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Santos E, Lopez-Navarro JM, Suarez-Gutierrez MA, Holzwarth N, Albiña-Palmarola P, Kirchner T, Hernandez-Aguilera A, Fernandez-Amador JA, Vazifehdan F, Woitzik J, Maier-Hein L, Sanchez-Porras R. Depth-Specific Hypoxic Responses to Spreading Depolarizations in Gyrencephalic Swine Cortex Unveiled by Photoacoustic Imaging. Transl Stroke Res 2024:10.1007/s12975-024-01247-8. [PMID: 38622426 DOI: 10.1007/s12975-024-01247-8] [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] [Received: 11/26/2023] [Revised: 03/25/2024] [Accepted: 03/27/2024] [Indexed: 04/17/2024]
Abstract
Spreading depolarizations (SDs) are a marker of brain injury and have a causative effect on ischemic lesion progression. The hemodynamic responses elicited by SDs are contingent upon the metabolic integrity of the affected tissue, with vasoconstrictive reactions leading to pronounced hypoxia often indicating poor outcomes. The stratification of hemodynamic responses within different cortical layers remains poorly characterized. This pilot study sought to elucidate the depth-specific hemodynamic changes in response to SDs within the gray matter of the gyrencephalic swine brain. Employing a potassium chloride-induced SD model, we utilized multispectral photoacoustic imaging (PAI) to estimate regional cerebral oxygen saturation (rcSO2%) changes consequent to potassium chloride-induced SDs. Regions of interest were demarcated at three cortical depths covering up to 4 mm. Electrocorticography (ECoG) strips were placed to validate the presence of SDs. Through PAI, we detected 12 distinct rcSO2% responses, which corresponded with SDs detected in ECoG. Notably, a higher frequency of hypoxic responses was observed in the deeper cortical layers compared to superficial layers, where hyperoxic and mixed responses predominated (p < 0.001). This data provides novel insights into the differential oxygenation patterns across cortical layers in response to SDs, underlining the complexity of cerebral hemodynamics post-injury.
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- Edgar Santos
- Department of Neurosurgery, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Oldenburg, Carl Von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Marienstraße 11, 26121, Oldenburg, Germany
- Department of Neurosurgery, Heidelberg University Hospital, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- Spine Center Stuttgart, Paulinenhilfe, Diakonie-Klinikum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Oldenburg, Carl Von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Marienstraße 11, 26121, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Oldenburg, Carl Von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Marienstraße 11, 26121, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Division of Intelligent Medical Systems, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Neuroradiologische Klinik, Klinikum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
- Medical Faculty, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Institut Für Physik, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Heidelberg University Hospital, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Spine Center Stuttgart, Paulinenhilfe, Diakonie-Klinikum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Oldenburg, Carl Von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Marienstraße 11, 26121, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Division of Intelligent Medical Systems, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Oldenburg, Carl Von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Marienstraße 11, 26121, Oldenburg, Germany.
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Teo EJ, Petautschnig S, Hellerstedt J, Grace SA, Savage JS, Fafiani B, Smith PD, Jhamb A, Haydon T, Dixon B. Cerebrovascular Responses in a Patient with Lundberg B Waves Following Subarachnoid Haemorrhage Assessed with a Novel Non-Invasive Brain Pulse Monitor: A Case Report. MEDICAL DEVICES-EVIDENCE AND RESEARCH 2024; 17:73-87. [PMID: 38404631 PMCID: PMC10886819 DOI: 10.2147/mder.s452938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2023] [Accepted: 02/09/2024] [Indexed: 02/27/2024] Open
Abstract
Subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) can trigger a range of poorly understood cerebrovascular responses that may play a role in delayed cerebral ischemia. The brain pulse monitor is a novel non-invasive device that detects a brain photoplethysmography signal that provides information on intracranial pressure (ICP), compliance, blood flow and tissue oxygen saturation. We monitored the cerebrovascular responses in a patient with Lundberg B waves following a SAH. The patient presented with a Fischer grade 4 SAH that required urgent left posterior communicating artery aneurysm coiling and ventricular drain insertion. On hospital day 4 oscillations or spikes on the invasive ICP were noted, consistent with Lundberg B waves. Brain pulse monitoring demonstrated concurrent pulse waveform features consistent with reduced brain compliance and raised ICP over both brain hemispheres. Oxygen levels also demonstrated slow oscillations correlated with the ICP spikes. Brief infrequent episodes of reduced and absent brain pulses were also noted over the right hemisphere. Our findings suggest that the brain pulse monitor holds promise for early detection of delayed cerebral ischemia and could offer insights into the vascular mechanisms at play.
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- Elliot John Teo
- Cyban Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Cyban Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Neurosurgery, St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- University of Melbourne Medical School, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Medical Imaging, St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Critical Care, the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Cyban Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Medical Imaging, St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Critical Care, the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Kirchner T, Villringer C, Laufer J. Evaluation of ultrasound sensors for transcranial photoacoustic sensing and imaging. PHOTOACOUSTICS 2023; 33:100556. [PMID: 38021292 PMCID: PMC10658602 DOI: 10.1016/j.pacs.2023.100556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2023] [Revised: 09/11/2023] [Accepted: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023]
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Photoacoustic imaging through skull bone causes strong attenuation and distortion of the acoustic wavefront, which diminishes image contrast and resolution. As a result, transcranial photoacoustic measurements in humans have been challenging to demonstrate. In this study, we investigated the acoustic transmission through the human skull to design an ultrasound sensor suitable for transcranial PA imaging and sensing. We measured the frequency dependent losses of human cranial bones ex vivo, compared the performance of a range of piezoelectric and optical ultrasound sensors, and imaged skull phantoms using a PA tomograph based on a planar Fabry-Perot sensor. All transcranial photoacoustic measurements show the typical effects of frequency and thickness dependent attenuation and aberration associated with acoustic propagation through bone. The performance of plano-concave optical resonator ultrasound sensors was found to be highly suitable for transcranial photoacoustic measurements.
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- Thomas Kirchner
- Institut für Physik, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Von-Danckelmann-Platz 3, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Institut für Physik, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Von-Danckelmann-Platz 3, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
- Technische Hochschule Wildau, Hochschulring 1, 15745 Wildau, Germany
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- Institut für Physik, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Von-Danckelmann-Platz 3, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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Hsieh BY, Kao YCJ, Zhou N, Lin YP, Mei YY, Chu SY, Wu DC. Vascular responses of penetrating vessels during cortical spreading depolarization with ultrasound dynamic ultrafast Doppler imaging. Front Neurosci 2022; 16:1015843. [PMID: 36466181 PMCID: PMC9714680 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.1015843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2022] [Accepted: 10/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2023] Open
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The dynamic vascular responses during cortical spreading depolarization (CSD) are causally related to pathophysiological consequences in numerous neurovascular conditions, including ischemia, traumatic brain injury, cerebral hemorrhage, and migraine. Monitoring of the hemodynamic responses of cerebral penetrating vessels during CSD is motivated to understand the mechanism of CSD and related neurological disorders. Six SD rats were used, and craniotomy surgery was performed before imaging. CSDs were induced by topical KCl application. Ultrasound dynamic ultrafast Doppler was used to access hemodynamic changes, including cerebral blood volume (CBV) and flow velocity during CSD, and further analyzed those in a single penetrating arteriole or venule. The CSD-induced hemodynamic changes with typical duration and propagation speed were detected by ultrafast Doppler in the cerebral cortex ipsilateral to the induction site. The hemodynamics typically showed triphasic changes, including initial hypoperfusion and prominent hyperperfusion peak, followed by a long-period depression in CBV. Moreover, different hemodynamics between individual penetrating arterioles and venules were proposed by quantification of CBV and flow velocity. The negative correlation between the basal CBV and CSD-induced change was also reported in penetrating vessels. These results indicate specific vascular dynamics of cerebral penetrating vessels and possibly different contributions of penetrating arterioles and venules to the CSD-related pathological vascular consequences. We proposed using ultrasound dynamic ultrafast Doppler imaging to investigate CSD-induced cerebral vascular responses. With this imaging platform, it has the potential to monitor the hemodynamics of cortical penetrating vessels during brain injuries to understand the mechanism of CSD in advance.
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- Bao-Yu Hsieh
- Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, College of Biomedical Science and Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- iHuman Institute, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Science, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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Kirchner T, Jaeger M, Frenz M. Machine learning enabled multiple illumination quantitative optoacoustic oximetry imaging in humans. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2022; 13:2655-2667. [PMID: 35774340 PMCID: PMC9203099 DOI: 10.1364/boe.455514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2022] [Revised: 03/25/2022] [Accepted: 03/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Optoacoustic (OA) imaging is a promising modality for quantifying blood oxygen saturation (sO2) in various biomedical applications - in diagnosis, monitoring of organ function, or even tumor treatment planning. We present an accurate and practically feasible real-time capable method for quantitative imaging of sO2 based on combining multispectral (MS) and multiple illumination (MI) OA imaging with learned spectral decoloring (LSD). For this purpose we developed a hybrid real-time MI MS OA imaging setup with ultrasound (US) imaging capability; we trained gradient boosting machines on MI spectrally colored absorbed energy spectra generated by generic Monte Carlo simulations and used the trained models to estimate sO2 on real OA measurements. We validated MI-LSD in silico and on in vivo image sequences of radial arteries and accompanying veins of five healthy human volunteers. We compared the performance of the method to prior LSD work and conventional linear unmixing. MI-LSD provided highly accurate results in silico and consistently plausible results in vivo. This preliminary study shows a potentially high applicability of quantitative OA oximetry imaging, using our method.
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- Thomas Kirchner
- Institut für Physik, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
- Biomedical Photonics, Institute of Applied Physics, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Biomedical Photonics, Institute of Applied Physics, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Biomedical Photonics, Institute of Applied Physics, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Chen Q, Jin T, Qi W, Xi L. Dual-model wearable photoacoustic microscopy and electroencephalograph: study of neurovascular coupling in anesthetized and freely moving rats. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2021; 12:6614-6628. [PMID: 34745760 PMCID: PMC8547996 DOI: 10.1364/boe.438596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2021] [Revised: 09/11/2021] [Accepted: 09/14/2021] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Observing microscale neurovascular dynamics under different physiological conditions is of great importance to understanding brain functions and disorders. Here, we report a dual-model wearable device and an auxiliary data processing algorithm to derive neurovascular dynamics. The device integrates high-resolution photoacoustic microscopy and electroencephalography (EEG), which allows observing capillary-level hemodynamics and neural activities in anesthesia and freely moving rats. By using the developed algorithm, multiple photoacoustic/EEG parameters extracted and correlated enables investigation of the interplay between neural and vascular activities. We employed this platform to study the neurovascular coupling during different types of seizures in rats under various physiological conditions. We observed cerebral vascular vasodilation/constriction corresponding well to the seizure on/off in rats under regular anesthesia conditions, showing a strong neurovascular coupling coefficient. In rats under weak anesthesia and freely moving conditions, more intense cerebral hemodynamics and neural activities occurred with a weaker neurovascular coupling coefficient. The comprehensively quantitative analyses suggest that anesthesia has a dominant impact on the seizure onset and affect the neurovascular coupling correlation in the current drug-induced localized seizure model. Our study reveals that the designed platform has the potential to support studies on brain functions and disorders in diseased rodent models in various physiological states.
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- Qian Chen
- School of Electronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055, China
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Yang X, Chen YH, Xia F, Sawan M. Photoacoustic imaging for monitoring of stroke diseases: A review. PHOTOACOUSTICS 2021; 23:100287. [PMID: 34401324 PMCID: PMC8353507 DOI: 10.1016/j.pacs.2021.100287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2021] [Revised: 07/02/2021] [Accepted: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
Abstract
Stroke is the leading cause of death and disability after ischemic heart disease. However, there is lacking a non-invasive long-time monitoring technique for stroke diagnosis and therapy. The photoacoustic imaging approach reconstructs images of an object based on the energy excitation by optical absorption and its conversion to acoustic waves, due to corresponding thermoelastic expansion, which has optical resolution and acoustic propagation. This emerging functional imaging method is a non-invasive technique. Due to its precision, this method is particularly attractive for stroke monitoring purpose. In this paper, we review the achievements of this technology and its applications on stroke, as well as the development status in both animal and human applications. Also, various photoacoustic systems and multi-modality photoacoustic imaging are introduced as for potential clinical applications. Finally, the challenges of photoacoustic imaging for monitoring stroke are discussed.
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- Xi Yang
- Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310024, Zhejiang, China
- CenBRAIN Lab., School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310024, Zhejiang, China
- Institute of Advanced Technology, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, 310024, Zhejiang, China
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- CenBRAIN Lab., School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310024, Zhejiang, China
- Institute of Advanced Technology, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, 310024, Zhejiang, China
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- Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310024, Zhejiang, China
- CenBRAIN Lab., School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310024, Zhejiang, China
- Institute of Advanced Technology, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, 310024, Zhejiang, China
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- CenBRAIN Lab., School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310024, Zhejiang, China
- Institute of Advanced Technology, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, 310024, Zhejiang, China
- Corresponding author at: CenBRAIN Lab., School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310024, Zhejiang, China.
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Gröhl J, Kirchner T, Adler TJ, Hacker L, Holzwarth N, Hernández-Aguilera A, Herrera MA, Santos E, Bohndiek SE, Maier-Hein L. Learned spectral decoloring enables photoacoustic oximetry. Sci Rep 2021; 11:6565. [PMID: 33753769 PMCID: PMC7985523 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-83405-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2020] [Accepted: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
Abstract
The ability of photoacoustic imaging to measure functional tissue properties, such as blood oxygenation sO[Formula: see text], enables a wide variety of possible applications. sO[Formula: see text] can be computed from the ratio of oxyhemoglobin HbO[Formula: see text] and deoxyhemoglobin Hb, which can be distuinguished by multispectral photoacoustic imaging due to their distinct wavelength-dependent absorption. However, current methods for estimating sO[Formula: see text] yield inaccurate results in realistic settings, due to the unknown and wavelength-dependent influence of the light fluence on the signal. In this work, we propose learned spectral decoloring to enable blood oxygenation measurements to be inferred from multispectral photoacoustic imaging. The method computes sO[Formula: see text] pixel-wise, directly from initial pressure spectra [Formula: see text], which represent initial pressure values at a fixed spatial location [Formula: see text] over all recorded wavelengths [Formula: see text]. The method is compared to linear unmixing approaches, as well as pO[Formula: see text] and blood gas analysis reference measurements. Experimental results suggest that the proposed method is able to obtain sO[Formula: see text] estimates from multispectral photoacoustic measurements in silico, in vitro, and in vivo.
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- Janek Gröhl
- Computer Assisted Medical Interventions, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany.
- Medical Faculty, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Institute of Applied Physics, Biomedical Photonics, Bern University, Bern, Switzerland
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- Computer Assisted Medical Interventions, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
- Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK
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- Computer Assisted Medical Interventions, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
- Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK
- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Robinson Way, Cambridge, CB2 0RE, UK
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- Computer Assisted Medical Interventions, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany.
- Medical Faculty, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
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Teber D, Engels C, Maier-Hein L, Ayala L, Onogur S, Seitel A, März K. [Surgery 4.0-are we ready?]. Urologe A 2020; 59:1035-1043. [PMID: 32710195 DOI: 10.1007/s00120-020-01272-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
Abstract
The increasing networking of data systems in medicine is not only leading to modern interdisciplinarity in the sense of cooperation between different medical departments, but also poses new challenges regarding the building and room infrastructure. The surgical operating room of the future expands or augments its reality, away from the pure building characteristics, towards an intelligent and communicative space platform. The building infrastructure (operating theatre) serves as sensor and actuator. Thus, it is possible to inform about missing diagnostics as well as to register them directly in the contextualization of the planned surgical intervention or to integrate them into the processes. Integrated operating theatres represent a comprehensive computer platform based on a corresponding system architecture with software-based protocols. An underlying modular system consisting of various modules for image acquisition and analysis, interaction and visualization supports the integration and merging of heterogeneous data that are generated in a hospital operation. Integral building data (e.g., air conditioning, lighting control, device registration) are merged with patient-related data (age, type of illness, concomitant diseases, existing diagnostic CT and MRI images). New systems coming onto the market, as well as already existing systems will have to be measured by the extent to which they will be able to guarantee this integration of information-similar to the development from mobile phone to smartphone. Cost reduction should not be the only legitimizing argument for the market launch, but the vision of a new quality of surgical perception and action.
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- D Teber
- Urologische Klinik, Städtisches Klinikum Karlsruhe, Moltkestr. 90, 76133, Karlsruhe, Deutschland.
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- Urologische Klinik, Städtisches Klinikum Karlsruhe, Moltkestr. 90, 76133, Karlsruhe, Deutschland
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- Abteilung Computer-assistierte Medizinische Interventionen (CAMI), Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Deutschland
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- Abteilung Computer-assistierte Medizinische Interventionen (CAMI), Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Deutschland
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- Abteilung Computer-assistierte Medizinische Interventionen (CAMI), Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Deutschland
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- Abteilung Computer-assistierte Medizinische Interventionen (CAMI), Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Deutschland
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- Abteilung Computer-assistierte Medizinische Interventionen (CAMI), Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Deutschland
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