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Winnand P, Boernsen KO, Ooms M, Heitzer M, Vohl N, Lammert M, Hölzle F, Modabber A. Assessment of the Electrolyte Heterogeneity of Tissues in Mandibular Bone-Infiltrating Head and Neck Cancer Using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:2607. [PMID: 38473853 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25052607] [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: 01/28/2024] [Revised: 02/17/2024] [Accepted: 02/19/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024] Open
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Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) was recently introduced as a rapid bone analysis technique in bone-infiltrating head and neck cancers. Research efforts on laser surgery systems with controlled tissue feedback are currently limited to animal specimens and the use of nontumorous tissues. Accordingly, this study aimed to characterize the electrolyte composition of tissues in human mandibular bone-infiltrating head and neck cancer. Mandible cross-sections from 12 patients with bone-invasive head and neck cancers were natively investigated with LIBS. Representative LIBS spectra (n = 3049) of the inferior alveolar nerve, fibrosis, tumor stroma, and cell-rich tumor areas were acquired and histologically validated. Tissue-specific differences in the LIBS spectra were determined by receiver operating characteristics analysis and visualized by principal component analysis. The electrolyte emission values of calcium (Ca) and potassium (K) significantly (p < 0.0001) differed in fibrosis, nerve tissue, tumor stroma, and cell-rich tumor areas. Based on the intracellular detection of Ca and K, LIBS ensures the discrimination between the inferior alveolar nerve and cell-rich tumor tissue with a sensitivity of ≥95.2% and a specificity of ≥87.2%. The heterogeneity of electrolyte emission values within tumorous and nontumorous tissue areas enables LIBS-based tissue recognition in mandibular bone-infiltrating head and neck cancer.
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- Philipp Winnand
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 30, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Chemistry and Bioanalytics, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, Hofackerstrasse 30, CH-4132 Muttenz, Switzerland
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 30, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 30, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 30, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 30, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 30, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 30, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
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Królicka A, Maj A, Łój G. Application of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy for Depth Profiling of Multilayer and Graded Materials. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 16:6641. [PMID: 37895625 PMCID: PMC10608262 DOI: 10.3390/ma16206641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2023] [Revised: 09/29/2023] [Accepted: 10/07/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023]
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Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) has emerged as a powerful analytical method for the elemental mapping and depth profiling of many materials. This review offers insight into the contemporary applications of LIBS for the depth profiling of materials whose elemental composition changes either abruptly (multilayered materials) or continuously (functionally graded or corroded materials). The spectrum of materials is discussed, spanning from laboratory-synthesized model materials to real-world products including materials for fusion reactors, photovoltaic cells, ceramic and galvanic coatings, lithium batteries, historical and archaeological artifacts, and polymeric materials. The nuances of ablation conditions and the resulting crater morphologies, which are instrumental in depth-related studies, are discussed in detail. The challenges of calibration and quantitative profiling using LIBS are also addressed. Finally, the possible directions of the evolution of LIBS applications are commented on.
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- Agnieszka Królicka
- Department of Building Materials Technology, Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics, AGH University of Krakow, Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow, Poland; (A.M.); (G.Ł.)
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Skalny AV, Korobeinikova TV, Aschner M, Baranova OV, Barbounis EG, Tsatsakis A, Tinkov AA. Medical application of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) for assessment of trace element and mineral in biosamples: Laboratory and clinical validity of the method. J Trace Elem Med Biol 2023; 79:127241. [PMID: 37393771 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtemb.2023.127241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2023] [Revised: 06/07/2023] [Accepted: 06/09/2023] [Indexed: 07/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Biomedical application is based on the use of LIBS-derived data on chemical contents of tissues in diagnosis of diseases, forensic investigation, as well as a mechanism for providing online feedback for laser surgery. Although LIBS has certain advantages, the issue of correlation of LIBS-derived data on chemical element content in different human and animal tissues with other methods, and especially ICP-MS, remains pertinent. The objective of the present review was to discuss the application of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) for elemental analysis of human biosamples or tissues from experimental models of human diseases. METHODS A systematic search in the PubMed-Medline, Scopus, and Google Scholar databases using the terms laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy, LIBS, metals, trace elements, minerals, and names of particular chemical elements was performed up through 25 February, 2023. Of all extracted studies only those dealing with human subjects, human tissues, in vivo animal and in vitro cell line models of human diseases were reviewed in detail. RESULTS The majority of studies revealed a wide number of metals and metalloids in solid tissues including teeth (As, Ag, Ca, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, Mg, Ni, P, Pb, Sn, Sr, Ti, and Zn), bones (Al, Ba, Ca, Cd, Cr, K, Mg, Na, Pb, Sr), and nails (Al, As, Ca, Fe, K, Mg, Na, P, Pb, Si, Sr, Ti, Zn). At the same time, LIBS was also used for estimation of trace element and mineral content in hair (Ca, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Na, Zn), blood (Al, Ca, Co, Cd, Cu, Fe, Mg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Si, Sn, Zn), cancer tissues (Ca, Cu, Fe, Mg, K, Na, Zn) and other tissues. Single studies revealed satisfactory correspondence between quantitative LIBS and ICP-OES/MS data on the level of As (81-93 %), Pb (94-98 %), Cd (50-94 %) in teeth, Cu (97-105 %), Fe (117 %), Zn (88-117 %) in hair, Ca (97-99 %), Zn (90-95 %), and Pb (61-82 %) in kidney stones. LIBS also estimated specific patterns of trace element and mineral content associated with multiple pathologies, including caries, cancer, skin disorders, and other systemic diseases including diabetes mellitus type 2, osteoporosis, hypothyroidism, etc. Data obtained from in situ tissue LIBS analysis were profitably used for discrimination between tissue types. CONCLUSIONS Taken together, the existing data demonstrate the applicability of LIBS for medical studies, although further increase in its sensitivity, calibration range, cross-validation, and quality control is required.
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- Anatoly V Skalny
- World-Class Research Center "Digital Biodesign and Personalized Healthcare", IM Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), 119435 Moscow, Russia
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- World-Class Research Center "Digital Biodesign and Personalized Healthcare", IM Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), 119435 Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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- Institute of Bioelementology, Orenburg State University, 460001, Orenburg
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- Laboratory of Toxicology, Medical School, University of Crete, Voutes, 700 13 Heraklion, Greece
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- World-Class Research Center "Digital Biodesign and Personalized Healthcare", IM Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), 119435 Moscow, Russia; Laboratory of Ecobiomonitoring and Quality Control, Yaroslavl State University, 150003 Yaroslavl, Russia.
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Chu Y, Bao L, Teng Y, Yuan B, Ma L, Liu Y, Kang H. The Fibrotic Effects of LINC00663 in Human Hepatic Stellate LX-2 Cells and in Bile Duct-Ligated Cholestasis Mice Are Mediated through the Splicing Factor 2-Fibronectin. Cells 2023; 12:cells12020215. [PMID: 36672150 PMCID: PMC9857260 DOI: 10.3390/cells12020215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2022] [Revised: 12/25/2022] [Accepted: 12/30/2022] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Hepatic fibrosis can develop into cirrhosis or even cancer without active therapy at an early stage. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been shown to be involved in the regulation of a wide variety of important biological processes. However, lncRNA mechanism(s) involved in cholestatic liver fibrosis remain unclear. RNA sequence data of hepatic stellate cells from bile duct ligation (BDL) mice or controls were analyzed by weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA). Based on WGCNA analysis, a competing endogenous RNA network was constructed. We identified LINC00663 and evaluated its function using a panel of assays, including a wound healing assay, a dual-luciferase reporter assay, RNA binding protein immunoprecipitation and chromatin immunoprecipitation. Functional research showed that LINC00663 promoted the activation, migration and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) of LX-2 cells and liver fibrosis in BDL mice. Mechanistically, LINC00663 regulated splicing factor 2 (SF2)-fibronectin (FN) alternative splicing through the sponging of hsa-miR-3916. Moreover, forkhead box A1 (FOXA1) specifically interacted with the promoter of LINC00663. In summary, we elaborated the fibrotic effects of LINC00663 in human hepatic stellate LX-2 cells and in bile duct-ligated cholestasis mice. We established a FOXA1/LINC00663/hsa-miR-3916/SF2-FN axis that provided a potential target for the diagnosis and targeted therapy of cholestatic liver fibrosis.
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- Yang Chu
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, China
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Khan MS, Kumar R, Manno SH, Ahmed I, Lun Law AW, Cruces RR, Ma V, Cho WC, Cheng SH, Lau C. Glymphatic clearance of simulated silicon dispersion in mouse brain analyzed by laser induced breakdown spectroscopy. Heliyon 2020; 6:e03702. [PMID: 32322711 PMCID: PMC7168738 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2019] [Revised: 09/29/2019] [Accepted: 03/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Silicon-based devices, such as neural probes, are increasingly used as electrodes for receiving electrical signals from neural tissue. Neural probes used chronically have been known to induce inflammation and elicit an immune response. The current study detects and evaluates silicon dispersion from a concentrated source in the mouse brain using laser induced breakdown spectroscopy. Element lines for Si (I) were found at the injection site at approximately 288 nm at 3hr post-implantation, even with tissue perfusion, indicating possible infusion into neural tissue. At 24hr and 1-week post-implantation, no silicon lines were found, indicating clearance. An isolated immune response was found by CD68 macrophage response at 24hr post injection. Future studies should measure chronic silicon exposure to determine if the inflammatory response is proportional to silicon administration. The present type of protocol, coupling laser induced breakdown spectroscopy, neuroimaging, histology, immunohistochemistry, and determination of clearance could be used to investigate the glymphatic system and different tissue states such as in disease (e.g. Alzheimer's).
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- Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Physics, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, HKSAR, China
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, HKSAR, China
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- Electrical Engineering Department, Sukkur IBA University, Sukkur 65200, Sindh, Pakistan
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- Department of Physics, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, HKSAR, China
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- McConnell Brain Imaging Center, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kowloon, HKSAR, China
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kowloon, HKSAR, China
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, HKSAR, China
- State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution (SKLMP), City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, HKSAR, China
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, HKSAR, China
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- Department of Physics, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, HKSAR, China
- Corresponding author.
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Wang J, Li X, Zheng P, Zheng S, Mao X, Zhao H, Liu R. Characterization of the Chinese Traditional Medicine Artemisia annua by Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) with 532 nm and 1064 nm Excitation. ANAL LETT 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/00032719.2019.1686511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- Jinmei Wang
- Chongqing Municipal Level Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic Information Sensing and Transmitting Technology, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing, China
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- Chongqing Municipal Level Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic Information Sensing and Transmitting Technology, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing, China
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- Chongqing Municipal Level Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic Information Sensing and Transmitting Technology, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing, China
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- Chongqing Municipal Level Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic Information Sensing and Transmitting Technology, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing, China
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- Chongqing Municipal Level Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic Information Sensing and Transmitting Technology, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing, China
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- Chongqing Municipal Level Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic Information Sensing and Transmitting Technology, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing, China
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- Chongqing Municipal Level Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic Information Sensing and Transmitting Technology, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing, China
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Seifalinezhad A, Bahreini M, Hassani Matin MM, Tavassoli SH. Feasibility Study on Discrimination of Neo-plastic and Non-Neoplastic Gastric Tissues Using Spark Discharge Assisted Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy. J Lasers Med Sci 2018; 10:64-69. [PMID: 31360371 DOI: 10.15171/jlms.2019.10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Introduction: The present work is a novel in vitro study that evaluated the possibility of diagnosing neoplastic from nonneoplastic gastric tissues using spark discharge assisted laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (SD-LIBS) method. Methods: In these experiments, the low energy laser pulses ablated a tiny amount of tissue surface leading to plasma formation. Then, a spark discharge was applied to plasma in order to intensify the plasma radiation. Light emission from plasma was recorded as spectra which were analyzed. Gastric tissues of 5 people were studied through this method. Results: The SD-LIBS technique had the potential to discriminate normal and cancerous tissues based on the significant differences in the intensities of some particular elements. The comparison of normalized calcium (Ca) and magnesium (Mg) peaks of neoplastic and nonneoplastic gastric tissues could be viewed as a practical measure for tissue discrimination since Ca and Mg peaks in spectra of neoplastic were noticeably higher than nonneoplastic. Conclusion: Considering the identification of gastric cancer, the applied method in these experiments seems quite fast, noninvasive and cost-effective with respect to other conventional methods. The significant increment of specific Ca and Mg lines of neoplastic gastric tissues in comparison to the nonneoplastic ones can be considered as valuable information that might bring about tissue classification. The number of samples in this work, however, was not sufficient for a decisive conclusion and further researches is needed to generalize this idea.
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- Aida Seifalinezhad
- Laser and Plasma Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, G. C., Tehran, Iran
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- Laser Application in Medical Sciences Research Center (LAMSRC), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.,Hazrat-e Masoumeh University, Qom, Iran
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Wang Q, Teng G, Qiao X, Zhao Y, Kong J, Dong L, Cui X. Importance evaluation of spectral lines in Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy for classification of pathogenic bacteria. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2018; 9:5837-5850. [PMID: 30460166 PMCID: PMC6238905 DOI: 10.1364/boe.9.005837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2018] [Revised: 10/10/2018] [Accepted: 10/23/2018] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The correct classification of pathogenic bacteria is significant for clinical diagnosis and treatment. Compared with the use of whole spectral data, using feature lines as the inputs of the classification model can improve the correct classification rate (CCR) and reduce the analyzing time. In order to select feature lines, we need to investigate the contribution to the CCR of each spectral line. In this paper, two algorithms, important weights based on principal component analysis (IW-PCA) and random forests (RF), were proposed to evaluate the importance of spectra lines. The laser-induced plasma spectra (LIBS) of six common clinical pathogenic bacteria species were measured and a support vector machine (SVM) classifier was used to classify the LIBS of bacteria species. In the proposed IW-PCA algorithm, the product of the loading of each line and the variance of the corresponding principal component were calculated. The maximum product of each line calculated from the first three PCs was used to represent the line's importance weight. In the RF algorithm, the Gini index reduction value of each line was considered as the line's importance weight. The experimental results demonstrated that the lines with high importance were more suitable for classification and can be chosen as feature lines. The optimal number of feature lines used in the SVM classifier can be determined by comparing the CCRs with a different number of feature lines. Importance weights evaluated by RF are more suitable for extracting feature lines using LIBS combined with an SVM classification mechanism than those evaluated by IW-PCA. Furthermore, the two methods mutually verified the importance of selected lines and the lines evaluated important by both IW-PCA and RF contributed more to the CCR.
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- Qianqian Wang
- School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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- School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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- School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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- School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Research Institute of Chemical Defense, Beijing, 102205, China
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- Research Institute of Chemical Defense, Beijing, 102205, China
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- School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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