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Qi J, Tatla T, Nissanka-Jayasuriya E, Yuan AY, Stoyanov D, Elson DS. Surgical polarimetric endoscopy for the detection of laryngeal cancer. Nat Biomed Eng 2023; 7:971-985. [PMID: 37012312 PMCID: PMC10427430 DOI: 10.1038/s41551-023-01018-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2020] [Accepted: 02/23/2023] [Indexed: 04/05/2023]
Abstract
The standard-of-care for the detection of laryngeal pathologies involves distinguishing suspicious lesions from surrounding healthy tissue via contrasts in colour and texture captured by white-light endoscopy. However, the technique is insufficiently sensitive and thus leads to unsatisfactory rates of false negatives. Here we show that laryngeal lesions can be better detected in real time by taking advantage of differences in the light-polarization properties of cancer and healthy tissues. By measuring differences in polarized-light retardance and depolarization, the technique, which we named 'surgical polarimetric endoscopy' (SPE), generates about one-order-of-magnitude greater contrast than white-light endoscopy, and hence allows for the better discrimination of cancerous lesions, as we show with patients diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma. Polarimetric imaging of excised and stained slices of laryngeal tissue indicated that changes in the retardance of polarized light can be largely attributed to architectural features of the tissue. We also assessed SPE to aid routine transoral laser surgery for the removal of a cancerous lesion, indicating that SPE can complement white-light endoscopy for the detection of laryngeal cancer.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ji Qi
- Research Center for Humanoid Sensing, Zhejiang Lab, Hangzhou, China.
- Wellcome/EPSRC Centre for Interventional and Surgical Sciences, University College London, London, UK.
- Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, UK.
- Centre For Medical Image Computing, University College London, London, UK.
- Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery, Imperial College London, London, UK.
- Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK.
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- Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Northwick Park Hospital, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Wellcome/EPSRC Centre for Interventional and Surgical Sciences, University College London, London, UK.
- Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, UK.
- Centre For Medical Image Computing, University College London, London, UK.
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- Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery, Imperial College London, London, UK.
- Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK.
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Sun D, Feng B, Yang B, Li T, Shao X, Li X, Chen Y. Design and fabrication of an InGaAs focal plane array integrated with linear-array polarization grating. OPTICS LETTERS 2020; 45:1559-1562. [PMID: 32164016 DOI: 10.1364/ol.376110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2019] [Accepted: 02/24/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Polarization imaging plays a crucial role in modern photonic applications such as remote sensing, material classification, and reconnaissance. A novel InGaAs focal plane array integrated with linear-array polarization grating is proposed and fabricated to meet the practical needs of near-infrared polarization imaging. In order to accurately evaluate the polarization performance of a fabricated detector, the improved test system is used to measure the transmittance and extinction ratio (ER). The results show that the detectivity reaches ${1}.{06}\; \times \;{{10}^{12}}\;{{\rm cm}\cdot{\rm Hz}^{1/2}}/{\rm W}$1.06×1012cm⋅Hz1/2/W, and the operable pixel factor is more than 99.8%. The transmittance of more than 55% and the ER of greater than 21:1 are realized, which indicates that the fabricated detector has excellent capability for near-infrared polarization imaging.
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Qi J, He H, Lin J, Dong Y, Chen D, Ma H, Elson DS. Assessment of tissue polarimetric properties using Stokes polarimetric imaging with circularly polarized illumination. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2018; 11:e201700139. [PMID: 29131523 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.201700139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2017] [Accepted: 11/09/2017] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Tissue-depolarization and linear-retardance are the main polarization characteristics of interest for bulk tissue characterization, and are normally interpreted from Mueller polarimetry. Stokes polarimetry can be conducted using simpler instrumentation and in a shorter time. Here, we use Stokes polarimetric imaging with circularly polarized illumination to assess the circular-depolarization and linear-retardance properties of tissue. Results obtained were compared with Mueller polarimetry in transmission and reflection geometry, respectively. It is found that circular-depolarization obtained from these 2 methods is very similar in both geometries, and that linear-retardance is highly quantitatively similar for transmission geometry and qualitatively similar for reflection geometry. The majority of tissue circular-depolarization and linear-retardance image information (represented by local image contrast features) obtained from Mueller polarimetry is well preserved from Stokes polarimetry in both geometries. These findings can be referred to for further understanding tissue Stokes polarimetric data, and for further application of Stokes polarimetry under the circumstances where short acquisition time or low optical system complexity is a priority, such as polarimetric endoscopy and microscopy.
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- Ji Qi
- Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery, Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Minimal Invasive Medical Technologies, Institute of Optical Imaging and Sensing, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, China
- Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery, Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Minimal Invasive Medical Technologies, Institute of Optical Imaging and Sensing, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, China
- Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Minimal Invasive Medical Technologies, Institute of Optical Imaging and Sensing, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, China
- Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Minimal Invasive Medical Technologies, Institute of Optical Imaging and Sensing, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, China
- Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
- Center for Precision Medicine and Healthcare, Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute, Shenzhen, China
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- Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery, Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK
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Qi J, Elson DS. Mueller polarimetric imaging for surgical and diagnostic applications: a review. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2017; 10:950-982. [PMID: 28464464 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.201600152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2016] [Revised: 01/18/2017] [Accepted: 01/19/2017] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Polarization is a fundamental property of light and a powerful sensing tool that has been applied to many areas. A Mueller matrix is a complete mathematical description of the polarization characteristics of objects that interact with light, and is known as a transfer function of Stokes vectors which characterise the state of polarization of light. Mueller polarimetric imaging measures Mueller matrices over a field of view and thus allows for visualising the polarization characteristics of the objects. It has emerged as a promising technique in recent years for tissue imaging, improving image contrast and providing a unique perspective to reveal additional information that cannot be resolved by other optical imaging modalities. This review introduces the basis of the Stokes-Mueller formulism, interpretation methods of Mueller matrices into fundamental polarization properties, polarization properties of biological tissues, and considerations in the construction of Mueller polarimetric imaging devices for surgical and diagnostic applications, including primary configurations, optimization procedures, calibration methods as well as the instrument polarization properties of several widely-used biomedical optical devices. The paper also reviews recent progress in Mueller polarimetric endoscopes and fibre Mueller polarimeters, followed by the future outlook in applying the technique to surgery and diagnostics. Tissue polarization properties convey morphological, micro-structural and compositional information of tissue with great potential for label free characterization of tissue pathological changes. Recent progress in tissue polarimetric imaging and polarization resolved endoscopy paved the way for translation of polarimetric imaging to surgery and tissue diagnosis.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ji Qi
- Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery, Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
- Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery, Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
- Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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