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Namekata N, Kobayashi N, Nomura K, Sako T, Takata N, Inoue S. Quantum optical tomography based on time-resolved and mode-selective single-photon detection by femtosecond up-conversion. Sci Rep 2023; 13:21080. [PMID: 38030670 PMCID: PMC10687223 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-48270-7] [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: 07/27/2023] [Accepted: 11/24/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
Abstract
We developed an optical time-of-flight measurement system using a time-resolved and mode-selective up-conversion single-photon detector for acquiring tomographic images of a mouse brain. The probe and pump pulses were spectrally carved from a 100-femtosecond mode-locked fiber laser at 1556 nm using 4f systems, so that their center wavelengths were situated at either side of the phase matching band separated by 30 nm. We demonstrated a sensitivity of 111 dB which is comparable to that of shot-noise-limited optical coherence tomography and an axial resolution of 57 μm (a refractive index of 1.37) with 380 femtosecond probe and pump pulses whose average powers were 1.5 mW and 30 μW, respectively. The proposed technique will open a new way of non-contact and non-invasive three-dimensional structural imaging of biological specimens with ultraweak optical irradiation.
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- Naoto Namekata
- Institute of Quantum Science, Nihon University, 1-8-14 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, 101-8308, Japan.
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- Department of Precision Machinery Engineering, College of Science and Technology, Nihon University, 7-24-1 Narashinodai, Funabashi, Chiba, 274-8501, Japan
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- Laboratory of Physics, College of Science and Technology, Nihon University, 7-24-1 Narashinodai, Funabashi, Chiba, 274-8501, Japan
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- Laboratory of Physics, College of Science and Technology, Nihon University, 7-24-1 Narashinodai, Funabashi, Chiba, 274-8501, Japan
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- Division of Brain Science, Institute for Advanced Medical Research, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjyuku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan
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- Institute of Quantum Science, Nihon University, 1-8-14 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, 101-8308, Japan
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Wolff LI, Hachgenei E, Goßmann P, Druzenko M, Frye M, König N, Schmitt RH, Chrysos A, Jöchle K, Truhn D, Kather JN, Lambertz A, Gaisa NT, Jonigk D, Ulmer TF, Neumann UP, Lang SA, Amygdalos I. Optical coherence tomography combined with convolutional neural networks can differentiate between intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma and liver parenchyma ex vivo. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 2023; 149:7877-7885. [PMID: 37046121 PMCID: PMC10374764 DOI: 10.1007/s00432-023-04742-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2023] [Accepted: 04/02/2023] [Indexed: 04/14/2023]
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PURPOSE Surgical resection with complete tumor excision (R0) provides the best chance of long-term survival for patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (iCCA). A non-invasive imaging technology, which could provide quick intraoperative assessment of resection margins, as an adjunct to histological examination, is optical coherence tomography (OCT). In this study, we investigated the ability of OCT combined with convolutional neural networks (CNN), to differentiate iCCA from normal liver parenchyma ex vivo. METHODS Consecutive adult patients undergoing elective liver resections for iCCA between June 2020 and April 2021 (n = 11) were included in this study. Areas of interest from resection specimens were scanned ex vivo, before formalin fixation, using a table-top OCT device at 1310 nm wavelength. Scanned areas were marked and histologically examined, providing a diagnosis for each scan. An Xception CNN was trained, validated, and tested in matching OCT scans to their corresponding histological diagnoses, through a 5 × 5 stratified cross-validation process. RESULTS Twenty-four three-dimensional scans (corresponding to approx. 85,603 individual) from ten patients were included in the analysis. In 5 × 5 cross-validation, the model achieved a mean F1-score, sensitivity, and specificity of 0.94, 0.94, and 0.93, respectively. CONCLUSION Optical coherence tomography combined with CNN can differentiate iCCA from liver parenchyma ex vivo. Further studies are necessary to expand on these results and lead to innovative in vivo OCT applications, such as intraoperative or endoscopic scanning.
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- Laura I Wolff
- Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Production Metrology, Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Production Quality, Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Production Metrology, Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Production Metrology, Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT, Aachen, Germany
- Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
- Else Kroener Fresenius Center for Digital Health, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav, Carus Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute for Pathology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute for Pathology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
- German Center of Lungs Research (DZL, BREATH), Gießen, Germany
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- Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany.
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Fitzgerald S, Akhtar J, Schartner E, Ebendorff-Heidepriem H, Mahadevan-Jansen A, Li J. Multimodal Raman spectroscopy and optical coherence tomography for biomedical analysis. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2023; 16:e202200231. [PMID: 36308009 PMCID: PMC10082563 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.202200231] [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: 07/20/2022] [Revised: 10/19/2022] [Accepted: 10/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
Optical techniques hold great potential to detect and monitor disease states as they are a fast, non-invasive toolkit. Raman spectroscopy (RS) in particular is a powerful label-free method capable of quantifying the biomolecular content of tissues. Still, spontaneous Raman scattering lacks information about tissue morphology due to its inability to rapidly assess a large field of view. Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is an interferometric optical method capable of fast, depth-resolved imaging of tissue morphology, but lacks detailed molecular contrast. In many cases, pairing label-free techniques into multimodal systems allows for a more diverse field of applications. Integrating RS and OCT into a single instrument allows for both structural imaging and biochemical interrogation of tissues and therefore offers a more comprehensive means for clinical diagnosis. This review summarizes the efforts made to date toward combining spontaneous RS-OCT instrumentation for biomedical analysis, including insights into primary design considerations and data interpretation.
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- Sean Fitzgerald
- Vanderbilt Biophotonics Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- School of Physical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- School of Physical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- School of Physical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Vanderbilt Biophotonics Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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Amygdalos I, Hachgenei E, Burkl L, Vargas D, Goßmann P, Wolff LI, Druzenko M, Frye M, König N, Schmitt RH, Chrysos A, Jöchle K, Ulmer TF, Lambertz A, Knüchel-Clarke R, Neumann UP, Lang SA. Optical coherence tomography and convolutional neural networks can differentiate colorectal liver metastases from liver parenchyma ex vivo. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 2022:10.1007/s00432-022-04263-z. [PMID: 35960377 DOI: 10.1007/s00432-022-04263-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2022] [Accepted: 08/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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PURPOSE Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is an imaging technology based on low-coherence interferometry, which provides non-invasive, high-resolution cross-sectional images of biological tissues. A potential clinical application is the intraoperative examination of resection margins, as a real-time adjunct to histological examination. In this ex vivo study, we investigated the ability of OCT to differentiate colorectal liver metastases (CRLM) from healthy liver parenchyma, when combined with convolutional neural networks (CNN). METHODS Between June and August 2020, consecutive adult patients undergoing elective liver resections for CRLM were included in this study. Fresh resection specimens were scanned ex vivo, before fixation in formalin, using a table-top OCT device at 1310 nm wavelength. Scanned areas were marked and histologically examined. A pre-trained CNN (Xception) was used to match OCT scans to their corresponding histological diagnoses. To validate the results, a stratified k-fold cross-validation (CV) was carried out. RESULTS A total of 26 scans (containing approx. 26,500 images in total) were obtained from 15 patients. Of these, 13 were of normal liver parenchyma and 13 of CRLM. The CNN distinguished CRLM from healthy liver parenchyma with an F1-score of 0.93 (0.03), and a sensitivity and specificity of 0.94 (0.04) and 0.93 (0.04), respectively. CONCLUSION Optical coherence tomography combined with CNN can distinguish between healthy liver and CRLM with great accuracy ex vivo. Further studies are needed to improve upon these results and develop in vivo diagnostic technologies, such as intraoperative scanning of resection margins.
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- Iakovos Amygdalos
- Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany.
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- Department of Production Metrology, Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Production Metrology, Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute for Histopathology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Production Metrology, Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Production Metrology, Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Production Metrology, Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT, Aachen, Germany.,Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute for Histopathology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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McShane EP, Chandrasekharan HK, Kufcsák A, Finlayson N, Erdogan AT, Henderson RK, Dhaliwal K, Thomson RR, Tanner MG. High resolution TCSPC imaging of diffuse light with a one-dimensional SPAD array scanning system. OPTICS EXPRESS 2022; 30:27926-27937. [PMID: 36236951 DOI: 10.1364/oe.461334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2022] [Accepted: 06/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
We report a time-correlated single-photon counting (TCSPC) imaging system based on a line-scanning architecture. The system benefits from the high fill-factor, active area, and large dimension of an advanced CMOS single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) array line-sensor. A two-dimensional image is constructed using a moving mirror to scan the line-sensor field-of-view (FOV) across the target, to enable the efficient acquisition of a two-dimensional 0.26 Mpixel TCSPC image. We demonstrate the capabilities of the system for TCSPC imaging and locating objects obscured in scattering media - specifically to locate a series of discrete point sources of light along an optical fibre submerged in a highly scattering solution. We demonstrate that by selectively imaging using early arriving photons which have undergone less scattering than later arriving photons, our TCSPC imaging system is able to locate the position of discrete point sources of light than a non-time-resolved imaging system.
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