be detected by monitoring their fluorescence lifetime. Despite this complementarity, most of the current fluorescence lifetime systems are not robust and portable, and not being feasible for clinical applications. We describe the assembly of a fluorescence lifetime spectroscopy system in a suitcase, its characterization, and validation with clinical measurements of skin lesions. The assembled system is all encased and robust, maintaining its mechanical, electrical, and optical stability during transportation, and is feasible for clinical measurements. The instrument response function measured was about 300 ps, and the system is properly calibrated. At the clinical study, the system showed to be reliable, and the achieved spectroscopy results support its potential use as an auxiliary tool for skin diagnostics.
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- University of São Paulo, São Carlos Institute of Physics, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- University of São Paulo, São Carlos Institute of Physics, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- University of São Paulo, São Carlos Institute of Physics, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
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Brusatori M, Auner G, Noh T, Scarpace L, Broadbent B, Kalkanis SN. Intraoperative Raman Spectroscopy. Neurosurg Clin N Am 2017; 28:633-652. [PMID: 28917291 DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2017.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Surgical excision of brain tumors provides a means of cytoreduction and diagnosis while minimizing neurologic deficit and improving overall survival. Despite advances in functional and three-dimensional stereotactic navigation and intraoperative MRI, delineating tissue in real time with physiologic confirmation is challenging. Raman spectroscopy has potential to be an important modality in the intraoperative evaluation of tissue during surgical resection. In vitro experimental studies have shown that this technique can be used to differentiate normal brain tissue from tissue with infiltrating cancer cells and dense cancerous masses with high specificity, indicating the feasibility of this method for in vivo application.
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- Michelle Brusatori
- Department of Surgery, Wayne State University, 5050 Anthony Wayne Drive, Detroit, MI 48202, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Wayne State University, 5050 Anthony Wayne Drive, Detroit, MI 48202, USA; Department of Smart Sensors and Integrated Microsystems, Wayne State University, 5050 Anthony Wayne Drive, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Wayne State University, 5050 Anthony Wayne Drive, Detroit, MI 48202, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Wayne State University, 5050 Anthony Wayne Drive, Detroit, MI 48202, USA; Department of Smart Sensors and Integrated Microsystems, Wayne State University, 5050 Anthony Wayne Drive, Detroit, MI 48202, USA; The Detroit Institute of Ophthalmology, Henry Ford Health System, 15415 E. Jefferson Avenue, Grosse Pointe Park, MI 48230, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Hermelin Brain Tumor Center, Henry Ford Health System, 2799 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, MI 48202, USA; Josephine Ford Cancer Center, Henry Ford Health System, 2799 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Hermelin Brain Tumor Center, Henry Ford Health System, 2799 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Wayne State University, 5050 Anthony Wayne Drive, Detroit, MI 48202, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Wayne State University, 5050 Anthony Wayne Drive, Detroit, MI 48202, USA; Department of Smart Sensors and Integrated Microsystems, Wayne State University, 5050 Anthony Wayne Drive, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Hermelin Brain Tumor Center, Henry Ford Health System, 2799 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, MI 48202, USA; Josephine Ford Cancer Center, Henry Ford Health System, 2799 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, MI 48202, USA.
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Lukina M, Orlova A, Shirmanova M, Shirokov D, Pavlikov A, Neubauer A, Studier H, Becker W, Zagaynova E, Yoshihara T, Tobita S, Shcheslavskiy V. Interrogation of metabolic and oxygen states of tumors with fiber-based luminescence lifetime spectroscopy. OPTICS LETTERS 2017; 42:731-734. [PMID: 28198851 DOI: 10.1364/ol.42.000731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The study of metabolic and oxygen states of cells in a tumor in vivo is crucial for understanding of the mechanisms responsible for tumor development and provides background for the relevant tumor's treatment. Here, we show that a specially designed implantable fiber-optic probe provides a promising tool for optical interrogation of metabolic and oxygen states of a tumor in vivo. In our experiments, the excitation light from a ps diode laser source is delivered to the sample through an exchangeable tip via a multimode fiber, and the emission light is transferred to the detector by another multimode fiber. Fluorescence lifetime of a nicotinamid adenine dinucleotide (NAD(P)H) and phosphorescence lifetime of an oxygen sensor based on an iridium (III) complex of enzothienylpyridine (BTPDM1) are explored both in model experiment in solutions and in living mice.
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Zanello M, Poulon F, Pallud J, Varlet P, Hamzeh H, Abi Lahoud G, Andreiuolo F, Ibrahim A, Pages M, Chretien F, Di Rocco F, Dezamis E, Nataf F, Turak B, Devaux B, Abi Haidar D. Multimodal optical analysis discriminates freshly extracted human sample of gliomas, metastases and meningiomas from their appropriate controls. Sci Rep 2017; 7:41724. [PMID: 28150726 PMCID: PMC5288720 DOI: 10.1038/srep41724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2016] [Accepted: 12/23/2016] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Delineating tumor margins as accurately as possible is of primordial importance in surgical oncology: extent of resection is associated with survival but respect of healthy surrounding tissue is necessary for preserved quality of life. The real-time analysis of the endogeneous fluorescence signal of brain tissues is a promising tool for defining margins of brain tumors. The present study aims to demonstrate the feasibility of multimodal optical analysis to discriminate fresh samples of gliomas, metastases and meningiomas from their appropriate controls. Tumor samples were studied on an optical fibered endoscope using spectral and fluorescence lifetime analysis and then on a multimodal set-up for acquiring spectral, one and two-photon fluorescence images, second harmonic generation signals and two-photon fluorescence lifetime datasets. The obtained data allowed us to differentiate healthy samples from tumor samples. These results confirmed the possible clinical relevance of this real-time multimodal optical analysis. This technique can be easily applied to neurosurgical procedures for a better delineation of surgical margins.
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- Marc Zanello
- IMNC Laboratory, UMR 8165-CNRS/IN2P3, Paris-Saclay university, 91405 Orsay, France.,Neurosurgery Department, Sainte-Anne Hospital, France.,Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- IMNC Laboratory, UMR 8165-CNRS/IN2P3, Paris-Saclay university, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Neurosurgery Department, Sainte-Anne Hospital, France.,Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- Paris Descartes University, Paris, France.,Neuropathology Department, Sainte-Anne Hospital, France
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- Center of Advanced European Studies and Research (caesar), 53175 Bonn, Germany
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- Neurosurgery Department, Sainte-Anne Hospital, France.,Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- Paris Descartes University, Paris, France.,Neuropathology Department, Sainte-Anne Hospital, France
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- IMNC Laboratory, UMR 8165-CNRS/IN2P3, Paris-Saclay university, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Paris Descartes University, Paris, France.,Neuropathology Department, Sainte-Anne Hospital, France
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- Paris Descartes University, Paris, France.,Neuropathology Department, Sainte-Anne Hospital, France
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- Neurosurgery Department, Sainte-Anne Hospital, France.,Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- Neurosurgery Department, Sainte-Anne Hospital, France.,Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- Neurosurgery Department, Sainte-Anne Hospital, France.,Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- Neurosurgery Department, Sainte-Anne Hospital, France.,Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- IMNC Laboratory, UMR 8165-CNRS/IN2P3, Paris-Saclay university, 91405 Orsay, France.,Paris Diderot University, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-75013, Paris, France
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Zanello M, Poulon F, Varlet P, Chretien F, Andreiuolo F, Pages M, Ibrahim A, Pallud J, Dezamis E, Abi-Lahoud G, Nataf F, Turak B, Devaux B, Abi Haidar D. Multimodal optical analysis of meningioma and comparison with histopathology. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2017; 10:253-263. [PMID: 26871683 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.201500251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2015] [Revised: 12/17/2015] [Accepted: 01/11/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Meningioma is the most frequent primary central nervous system tumor. The risk of recurrence and the prognosis are correlated with the extent of the resection that ideally encompasses the infiltrated dura mater and, if required, the infiltrated bone. No device can deliver real-time intraoperative histopathological information on the tumor environment to help the neurosurgeon to achieve a gross total removal. This study assessed the abilities of nonlinear microscopy to provide relevant and real-time data to help resection of meningiomas. Nine human meningioma samples (four World Health Organization Grade I, five Grade II) were analyzed using different optical modalities: spectral analysis and imaging, lifetime measurements, fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy, fluorescence emitted under one- and two-photon excitation and the second-harmonic generation signal imaging using a multimodal setup. Nonlinear microscopy produced images close to histopathology as a gold standard. The second-harmonic generation signal delineated the collagen background and two-photon fluorescence underlined cell cytoplasm. The matching between fluorescence images and Hematoxylin and Eosin staining was possible in all cases. Grade I meningioma emitted less autofluorescence than Grade II meningioma and Grade II meningioma exhibited a distinct lifetime value. Autofluorescence was correlated with the proliferation rates and seemed to explain the observed differences between Grade I and II meningiomas. This preliminary multimodal study focused on human meningioma samples confirms the potential of tissue autofluorescence analysis and nonlinear microscopy in helping intraoperatively neurosurgeons to reach the actual boundaries of the tumor infiltration. Correspondence between H&E staining (top pictures) and the two-photon fluorescence imaging (bottom pictures).
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- Neuropathology Department, Sainte-Anne Hospital, France
- Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- Neuropathology Department, Sainte-Anne Hospital, France
- Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- Neuropathology Department, Sainte-Anne Hospital, France
- Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- Neuropathology Department, Sainte-Anne Hospital, France
- Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- IMNC Laboratory, UMR8165-CNRS, Orsay, France
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- Neurosurgery Department, Sainte-Anne Hospital, France
- Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- Neurosurgery Department, Sainte-Anne Hospital, France
- Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- Neurosurgery Department, Sainte-Anne Hospital, France
- Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- Neurosurgery Department, Sainte-Anne Hospital, France
- Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- Neurosurgery Department, Sainte-Anne Hospital, France
- Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- Neurosurgery Department, Sainte-Anne Hospital, France
- Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- IMNC Laboratory, UMR8165-CNRS, Orsay, France
- University Paris 7-Paris DIDEROT, F-75012, Paris, France
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Vasefi F, MacKinnon N, Farkas DL, Kateb B. Review of the potential of optical technologies for cancer diagnosis in neurosurgery: a step toward intraoperative neurophotonics. NEUROPHOTONICS 2017; 4:011010. [PMID: 28042588 PMCID: PMC5184765 DOI: 10.1117/1.nph.4.1.011010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2016] [Accepted: 11/07/2016] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Advances in image-guided therapy enable physicians to obtain real-time information on neurological disorders such as brain tumors to improve resection accuracy. Image guidance data include the location, size, shape, type, and extent of tumors. Recent technological advances in neurophotonic engineering have enabled the development of techniques for minimally invasive neurosurgery. Incorporation of these methods in intraoperative imaging decreases surgical procedure time and allows neurosurgeons to find remaining or hidden tumor or epileptic lesions. This facilitates more complete resection and improved topology information for postsurgical therapy (i.e., radiation). We review the clinical application of recent advances in neurophotonic technologies including Raman spectroscopy, thermal imaging, optical coherence tomography, and fluorescence spectroscopy, highlighting the importance of these technologies in live intraoperative tissue mapping during neurosurgery. While these technologies need further validation in larger clinical trials, they show remarkable promise in their ability to help surgeons to better visualize the areas of abnormality and enable safe and successful removal of malignancies.
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- Fartash Vasefi
- Spectral Molecular Imaging Inc., 13412 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 250, Sherman Oaks, California 91423, United States
- Brain Mapping Foundation, 8159 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 200, West Hollywood, California 90046, United States
- Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics (SBMT), 8159 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 200, West Hollywood, California 90046, United States
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- Spectral Molecular Imaging Inc., 13412 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 250, Sherman Oaks, California 91423, United States
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- Spectral Molecular Imaging Inc., 13412 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 250, Sherman Oaks, California 91423, United States
- University of Southern California, Department of Biomedical Engineering, 1042 Downey Way, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States
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- Brain Mapping Foundation, 8159 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 200, West Hollywood, California 90046, United States
- Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics (SBMT), 8159 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 200, West Hollywood, California 90046, United States
- California Neurosurgical Institute, 25751 McBean Pkwy #305, Santa Clarita, California 91355, United States
- National Center for Nano-Bio-Electronics (NCNBE), NASA Research Park, P.O.Box 23, Moffett Field, California 94035, United States
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Senders JT, Muskens IS, Schnoor R, Karhade AV, Cote DJ, Smith TR, Broekman MLD. Agents for fluorescence-guided glioma surgery: a systematic review of preclinical and clinical results. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2017; 159:151-167. [PMID: 27878374 PMCID: PMC5177668 DOI: 10.1007/s00701-016-3028-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2016] [Accepted: 11/09/2016] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Fluorescence-guided surgery (FGS) is a technique used to enhance visualization of tumor margins in order to increase the extent of tumor resection in glioma surgery. In this paper, we systematically review all clinically tested fluorescent agents for application in FGS for glioma and all preclinically tested agents with the potential for FGS for glioma. METHODS We searched the PubMed and Embase databases for all potentially relevant studies through March 2016. We assessed fluorescent agents by the following outcomes: rate of gross total resection (GTR), overall and progression-free survival, sensitivity and specificity in discriminating tumor and healthy brain tissue, tumor-to-normal ratio of fluorescent signal, and incidence of adverse events. RESULTS The search strategy resulted in 2155 articles that were screened by titles and abstracts. After full-text screening, 105 articles fulfilled the inclusion criteria evaluating the following fluorescent agents: 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) (44 studies, including three randomized control trials), fluorescein (11), indocyanine green (five), hypericin (two), 5-aminofluorescein-human serum albumin (one), endogenous fluorophores (nine) and fluorescent agents in a pre-clinical testing phase (30). Three meta-analyses were also identified. CONCLUSIONS 5-ALA is the only fluorescent agent that has been tested in a randomized controlled trial and results in an improvement of GTR and progression-free survival in high-grade gliomas. Observational cohort studies and case series suggest similar outcomes for FGS using fluorescein. Molecular targeting agents (e.g., fluorophore/nanoparticle labeled with anti-EGFR antibodies) are still in the pre-clinical phase, but offer promising results and may be valuable future alternatives.
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- Joeky T Senders
- Department of Neurosurgery, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Cushing Neurosurgery Outcomes Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 15 Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Cushing Neurosurgery Outcomes Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 15 Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Cushing Neurosurgery Outcomes Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 15 Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Valdés PA, Roberts DW, Lu FK, Golby A. Optical technologies for intraoperative neurosurgical guidance. Neurosurg Focus 2016; 40:E8. [PMID: 26926066 DOI: 10.3171/2015.12.focus15550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Biomedical optics is a broadly interdisciplinary field at the interface of optical engineering, biophysics, computer science, medicine, biology, and chemistry, helping us understand light-tissue interactions to create applications with diagnostic and therapeutic value in medicine. Implementation of biomedical optics tools and principles has had a notable scientific and clinical resurgence in recent years in the neurosurgical community. This is in great part due to work in fluorescence-guided surgery of brain tumors leading to reports of significant improvement in maximizing the rates of gross-total resection. Multiple additional optical technologies have been implemented clinically, including diffuse reflectance spectroscopy and imaging, optical coherence tomography, Raman spectroscopy and imaging, and advanced quantitative methods, including quantitative fluorescence and lifetime imaging. Here we present a clinically relevant and technologically informed overview and discussion of some of the major clinical implementations of optical technologies as intraoperative guidance tools in neurosurgery.
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- Pablo A Valdés
- Departments of 1 Neurosurgery and.,Department of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston
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- Section of Neurosurgery, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire
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- Departments of 1 Neurosurgery and.,Radiology, and.,Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital
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Shining light on neurosurgery diagnostics using Raman spectroscopy. J Neurooncol 2016; 130:1-9. [PMID: 27522510 DOI: 10.1007/s11060-016-2223-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2016] [Accepted: 07/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Surgical excision of brain tumors provides a means of cytoreduction and diagnosis while minimizing neurologic deficit and improving overall survival. Despite advances in functional and three-dimensional stereotactic navigation and intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging, delineating tissue in real time with physiological confirmation is challenging. Raman spectroscopy is a promising investigative and diagnostic tool for neurosurgery, which provides rapid, non-destructive molecular characterization in vivo or in vitro for biopsy, margin assessment, or laboratory uses. The Raman Effect occurs when light temporarily changes a bond's polarizability, causing change in the vibrational frequency, with a corresponding change in energy/wavelength of the scattered photon. The recorded inelastic scattering results in a "fingerprint" or Raman spectrum of the constituent under investigation. The amount, location, and intensity of peaks in the fingerprint vary based on the amount of vibrational bonds in a molecule and their ensemble interactions with each other. Distinct differences between various pathologic conditions are shown as different intensities of the same peak, or shifting of a peak based on the binding conformation. Raman spectroscopy has potential for integration into clinical practice, particularly in distinguishing normal and diseased tissue as an adjunct to standard pathologic diagnosis. Further, development of fiber-optic Raman probes that fit through the instrument port of a standard endoscope now allows researchers and clinicians to utilize spectroscopic information for evaluation of in vivo tissue. This review highlights the need for such an instrument, summarizes neurosurgical Raman work performed to date, and discusses the future applications of neurosurgical Raman spectroscopy.
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Elliott JT, Samkoe KS, Davis SC, Gunn JR, Paulsen KD, Roberts DW, Pogue BW. Image-derived arterial input function for quantitative fluorescence imaging of receptor-drug binding in vivo. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2016; 9:282-95. [PMID: 26349671 PMCID: PMC5313240 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.201500162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2015] [Revised: 08/18/2015] [Accepted: 08/19/2015] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Receptor concentration imaging (RCI) with targeted-untargeted optical dye pairs has enabled in vivo immunohistochemistry analysis in preclinical subcutaneous tumors. Successful application of RCI to fluorescence guided resection (FGR), so that quantitative molecular imaging of tumor-specific receptors could be performed in situ, would have a high impact. However, assumptions of pharmacokinetics, permeability and retention, as well as the lack of a suitable reference region limit the potential for RCI in human neurosurgery. In this study, an arterial input graphic analysis (AIGA) method is presented which is enabled by independent component analysis (ICA). The percent difference in arterial concentration between the image-derived arterial input function (AIFICA ) and that obtained by an invasive method (ICACAR ) was 2.0 ± 2.7% during the first hour of circulation of a targeted-untargeted dye pair in mice. Estimates of distribution volume and receptor concentration in tumor bearing mice (n = 5) recovered using the AIGA technique did not differ significantly from values obtained using invasive AIF measurements (p = 0.12). The AIGA method, enabled by the subject-specific AIFICA , was also applied in a rat orthotopic model of U-251 glioblastoma to obtain the first reported receptor concentration and distribution volume maps during open craniotomy.
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- Jonathan T Elliott
- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 03755, USA.
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- Department of Surgery, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, 03756, USA
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- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 03755, USA
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- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 03755, USA
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- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 03755, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, 03756, USA
- Section of Neurosurgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, 03756, USA
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- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 03755, USA
- Department of Surgery, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, 03756, USA
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Dochow S, Ma D, Latka I, Bocklitz T, Hartl B, Bec J, Fatakdawala H, Marple E, Urmey K, Wachsmann-Hogiu S, Schmitt M, Marcu L, Popp J. Combined fiber probe for fluorescence lifetime and Raman spectroscopy. Anal Bioanal Chem 2015; 407:8291-301. [PMID: 26093843 PMCID: PMC4995092 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-015-8800-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2015] [Revised: 05/20/2015] [Accepted: 05/21/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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In this contribution we present a dual modality fiber optic probe combining fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIm) and Raman spectroscopy for in vivo endoscopic applications. The presented multi-spectroscopy probe enables efficient excitation and collection of fluorescence lifetime signals for FLIm in the UV/visible wavelength region, as well as of Raman spectra in the near-IR for simultaneous Raman/FLIm imaging. The probe was characterized in terms of its lateral resolution and distance dependency of the Raman and FLIm signals. In addition, the feasibility of the probe for in vivo FLIm and Raman spectral characterization of tissue was demonstrated. Graphical Abstract An image comparison between FLIm and Raman spectroscopy acquired with the bimodal probe onseveral tissue samples.
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- Sebastian Dochow
- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Helmholtzweg 4, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, 451 E. Health Sciences Drive, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Helmholtzweg 4, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Helmholtzweg 4, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, 451 E. Health Sciences Drive, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, 451 E. Health Sciences Drive, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, 451 E. Health Sciences Drive, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- EmVision LCC, 1471 F Road, Loxahatchee, FL, 33470, USA
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- EmVision LCC, 1471 F Road, Loxahatchee, FL, 33470, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Center for Biophotonics, University of California, Davis, 2700 Stockton Blvd., Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Helmholtzweg 4, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, 451 E. Health Sciences Drive, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Helmholtzweg 4, 07743, Jena, Germany.
- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology Jena e.V., Albert-Einstein-Str. 9, 07745, Jena, Germany.
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Patil R, Koronyo Y, Ljubimov AV, Salumbides B, Mamelak A, Gangalum PR, Ding H, Portilla-Arias J, Holler E, Butte P, Koronyo-Hamaoui M, Ljubimova JY, Black KL. Advances in Imaging: Brain Tumors to Alzheimer's Disease. THE BANGKOK MEDICAL JOURNAL 2015; 10:83-97. [PMID: 29142857 PMCID: PMC5683733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Professor Black and colleagues have been working to improve the quality and sensitivity of imaging in the early detection of conditions from brain tumors to Alzheimer's disease to enhance treatment protocols and patient management. Professor Black et al introduced nanoparticles to improve MRI imaging. These nanoparticles consist of poly (b-L- malic acid (PMLA)) conjugates with monoclonal antibodies ((mAbs)) and Gd-DOTA. These are known as MRI nano-imaging agents (NIA). Most importantly, they can penetrate the endothelial blood-brain barrier (BBB) to reach brain tumors (primary or metastasis). This is effective in cases of brain tumors or breast cancer or other cancers such as lung cancer and gastric cancer having HER2 and/or EGFR positive crossing BBB. By the covalent conjugation of MR contrast (NIA), the MRI virtual biopsy can differentiate brain tumors from infections or other brain pathological conditions. The brain's intrinsic natural fluorescence such as NADH, FAD, lipopigments and porphyrin in the brain tissue can be identified by using time resolved fluorescence spectroscopy (TRFS) which is operated through the use of ultra-short laser. TRFS produces various color bands to differentiate the tumor from normal brain tissue in real time and registers the data on a 3D map. This is significant, as this will provide a greatly improved assessment methodology of tissue type. Consequently, this will potentially result in shorter operation times as well as more satisfactory tumor removal. In the detection of Alzheimer disease, amyloid plaque is deposited in retina tissue (including the RGC, RNFL and inner plexiform layer) which can produce a fluorescence effect by using curcumin as a contrast. This is then shown by human retina amyloid imaging device. Immunotherapies with glatiramer acetate (GA) have been shown to reduce amyloid deposits in brain and retinal AB deposits in mice. The study of advanced imaging technology and techniques including NIA, TRFS and the detection of amyloid plaque in Alzheimer disease are very important approaches to create a new era for diagnostic and therapeutic management of brain tumors and other cancers (HER2 and/or EGFR positive). This pioneering work by Professor Black, and colleagues, gives rise to a new hope for cancer patients for targeted therapy and for immunotherapies in Alzheimer's disease.
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- Rameshwar Patil
- Department of Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Zhang ZZ, Shields LBE, Sun DA, Zhang YP, Hunt MA, Shields CB. The Art of Intraoperative Glioma Identification. Front Oncol 2015; 5:175. [PMID: 26284196 PMCID: PMC4520021 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2015.00175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2015] [Accepted: 07/14/2015] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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A major dilemma in brain-tumor surgery is the identification of tumor boundaries to maximize tumor excision and minimize postoperative neurological damage. Gliomas, especially low-grade tumors, and normal brain have a similar color and texture, which poses a challenge to the neurosurgeon. Advances in glioma resection techniques combine the experience of the neurosurgeon and various advanced technologies. Intraoperative methods to delineate gliomas from normal tissue consist of (1) image-based navigation, (2) intraoperative sampling, (3) electrophysiological monitoring, and (4) enhanced visual tumor demarcation. The advantages and disadvantages of each technique are discussed. A combination of these methods is becoming widely accepted in routine glioma surgery. Gross total resection in conjunction with radiation, chemotherapy, or immune/gene therapy may increase the rates of cure in this devastating disease.
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- Zoe Z Zhang
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Minnesota , Minneapolis, MN , USA
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- Norton Neuroscience Institute, Norton Healthcare , Louisville, KY , USA
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- Norton Neuroscience Institute, Norton Healthcare , Louisville, KY , USA
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- Norton Neuroscience Institute, Norton Healthcare , Louisville, KY , USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Minnesota , Minneapolis, MN , USA
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- Norton Neuroscience Institute, Norton Healthcare , Louisville, KY , USA ; Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology, University of Louisville School of Medicine , Louisville, KY , USA
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Visualization of biological processes and pathologic conditions at the cellular and tissue levels largely relies on the use of fluorescence intensity signals from fluorophores or their bioconjugates. To overcome the concentration dependency of intensity measurements, evaluate subtle molecular interactions, and determine biochemical status of intracellular or extracellular microenvironments, fluorescence lifetime (FLT) imaging has emerged as a reliable imaging method complementary to intensity measurements. Driven by a wide variety of dyes exhibiting stable or environment-responsive FLTs, information multiplexing can be readily accomplished without the need for ratiometric spectral imaging. With knowledge of the fluorescent states of the molecules, it is entirely possible to predict the functional status of biomolecules or microevironment of cells. Whereas the use of FLT spectroscopy and microscopy in biological studies is now well-established, in vivo imaging of biological processes based on FLT imaging techniques is still evolving. This review summarizes recent advances in the application of the FLT of molecular probes for imaging cells and small animal models of human diseases. It also highlights some challenges that continue to limit the full realization of the potential of using FLT molecular probes to address diverse biological problems and outlines areas of potential high impact in the future.
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- Pinaki Sarder
- Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 4525 Scott Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63110
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- Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 4525 Scott Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63110
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University School of Medicine, 4525 Scott Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63110
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- Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 4525 Scott Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63110
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University School of Medicine, 4525 Scott Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63110
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, 4525 Scott Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63110
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Rudys R, Bagdonas S, Kirdaitė G, Papečkienė J, Rotomskis R. Multidimensional visualization of healthy and sensitized rabbit knee tissues by means of confocal microscopy. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2015; 20:051035. [PMID: 25672969 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.20.5.051035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2014] [Accepted: 01/19/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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This study combines several fluorescence detection methods to distinguish structural features of the synovium and cartilage tissues and to visualize the localization of endogenous porphyrins in the sensitized tissues. Specimens of synovium and cartilage tissues obtained from rabbits with antigen-induced monoarthritis after intra-articular 5-aminolevulinic acid methyl ester injection and those from healthy rabbits were investigated ex vivo by means of fluorescence spectroscopy, fluorescence intensity, and lifetime microscopy. The presence of endogenous porphyrins was confirmed with the fluorescence spectra measured on sliced sensitized specimens. Application of the lifetime-gating method on fast fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy images, allowed separate visualization of tissue structures possessing different average lifetimes. The presence of the structures has been validated by histopathological imaging based on conventional rapid hematoxylin–eosin staining of the specimens. The fluorescence lifetime of endogenous protoporphyrin IX has been assessed and employed for visualization of sensitized tissues.
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- Romualdas Rudys
- The National Cancer Institute, P. Baublio 3b, Vilnius LT 08406, LithuaniabState Research Institute, Center for Innovative Medicine, Žygimantu 9, Vilnius LT 01102, Lithuania
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- Vilnius University, Biophotonics Group of Laser Research Center, Faculty of Physics, Sauletekio 9, Building 3, Vilnius LT-10222, Lithuania
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- State Research Institute, Center for Innovative Medicine, Žygimantu 9, Vilnius LT 01102, Lithuania
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- State Research Institute, Center for Innovative Medicine, Žygimantu 9, Vilnius LT 01102, Lithuania
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- The National Cancer Institute, P. Baublio 3b, Vilnius LT 08406, LithuaniacVilnius University, Biophotonics Group of Laser Research Center, Faculty of Physics, Sauletekio 9, Building 3, Vilnius LT-10222, Lithuania
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Meza D, Wang D, Wang Y, Borwege S, Sanai N, Liu JTC. Comparing high-resolution microscopy techniques for potential intraoperative use in guiding low-grade glioma resections. Lasers Surg Med 2015; 47:289-95. [PMID: 25872487 DOI: 10.1002/lsm.22347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/14/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Fluorescence image-guided surgery (FIGS), with contrast provided by 5-ALA-induced PpIX, has been shown to enable a higher extent of resection of high-grade gliomas. However, conventional FIGS with low-power microscopy lacks the sensitivity to aid in low-grade glioma (LGG) resection because PpIX signal is weak and sparse in such tissues. Intraoperative high-resolution microscopy of PpIX fluorescence has been proposed as a method to guide LGG resection, where sub-cellular resolution allows for the visualization of sparse and punctate mitochondrial PpIX production in tumor cells. Here, we assess the performance of three potentially portable high-resolution microscopy techniques that may be used for the intraoperative imaging of human LGG tissue samples with PpIX contrast: high-resolution fiber-optic microscopy (HRFM), high-resolution wide-field microscopy (WFM), and dual-axis confocal (DAC) microscopy. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thick unsectioned human LGG tissue samples (n = 7) with 5-ALA-induced PpIX contrast were imaged using three imaging techniques (HRFM, WFM, DAC). The average signal-to-background ratio (SBR) was then calculated for each imaging modality (5 images per tissue, per modality). RESULTS HRFM provides the ease of use and portability of a flexible fiber bundle, and is simple and inexpensive to build. However, in most cases (6/7), HRFM is not capable of detecting PpIX signal from LGGs due to high autofluorescence, generated by the fiber bundle under laser illumination at 405 nm, which overwhelms the PpIX signal and impedes its visualization. WFM is a camera-based method possessing high lateral resolution but poor axial resolution, resulting in sub-optimal image contrast. CONCLUSIONS Consistent successful detection of PpIX signal throughout our human LGG tissue samples (n = 7), with an acceptable image contrast (SBR >2), was only achieved using DAC microscopy, which offers superior image resolution and contrast that is comparable to histology, but requires a laser-scanning mechanism to achieve optical sectioning.
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- Daphne Meza
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Stony Brook University (SUNY), Stony Brook, New York, 11794
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Haidar DA, Leh B, Zanello M, Siebert R. Spectral and lifetime domain measurements of rat brain tumors. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2015; 6:1219-33. [PMID: 25909006 PMCID: PMC4399661 DOI: 10.1364/boe.6.001219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2015] [Revised: 02/20/2015] [Accepted: 02/22/2015] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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During glioblastoma surgery, delineation of the brain tumor margins is difficult because the infiltrated and normal tissues have the same visual appearance. We use a fiber-optical fluorescence probe for spectroscopic and time domain measurements to assist surgeon in differentiating the healthy and the infiltrated tissues. First study was performed on rats that were previously injected with tumorous cells. Measurements of endogenous tissue fluorescence were performed on fresh and fixed rat tumor brain slices. Spectral characteristics, fluorescence redox ratios and fluorescence lifetime measurements were analyzed. The study aimed at defining an optical index that can act as an indicator for discriminating healthy from tumorous tissue.
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- D. Abi Haidar
- Laboratoire IMNC, UMR 8165, F-91405 Orsay,
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- Université Paris 7, F-75012 Paris,
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- Laboratoire IMNC, UMR 8165, F-91405 Orsay,
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- Laboratoire IMNC, UMR 8165, F-91405 Orsay,
France
- Neurosurgery Department, Centre Hospitalier Sainte-Anne, Paris,
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- Laboratoire IMNC, UMR 8165, F-91405 Orsay,
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Meza D, Wang D, Wang Y, Borwege S, Sanai N, Liu JTC. Comparing high-resolution microscopy techniques for potential intraoperative use in guiding low-grade glioma resections. Lasers Surg Med 2015; 47:289-295. [PMID: 25872487 DOI: 10.1002/lsm.v47.4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/14/2015] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Fluorescence image-guided surgery (FIGS), with contrast provided by 5-ALA-induced PpIX, has been shown to enable a higher extent of resection of high-grade gliomas. However, conventional FIGS with low-power microscopy lacks the sensitivity to aid in low-grade glioma (LGG) resection because PpIX signal is weak and sparse in such tissues. Intraoperative high-resolution microscopy of PpIX fluorescence has been proposed as a method to guide LGG resection, where sub-cellular resolution allows for the visualization of sparse and punctate mitochondrial PpIX production in tumor cells. Here, we assess the performance of three potentially portable high-resolution microscopy techniques that may be used for the intraoperative imaging of human LGG tissue samples with PpIX contrast: high-resolution fiber-optic microscopy (HRFM), high-resolution wide-field microscopy (WFM), and dual-axis confocal (DAC) microscopy. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thick unsectioned human LGG tissue samples (n = 7) with 5-ALA-induced PpIX contrast were imaged using three imaging techniques (HRFM, WFM, DAC). The average signal-to-background ratio (SBR) was then calculated for each imaging modality (5 images per tissue, per modality). RESULTS HRFM provides the ease of use and portability of a flexible fiber bundle, and is simple and inexpensive to build. However, in most cases (6/7), HRFM is not capable of detecting PpIX signal from LGGs due to high autofluorescence, generated by the fiber bundle under laser illumination at 405 nm, which overwhelms the PpIX signal and impedes its visualization. WFM is a camera-based method possessing high lateral resolution but poor axial resolution, resulting in sub-optimal image contrast. CONCLUSIONS Consistent successful detection of PpIX signal throughout our human LGG tissue samples (n = 7), with an acceptable image contrast (SBR >2), was only achieved using DAC microscopy, which offers superior image resolution and contrast that is comparable to histology, but requires a laser-scanning mechanism to achieve optical sectioning.
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- Daphne Meza
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Stony Brook University (SUNY), Stony Brook, New York, 11794
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Walsh AJ, Shah AT, Sharick JT, Skala MC. Fluorescence Lifetime Measurements of NAD(P)H in Live Cells and Tissue. SPRINGER SERIES IN CHEMICAL PHYSICS 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-14929-5_14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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McWade MA, Paras C, White LM, Phay JE, Mahadevan-Jansen A, Broome JT. A novel optical approach to intraoperative detection of parathyroid glands. Surgery 2013; 154:1371-7; discussion 1377. [PMID: 24238054 PMCID: PMC3898879 DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2013.06.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2013] [Accepted: 06/26/2013] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Inadvertent removal of parathyroid glands is a challenge in endocrine operations. There is a critical need for a diagnostic tool that provides sensitive, real-time parathyroid detection during procedures. We have developed an intraoperative technique using near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence for in vivo, real-time detection of the parathyroid regardless of its pathologic state. METHODS NIR fluorescence was measured intraoperatively from 45 patients undergoing parathyroidectomy and thyroidectomy. Spectra were measured from the parathyroid and surrounding neck tissues during the operation with the use of a portable, probe-based fluorescence system at 785-nm excitation. Accuracy was evaluated by comparison with histology or visual recognition by the surgeon. RESULTS NIR fluorescence detected the parathyroid in 100% of patients. Parathyroid fluorescence was stronger (1.2-18 times) than that of the thyroid with peak fluorescence at 822 nm. Surrounding tissues showed no auto-fluorescence. Disease state did not affect the ability to discriminate parathyroid glands but may account for signal variability. CONCLUSION NIR fluorescence spectroscopy can detect intraoperatively the parathyroid regardless of tissue pathology. The signal may be caused by calcium-sensing receptors present in the parathyroid. The signal strength and consistency indicates the simplicity and effectiveness of this method. Its implementation may limit operative time, decrease costs, and improve operative success rates.
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- Melanie A. McWade
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
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- Section of Surgical Sciences, Division of Surgical Oncology and Endocrine Surgery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
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Li Y, Rey-Dios R, Roberts DW, Valdés PA, Cohen-Gadol AA. Intraoperative fluorescence-guided resection of high-grade gliomas: a comparison of the present techniques and evolution of future strategies. World Neurosurg 2013; 82:175-85. [PMID: 23851210 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2013.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2012] [Revised: 04/15/2013] [Accepted: 06/29/2013] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Fluorescence guidance has a demonstrated potential in maximizing the extent of high-grade glioma resection. Different fluorophores (fluorescent biomarkers), including 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) and fluorescein, have been examined with the use of several imaging techniques. Our goal was to review the state of this technology and discuss strategies for more widespread adoption. METHODS We performed a Medline search using the key words "fluorescence," "intraoperative fluorescence-guided resection," "intraoperative image-guided resection," and "brain glioma" for articles from 1960 until the present. This initial search revealed 267 articles. Each abstract and article was reviewed and the reference lists from select articles were further evaluated for relevance. A total of 64 articles included information about the role of fluorescence in resection of high-grade gliomas and therefore were selectively included for our analysis. RESULTS 5-ALA and fluorescein sodium have shown promise as fluorescent markers in detecting residual tumor intraoperatively. These techniques have demonstrated a significant increase in the extent of tumor resection. Regulatory barriers have limited the use of 5-ALA and technological challenges have restricted the use of fluorescein and its derivatives in the United States. Limitations to this technology currently exist, such as the fact that fluorescence at tumor margins is not always reliable for identification of tumor-brain interface. CONCLUSIONS These techniques are safe and effective for increasing gross total resection. The development of more tumor-specific fluorophores is needed to resolve problems with subjective interpretation of fluorescent signal at tumor margins. Techniques such as quantum dots and polymer or iron oxide-based nanoparticles have shown promise as potential future tools.
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- Yiping Li
- Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine, Department of Neurological Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, USA
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- Section of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA; Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
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- Section of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA; Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
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- Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine, Department of Neurological Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
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Kapsalakis IZ, Kapsalaki EZ, Gotsis ED, Verganelakis D, Toulas P, Hadjigeorgiou G, Chung I, Fezoulidis I, Papadimitriou A, Robinson JS, Lee GP, Fountas KN. Preoperative evaluation with FMRI of patients with intracranial gliomas. Radiol Res Pract 2012; 2012:727810. [PMID: 22848821 PMCID: PMC3403517 DOI: 10.1155/2012/727810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2012] [Revised: 05/01/2012] [Accepted: 05/07/2012] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Introduction. Aggressive surgical resection constitutes the optimal treatment for intracranial gliomas. However, the proximity of a tumor to eloquent areas requires exact knowledge of its anatomic relationships to functional cortex. The purpose of our study was to evaluate fMRI's accuracy by comparing it to intraoperative cortical stimulation (DCS) mapping. Material and Methods. Eighty-seven patients, with presumed glioma diagnosis, underwent preoperative fMRI and intraoperative DCS for cortical mapping during tumor resection. Findings of fMRI and DCS were considered concordant if the identified cortical centers were less than 5 mm apart. Pre and postoperative Karnofsky Performance Scale and Spitzer scores were recorded. A postoperative MRI was obtained for assessing the extent of resection. Results. The areas of interest were identified by fMRI and DCS in all participants. The concordance between fMRI and DCS was 91.9% regarding sensory-motor cortex, 100% for visual cortex, and 85.4% for language. Data analysis showed that patients with better functional condition demonstrated higher concordance rates, while there also was a weak association between tumor grade and concordance rate. The mean extent of tumor resection was 96.7%. Conclusions. Functional MRI is a highly accurate preoperative methodology for sensory-motor mapping. However, in language mapping, DCS remains necessary for accurate localization.
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- Ioannis Z. Kapsalakis
- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University Hospital of Larisa, University of Thessaly, 41110 Larisa, Greece
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, School of Medicine, University Hospital of Larisa, University of Thessaly, 41110 Larisa, Greece
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- Department of MR Imaging, Advanced Diagnostic and Research Institute “Euromedica-Encephalos”, 15233 Athens, Greece
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- Department of MR Imaging, Advanced Diagnostic and Research Institute “Euromedica-Encephalos”, 15233 Athens, Greece
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- Department of MR Imaging, Advanced Diagnostic and Research Institute “Euromedica-Encephalos”, 15233 Athens, Greece
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- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University Hospital of Larisa, University of Thessaly, 41110 Larisa, Greece
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- Departments of Neurosurgery and Intraoperative Electrophysiology, Medical Center of Central Georgia, School of Medicine, Mercer University, Macon, GA 31201, USA
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, School of Medicine, University Hospital of Larisa, University of Thessaly, 41110 Larisa, Greece
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- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University Hospital of Larisa, University of Thessaly, 41110 Larisa, Greece
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- Departments of Neurosurgery and Intraoperative Electrophysiology, Medical Center of Central Georgia, School of Medicine, Mercer University, Macon, GA 31201, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, University Hospital of Larisa, University of Thessaly, 41110 Larisa, Greece
- Institute of Biomedical Research and Technology (BIOMED), Center for Research and Technology-Thessaly (CERETETH), 38500 Larissa, Greece
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Marcu L, Hartl BA. Fluorescence Lifetime Spectroscopy and Imaging in Neurosurgery. IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN QUANTUM ELECTRONICS : A PUBLICATION OF THE IEEE LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS SOCIETY 2012; 18:1465-1477. [PMID: 28053498 PMCID: PMC5205025 DOI: 10.1109/jstqe.2012.2185823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
Abstract
Clinical outcome of patients diagnosed with primary brain tumor has been correlated with the extent of surgical resection. In treating this disease, the neurosurgeon must balance between an aggressive, radical resection and minimizing the loss of healthy, functionally significant brain tissue. Numerous intra-operative methodologies and technological approaches have been explored as a means to improve the accuracy of surgical resection. This paper presents an overview of current conventional techniques and new emerging technologies with potential to impact the area of image-guided surgery of brain tumors. Emphasis is placed on techniques based on endogenous fluorescence lifetime contrast and their potential for intraoperative diagnosis of brain tumors.
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Affiliation(s)
- Laura Marcu
- University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616 USA
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- University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616 USA
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