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Berigei SR, Nandy S, Yamamoto S, Raphaely RA, DeCoursey A, Lee J, Sharma A, Auchincloss HG, Gaissert H, Lanuti M, Ott HC, Sachdeva UM, Wright CD, Zhao SH, Hallowell RW, Shea BS, Muniappan A, Keyes CM, Hariri LP. Microscopic Small Airway Abnormalities Identified in Early Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis In Vivo Using Endobronchial Optical Coherence Tomography. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2024; 210:473-483. [PMID: 38747674 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202401-0249oc] [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: 01/30/2024] [Accepted: 05/15/2024] [Indexed: 08/16/2024] Open
Abstract
Rationale: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) affects the subpleural lung but is considered to spare small airways. Micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) studies demonstrated small airway reduction in end-stage IPF explanted lungs, raising questions about small airway involvement in early-stage disease. Endobronchial optical coherence tomography (EB-OCT) is a volumetric imaging modality that detects microscopic features from subpleural to proximal airways. Objectives: In this study, EB-OCT was used to evaluate small airways in early IPF and control subjects in vivo. Methods: EB-OCT was performed in 12 subjects with IPF and 5 control subjects (matched by age, sex, smoking history, height, and body mass index). Subjects with IPF had early disease with mild restriction (FVC: 83.5% predicted), which was diagnosed per current guidelines and confirmed by surgical biopsy. EB-OCT volumetric imaging was acquired bronchoscopically in multiple, distinct, bilateral lung locations (total: 97 sites). IPF imaging sites were classified by severity into affected (all criteria for usual interstitial pneumonia present) and less affected (some but not all criteria for usual interstitial pneumonia present). Bronchiole count and small airway stereology metrics were measured for each EB-OCT imaging site. Measurements and Main Results: Compared with the number of bronchioles in control subjects (mean = 11.2/cm3; SD = 6.2), there was significant bronchiole reduction in subjects with IPF (42% loss; mean = 6.5/cm3; SD = 3.4; P = 0.0039), including in IPF affected (48% loss; mean: 5.8/cm3; SD: 2.8; P < 0.00001) and IPF less affected (33% loss; mean: 7.5/cm3; SD: 4.1; P = 0.024) sites. Stereology metrics showed that IPF-affected small airways were significantly larger, more distorted, and more irregular than in IPF-less affected sites and control subjects. IPF less affected and control airways were statistically indistinguishable for all stereology parameters (P = 0.36-1.0). Conclusions: EB-OCT demonstrated marked bronchiolar loss in early IPF (between 30% and 50%), even in areas minimally affected by disease, compared with matched control subjects. These findings support small airway disease as a feature of early IPF, providing novel insight into pathogenesis and potential therapeutic targets.
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
- Wellman Center for Photomedicine
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
- Wellman Center for Photomedicine
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
- Wellman Center for Photomedicine
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Radiology
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
- Wellman Center for Photomedicine
- Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; and
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Zhang C, Yang F, Wang F, Tan Q, He H, Zhang S, Wu J, Tu S. High-speed submillimeter magnetic-driven rotational scanning side-imaging OCT probe. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2023; 16:e202300106. [PMID: 37340704 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.202300106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2023] [Revised: 05/29/2023] [Accepted: 06/16/2023] [Indexed: 06/22/2023]
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A high-speed side-imaging magnetic-driven scanning (MDS) probe is proposed for endoscopic optical coherence tomography (OCT). In the distal end of the probe, a reflecting micromirror is attached to a tiny magnet, which is driven by an external fast-rotating magnetic field to achieve unobstructed 360-degree side-view scanning. A prototype probe was fabricated with an outer diameter of 0.89 mm. Using the prototype probe, OCT images of an ex vivo porcine artery with implanted stent were acquired in 100 frames per second. The OCT engine was a swept-source system, and the system sensitivity with the prototype probe was 95 dB with an output power of 6 mW. The axial and lateral resolutions of the system were 10.3 and 39.7 μm, respectively. The high-speed submillimeter MDS-OCT probe provides a promising alternative endoscopic OCT solution for intravascular imaging applications.
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- Chi Zhang
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Instrument Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Instrument Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Instrument Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Instrument Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Instrument Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Instrument Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Biophotonics Laboratory, University of Michigan - Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Instrument Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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Liu HC, Lin MH, Ting CH, Wang YM, Sun CW. Intraoperative application of optical coherence tomography for lung tumor. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2023; 16:e202200344. [PMID: 36755475 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.202200344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2022] [Revised: 01/06/2023] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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On-site instant determination of benign or malignant tumors for deciding the types of resection is crucial during pulmonary surgery. We designed a portable spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) system to do real-time scanning intraoperatively for the distinction of fresh tumor specimens in the lung. A total of 12 ex vivo lung specimens from six patients were enrolled. Three patients were diagnosed with invasive adenocarcinoma (IA), while the others were benign. After OCT-imaged reconstruction, we compared the qualitative morphology of OCT and histology among malignant, benign, and normal tissues. In addition, through analysis of the quantitative data, a discrete difference in optical attenuation coefficients around the junctional surface was shown by our data processing. This study demonstrated a feasible OCT-assisted resection guide by a rapid on-site tumor diagnosis. The results indicate that future deep learning of OCT-captured image systems able to improve diagnostic and therapeutic efficiency is warranted.
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- Hung-Chang Liu
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
- Department of Medicine, Mackay Medical College, New Taipei City, Taiwan
- Department of Nursing, Mackay Junior College of Medicine, Nursing, and Management, Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Biomedical Optical Imaging Lab, Department of Photonics, College of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu City, Taiwan
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- Department of Medicine, Mackay Medical College, New Taipei City, Taiwan
- Department of Nursing, Mackay Junior College of Medicine, Nursing, and Management, Taipei City, Taiwan
- Department of Pathology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Biomedical Optical Imaging Lab, Department of Photonics, College of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu City, Taiwan
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- Biomedical Optical Imaging Lab, Department of Photonics, College of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu City, Taiwan
- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
- Medical Device Innovation and Translation Center, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Nandy S, Raphaely RA, Muniappan A, Shih A, Roop BW, Sharma A, Keyes CM, Colby TV, Auchincloss HG, Gaissert HA, Lanuti M, Morse CR, Ott HC, Wain JC, Wright CD, Garcia-Moliner ML, Smith ML, VanderLaan PA, Berigei SR, Mino-Kenudson M, Horick NK, Liang LL, Davies DL, Szabari MV, Caravan P, Medoff BD, Tager AM, Suter MJ, Hariri LP. Reply to Kalverda et al.: Endobronchial Optical Coherence Tomography: Shining New Light on Diagnosing Usual Interstitial Pneumonitis? Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2022; 205:968-971. [PMID: 35148493 PMCID: PMC9838623 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202112-2737le] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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- Sreyankar Nandy
- Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, Massachusetts,Harvard Medical SchoolBoston, Massachusetts
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- Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, Massachusetts,Harvard Medical SchoolBoston, Massachusetts
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- Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, Massachusetts,Harvard Medical SchoolBoston, Massachusetts
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- Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, Massachusetts,Harvard Medical SchoolBoston, Massachusetts
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- Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, Massachusetts,Harvard Medical SchoolBoston, Massachusetts
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- Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, Massachusetts,Harvard Medical SchoolBoston, Massachusetts
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- Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, Massachusetts,Harvard Medical SchoolBoston, Massachusetts
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- Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, Massachusetts,Harvard Medical SchoolBoston, Massachusetts
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- Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, Massachusetts,Harvard Medical SchoolBoston, Massachusetts
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- Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, Massachusetts,Harvard Medical SchoolBoston, Massachusetts
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- Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, Massachusetts,Harvard Medical SchoolBoston, Massachusetts
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- Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, Massachusetts,Harvard Medical SchoolBoston, Massachusetts,St. Elizabeth’s Medical CenterBoston, Massachusetts
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- Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, Massachusetts,Harvard Medical SchoolBoston, Massachusetts
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- Harvard Medical SchoolBoston, Massachusetts,Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston, Massachusetts
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- Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, Massachusetts,Harvard Medical SchoolBoston, Massachusetts
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- Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, Massachusetts,Harvard Medical SchoolBoston, Massachusetts
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- Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, Massachusetts,Harvard Medical SchoolBoston, Massachusetts
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- Harvard Medical SchoolBoston, Massachusetts,Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical ImagingCharlestown, Massachusetts,Massachusetts General HospitalCharlestown, Massachusetts
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- Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, Massachusetts,Harvard Medical SchoolBoston, Massachusetts
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- Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, Massachusetts,Harvard Medical SchoolBoston, Massachusetts
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- Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, Massachusetts,Harvard Medical SchoolBoston, Massachusetts
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- Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, Massachusetts,Harvard Medical SchoolBoston, Massachusetts,Corresponding author (e-mail: )
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Bouma B, de Boer J, Huang D, Jang I, Yonetsu T, Leggett C, Leitgeb R, Sampson D, Suter M, Vakoc B, Villiger M, Wojtkowski M. Optical coherence tomography. NATURE REVIEWS. METHODS PRIMERS 2022; 2:79. [PMID: 36751306 PMCID: PMC9901537 DOI: 10.1038/s43586-022-00162-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
Abstract
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a non-contact method for imaging the topological and internal microstructure of samples in three dimensions. OCT can be configured as a conventional microscope, as an ophthalmic scanner, or using endoscopes and small diameter catheters for accessing internal biological organs. In this Primer, we describe the principles underpinning the different instrument configurations that are tailored to distinct imaging applications and explain the origin of signal, based on light scattering and propagation. Although OCT has been used for imaging inanimate objects, we focus our discussion on biological and medical imaging. We examine the signal processing methods and algorithms that make OCT exquisitely sensitive to reflections as weak as just a few photons and that reveal functional information in addition to structure. Image processing, display and interpretation, which are all critical for effective biomedical imaging, are discussed in the context of specific applications. Finally, we consider image artifacts and limitations that commonly arise and reflect on future advances and opportunities.
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- B.E. Bouma
- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA,Institute for Medical Engineering and Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA,Corresponding author:
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA,Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Institute of Medical Physics, University of Vienna, Wien, Austria
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- School of Physics and School of Biosciences and Medicine, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA,Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry and International Center for Translational Eye Research, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland,Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland
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Marinescu DC, Ryerson CJ. Endobronchial Optical Coherence Tomography for the Diagnosis of Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Disease: A Light at the End of the Tunnel? Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2021; 204:1122-1124. [PMID: 34473937 PMCID: PMC8759298 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202108-1899ed] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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- Daniel-Costin Marinescu
- Department of Medicine University of British Columbia Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.,Centre for Heart Lung Innovation St. Paul's Hospital Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Medicine University of British Columbia Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.,Centre for Heart Lung Innovation St. Paul's Hospital Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Nandy S, Raphaely RA, Muniappan A, Shih A, Roop BW, Sharma A, Keyes CM, Colby TV, Auchincloss HG, Gaissert HA, Lanuti M, Morse CR, Ott HC, Wain JC, Wright CD, Garcia-Moliner ML, Smith ML, VanderLaan PA, Berigei SR, Mino-Kenudson M, Horick NK, Liang LL, Davies DL, Szabari MV, Caravan P, Medoff BD, Tager AM, Suter MJ, Hariri LP. Diagnostic Accuracy of Endobronchial Optical Coherence Tomography for the Microscopic Diagnosis of Usual Interstitial Pneumonia. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2021; 204:1164-1179. [PMID: 34375171 PMCID: PMC8759308 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202104-0847oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2021] [Accepted: 08/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Rationale: Early, accurate diagnosis of interstitial lung disease (ILD) informs prognosis and therapy, especially in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Current diagnostic methods are imperfect. High-resolution computed tomography has limited resolution, and surgical lung biopsy (SLB) carries risks of morbidity and mortality. Endobronchial optical coherence tomography (EB-OCT) is a low-risk, bronchoscope-compatible modality that images large lung volumes in vivo with microscopic resolution, including subpleural lung, and has the potential to improve the diagnostic accuracy of bronchoscopy for ILD diagnosis. Objectives: We performed a prospective diagnostic accuracy study of EB-OCT in patients with ILD with a low-confidence diagnosis undergoing SLB. The primary endpoints were EB-OCT sensitivity/specificity for diagnosis of the histopathologic pattern of usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) and clinical IPF. The secondary endpoint was agreement between EB-OCT and SLB for diagnosis of the ILD fibrosis pattern. Methods: EB-OCT was performed immediately before SLB. The resulting EB-OCT images and histopathology were interpreted by blinded, independent pathologists. Clinical diagnosis was obtained from the treating pulmonologists after SLB, blinded to EB-OCT. Measurements and Main Results: We enrolled 31 patients, and 4 were excluded because of inconclusive histopathology or lack of EB-OCT data. Twenty-seven patients were included in the analysis (16 men, average age: 65.0 yr): 12 were diagnosed with UIP and 15 with non-UIP ILD. Average FVC and DlCO were 75.3% (SD, 18.5) and 53.5% (SD, 16.4), respectively. Sensitivity and specificity of EB-OCT was 100% (95% confidence interval, 75.8-100.0%) and 100% (79.6-100%), respectively, for both histopathologic UIP and clinical diagnosis of IPF. There was high agreement between EB-OCT and histopathology for diagnosis of ILD fibrosis pattern (weighted κ: 0.87 [0.72-1.0]). Conclusions: EB-OCT is a safe, accurate method for microscopic ILD diagnosis, as a complement to high-resolution computed tomography and an alternative to SLB.
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- Sreyankar Nandy
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
- Wellman Center for Photomedicine
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pathology
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
- Wellman Center for Photomedicine
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- Department of Radiology, and
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, Arizona
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pathology, Rhode Island Hospital and Alpert Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, Arizona
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
- Wellman Center for Photomedicine
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- Biostatistics Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
- Wellman Center for Photomedicine
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Charlestown, Massachusetts; and
- Institute for Innovation in Imaging (i), Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
- Wellman Center for Photomedicine
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
- Wellman Center for Photomedicine
- Department of Pathology
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Willemse J, Wener RR, Feroldi F, Vaselli M, Kwakkel-van Erp JM, van de Graaf EA, Thunnissen E, de Boer JF. Polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography in end-stage lung diseases: an ex vivo pilot study. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2021; 12:6796-6813. [PMID: 34858681 PMCID: PMC8606143 DOI: 10.1364/boe.435870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2021] [Revised: 09/13/2021] [Accepted: 09/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
A non-invasive diagnostic tool to assess remodeling of the lung airways caused by disease is currently missing in the clinic. Measuring key features such as airway smooth muscle (ASM) thickness would increase the ability to improve diagnosis and enable treatment evaluation. In this research, polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography (PS-OCT) has been used to image a total of 24 airways from two healthy lungs and four end-stage diseased lungs ex vivo, including fibrotic sarcoidosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis, and cystic fibrosis. In the diseased lungs, except COPD, the amount of measured airway smooth muscle was increased. In COPD, airway smooth muscle could not be distinguished from surrounding collagen. COPD lungs showed increased alveolar size. 3D pullbacks in the same lumen provided reproducible assessment of airway smooth muscle (ASM). Image features such as thickened ASM and size/presence of alveoli were recognized in histology. The results of this study are preliminary and must be confirmed with further ex vivo and in vivo studies. PS-OCT is applicable for in vivo assessment of peribronchial and peribronchiolar lung structures and may become a valuable tool for diagnosis in pulmonology.
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- Joy Willemse
- LaserLaB, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- These authors contributed equally
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- Department of Pulmonology, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium
- Department of Thoracic Oncology, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium
- Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Utrecht University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- These authors contributed equally
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- LaserLaB, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Currently with the School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- LaserLaB, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonology, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium
- Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Utrecht University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Utrecht University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Location VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- LaserLaB, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Malone J, Lee AMD, Hohert G, Nador RG, Lane P. Small airway dilation measured by endoscopic optical coherence tomography correlates with chronic lung allograft dysfunction. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2021; 26:JBO-210057R. [PMID: 34263577 PMCID: PMC8278781 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.26.7.076005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2021] [Accepted: 06/28/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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SIGNIFICANCE Chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD) is the leading cause of death in transplant patients who survive past the first year post-transplant. Current diagnosis is based on sustained decline in lung function; there is a need for tools that can identify CLAD onset. AIM Endoscopic optical coherence tomography (OCT) can visualize structural changes in the small airways, which are of interest in CLAD progression. We aim to identify OCT features in the small airways of lung allografts that correlate with CLAD status. APPROACH Imaging was conducted with an endoscopic rotary pullback OCT catheter during routine bronchoscopy procedures (n = 54), collecting volumetric scans of three segmental airways per patient. Six features of interest were identified, and four blinded raters scored the dataset on the presence and intensity of each feature. RESULTS Airway dilation (AD) was the only feature found to significantly (p < 0.003) correlate with CLAD diagnosis (R = 0.40 to 0.61). AD could also be fairly consistently scored between raters (κinter-rater = 0.48, κintra-rater = 0.64). There is a stronger relationship between AD and the combined obstructive and restrictive (BOS + RAS) phenotypes than the obstructive-only (BOS) phenotype for two raters (R = 0.92 , 0.94). CONCLUSIONS OCT examination of small AD shows potential as a diagnostic indicator for CLAD and CLAD phenotype and merits further exploration.
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- Jeanie Malone
- British Columbia Cancer Research Institute, Department of Integrative Oncology, Imaging Unit, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- British Columbia Cancer Research Institute, Department of Integrative Oncology, Imaging Unit, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- British Columbia Cancer Research Institute, Department of Integrative Oncology, Imaging Unit, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- University of British Columbia, Division of Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Vancouver General Hospital, Lung Transplant Program, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- British Columbia Cancer Research Institute, Department of Integrative Oncology, Imaging Unit, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Gulhane A, Chen DL. Imaging in Asthma. Mol Imaging 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-816386-3.00081-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Nguyen TH, Ahsen OO, Liang K, Zhang J, Mashimo H, Fujimoto JG. Correction of circumferential and longitudinal motion distortion in high-speed catheter/endoscope-based optical coherence tomography. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2021; 12:226-246. [PMID: 33520383 PMCID: PMC7818954 DOI: 10.1364/boe.409074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2020] [Revised: 11/13/2020] [Accepted: 11/19/2020] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Catheter/endoscope-based optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a powerful modality that visualizes structural information in luminal organs. Increases in OCT speed have reduced motion artifacts by enabling acquisition faster than or comparable to the time scales of physiological motion. However motion distortion remains a challenge because catheter/endoscope OCT imaging involves both circumferential and longitudinal scanning of tissue. This paper presents a novel image processing method to estimate and correct motion distortion in both the circumferential and longitudinal directions using a single en face image from a volumetric data set. The circumferential motion distortion is estimated and corrected using the en face image. Then longitudinal motion distortion is estimated and corrected using diversity of image features along the catheter pullback direction. Finally, the OCT volume is resampled and motion corrected. Results are presented on synthetic images and clinical OCT images of the human esophagus.
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- Tan Huu Nguyen
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
- PathAI Inc., 120 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, MA 02130, USA
- Havard Medical School, MA 02130, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Wittig L, Betz C, Eggert D. Optical coherence tomography for tissue classification of the larynx in an outpatient setting‐a translational challenge on the verge of a resolution? TRANSLATIONAL BIOPHOTONICS 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/tbio.202000013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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- Lukas Wittig
- Universitätsklinikum Hamburg‐Eppendorf, Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery Hamburg Germany
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- Universitätsklinikum Hamburg‐Eppendorf, Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery Hamburg Germany
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- Universitätsklinikum Hamburg‐Eppendorf, Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery Hamburg Germany
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Goorsenberg A, Kalverda KA, Annema J, Bonta P. Advances in Optical Coherence Tomography and Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy in Pulmonary Diseases. Respiration 2019; 99:190-205. [PMID: 31593955 DOI: 10.1159/000503261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2019] [Accepted: 09/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Diagnosing and monitoring pulmonary diseases is highly dependent on imaging, physiological function tests and tissue sampling. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) and confocal laser endomicroscopy (CLE) are novel imaging techniques with near-microscopic resolution that can be easily and safely combined with conventional bronchoscopy. Disease-related pulmonary anatomical compartments can be visualized, real time, using these techniques. In obstructive lung diseases, airway wall layers and related structural remodelling can be identified and quantified. In malignant lung disease, normal and malignant areas of the central airways, lung parenchyma, lymph nodes and pleura can be discriminated. A growing number of interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) have been visualized using OCT or CLE. Several ILD-associated structural changes can be imaged: fibrosis, cellular infiltration, bronchi(ol)ectasis, cysts and microscopic honeycombing. Although not yet implemented in clinical practice, OCT and CLE have the potential to improve detection and monitoring pulmonary diseases and can contribute in unravelling the pathophysiology of disease and mechanism of action of novel treatments. Indeed, assessment of the airway wall layers with OCT might be helpful when evaluating treatments targeting airway remodelling. By visualizing individual malignant cells, CLE has the potential as a real-time lung cancer detection tool. In the future, both techniques could be combined with laser-enhanced fluorescent-labelled tracer detection. This review discusses the value of OCT and CLE in pulmonary medicine by summarizing the current evidence and elaborating on future perspectives.
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- Annika Goorsenberg
- Department of Pulmonology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands,
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- Department of Pulmonology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Hariri LP, Adams DC, Applegate MB, Miller AJ, Roop BW, Villiger M, Bouma BE, Suter MJ. Distinguishing Tumor from Associated Fibrosis to Increase Diagnostic Biopsy Yield with Polarization-Sensitive Optical Coherence Tomography. Clin Cancer Res 2019; 25:5242-5249. [PMID: 31175092 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-19-0566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2019] [Revised: 04/09/2019] [Accepted: 06/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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PURPOSE With recent advancements in personalized medicine, biopsies must contain sufficient tumor for histologic diagnosis and molecular testing. However, inadvertent biopsy of tumor-associated fibrosis compromises tumor yield, resulting in delayed diagnoses and/or repeat procedures when additional tumor is needed. The ability to differentiate tumor from fibrosis intraprocedurally during biopsy could significantly increase tumor yield. Polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography (PS-OCT) is an imaging modality that is endoscope- and/or needle-compatible, and provides large volumetric views of tissue microstructure with high resolution (∼10 μm) while simultaneously measuring birefringence of organized tissues such as collagen. We aim to determine whether PS-OCT can accurately detect and distinguish tumor-associated fibrosis from tumor. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN PS-OCT was obtained ex vivo in 64 lung nodule samples. PS-OCT birefringence was measured and correlated to collagen content in precisely matched histology, quantified on picrosirius red (PSR) staining. RESULTS There was a strong positive correlation between PS-OCT measurement of birefringent fibrosis and total collagen content by PSR (r = 0.793; P < 0.001). In addition, PS-OCT was able to accurately classify tumor regions with >20% fibrosis from those with low fibrosis (≤20%) that would likely yield higher tumor content (P < 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS PS-OCT enables accurate fibrosis detection and can distinguish tumor regions with low fibrosis. PS-OCT has significant potential for clinical impact, as the ability to differentiate tumor from fibrosis could be used to guide intraprocedural tissue sampling in vivo, or for rapid biopsy adequacy assessment ex vivo, to increase diagnostic tumor yield essential for patient care and research.
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- Lida P Hariri
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. .,Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.,Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.,Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.,Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.,Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.,Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. .,Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Wells WA, Thrall M, Sorokina A, Fine J, Krishnamurthy S, Haroon A, Rao B, Shevchuk MM, Wolfsen HC, Tearney GJ, Hariri LP. In Vivo and Ex Vivo Microscopy: Moving Toward the Integration of Optical Imaging Technologies Into Pathology Practice. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2018; 143:288-298. [PMID: 30525931 DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2018-0298-ra] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The traditional surgical pathology assessment requires tissue to be removed from the patient, then processed, sectioned, stained, and interpreted by a pathologist using a light microscope. Today, an array of alternate optical imaging technologies allow tissue to be viewed at high resolution, in real time, without the need for processing, fixation, freezing, or staining. Optical imaging can be done in living patients without tissue removal, termed in vivo microscopy, or also in freshly excised tissue, termed ex vivo microscopy. Both in vivo and ex vivo microscopy have tremendous potential for clinical impact in a wide variety of applications. However, in order for these technologies to enter mainstream clinical care, an expert will be required to assess and interpret the imaging data. The optical images generated from these imaging techniques are often similar to the light microscopic images that pathologists already have expertise in interpreting. Other clinical specialists do not have this same expertise in microscopy, therefore, pathologists are a logical choice to step into the developing role of microscopic imaging expert. Here, we review the emerging technologies of in vivo and ex vivo microscopy in terms of the technical aspects and potential clinical applications. We also discuss why pathologists are essential to the successful clinical adoption of such technologies and the educational resources available to help them step into this emerging role.
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- Wendy A Wells
- From the Department of Pathology, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire (Dr Wells); the Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas (Dr Thrall); the Department of Pathology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago (Dr Sorokina); the Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Dr Fine); the Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (Dr Krishnamurthy); the Department of Dermatology, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Somerset, New Jersey (Drs Haroon and Rao); the Department of Pathology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York (Dr Shevchuk); the Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida (Dr Wolfsen); and the Wellman Center for Photomedicine (Dr Tearney) and the Department of Pathology (Drs Tearney and Hariri), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston
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- From the Department of Pathology, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire (Dr Wells); the Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas (Dr Thrall); the Department of Pathology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago (Dr Sorokina); the Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Dr Fine); the Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (Dr Krishnamurthy); the Department of Dermatology, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Somerset, New Jersey (Drs Haroon and Rao); the Department of Pathology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York (Dr Shevchuk); the Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida (Dr Wolfsen); and the Wellman Center for Photomedicine (Dr Tearney) and the Department of Pathology (Drs Tearney and Hariri), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston
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- From the Department of Pathology, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire (Dr Wells); the Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas (Dr Thrall); the Department of Pathology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago (Dr Sorokina); the Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Dr Fine); the Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (Dr Krishnamurthy); the Department of Dermatology, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Somerset, New Jersey (Drs Haroon and Rao); the Department of Pathology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York (Dr Shevchuk); the Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida (Dr Wolfsen); and the Wellman Center for Photomedicine (Dr Tearney) and the Department of Pathology (Drs Tearney and Hariri), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston
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- From the Department of Pathology, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire (Dr Wells); the Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas (Dr Thrall); the Department of Pathology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago (Dr Sorokina); the Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Dr Fine); the Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (Dr Krishnamurthy); the Department of Dermatology, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Somerset, New Jersey (Drs Haroon and Rao); the Department of Pathology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York (Dr Shevchuk); the Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida (Dr Wolfsen); and the Wellman Center for Photomedicine (Dr Tearney) and the Department of Pathology (Drs Tearney and Hariri), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston
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- From the Department of Pathology, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire (Dr Wells); the Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas (Dr Thrall); the Department of Pathology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago (Dr Sorokina); the Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Dr Fine); the Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (Dr Krishnamurthy); the Department of Dermatology, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Somerset, New Jersey (Drs Haroon and Rao); the Department of Pathology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York (Dr Shevchuk); the Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida (Dr Wolfsen); and the Wellman Center for Photomedicine (Dr Tearney) and the Department of Pathology (Drs Tearney and Hariri), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston
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- From the Department of Pathology, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire (Dr Wells); the Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas (Dr Thrall); the Department of Pathology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago (Dr Sorokina); the Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Dr Fine); the Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (Dr Krishnamurthy); the Department of Dermatology, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Somerset, New Jersey (Drs Haroon and Rao); the Department of Pathology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York (Dr Shevchuk); the Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida (Dr Wolfsen); and the Wellman Center for Photomedicine (Dr Tearney) and the Department of Pathology (Drs Tearney and Hariri), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston
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- From the Department of Pathology, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire (Dr Wells); the Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas (Dr Thrall); the Department of Pathology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago (Dr Sorokina); the Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Dr Fine); the Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (Dr Krishnamurthy); the Department of Dermatology, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Somerset, New Jersey (Drs Haroon and Rao); the Department of Pathology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York (Dr Shevchuk); the Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida (Dr Wolfsen); and the Wellman Center for Photomedicine (Dr Tearney) and the Department of Pathology (Drs Tearney and Hariri), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston
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- From the Department of Pathology, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire (Dr Wells); the Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas (Dr Thrall); the Department of Pathology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago (Dr Sorokina); the Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Dr Fine); the Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (Dr Krishnamurthy); the Department of Dermatology, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Somerset, New Jersey (Drs Haroon and Rao); the Department of Pathology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York (Dr Shevchuk); the Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida (Dr Wolfsen); and the Wellman Center for Photomedicine (Dr Tearney) and the Department of Pathology (Drs Tearney and Hariri), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston
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- From the Department of Pathology, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire (Dr Wells); the Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas (Dr Thrall); the Department of Pathology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago (Dr Sorokina); the Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Dr Fine); the Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (Dr Krishnamurthy); the Department of Dermatology, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Somerset, New Jersey (Drs Haroon and Rao); the Department of Pathology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York (Dr Shevchuk); the Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida (Dr Wolfsen); and the Wellman Center for Photomedicine (Dr Tearney) and the Department of Pathology (Drs Tearney and Hariri), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston
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- From the Department of Pathology, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire (Dr Wells); the Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas (Dr Thrall); the Department of Pathology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago (Dr Sorokina); the Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Dr Fine); the Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (Dr Krishnamurthy); the Department of Dermatology, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Somerset, New Jersey (Drs Haroon and Rao); the Department of Pathology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York (Dr Shevchuk); the Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida (Dr Wolfsen); and the Wellman Center for Photomedicine (Dr Tearney) and the Department of Pathology (Drs Tearney and Hariri), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston
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- From the Department of Pathology, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire (Dr Wells); the Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas (Dr Thrall); the Department of Pathology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago (Dr Sorokina); the Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Dr Fine); the Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (Dr Krishnamurthy); the Department of Dermatology, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Somerset, New Jersey (Drs Haroon and Rao); the Department of Pathology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York (Dr Shevchuk); the Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida (Dr Wolfsen); and the Wellman Center for Photomedicine (Dr Tearney) and the Department of Pathology (Drs Tearney and Hariri), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston
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Needle-based Optical Coherence Tomography to Guide Transbronchial Lymph Node Biopsy. J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol 2018; 25:189-197. [PMID: 29659420 DOI: 10.1097/lbr.0000000000000491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA), often used to sample lymph nodes for lung cancer staging, is subject to sampling error even when performed with endobronchial ultrasound. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a high-resolution imaging modality that rapidly generates helical cross-sectional images. We aim to determine if needle-based OCT can provide microstructural information in lymph nodes that may be used to guide TBNA, and improve sampling error. METHODS We performed ex vivo needle-based OCT on thoracic lymph nodes from patients with and without known lung cancer. OCT imaging features were compared against matched histology. RESULTS OCT imaging was performed in 26 thoracic lymph nodes, including 6 lymph nodes containing metastatic carcinoma. OCT visualized lymphoid follicles, adipose tissue, pigment-laden histiocytes, and blood vessels. OCT features of metastatic carcinoma were distinct from benign lymph nodes, with microarchitectural features that reflected the morphology of the carcinoma subtype. OCT was also able to distinguish lymph node from adjacent airway wall. CONCLUSIONS Our results demonstrate that OCT provides critical microstructural information that may be useful to guide TBNA lymph node sampling, as a complement to endobronchial ultrasound. In vivo studies are needed to further evaluate the clinical utility of OCT in thoracic lymph node assessment.
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Hariri LP, Adams DC, Wain JC, Lanuti M, Muniappan A, Sharma A, Colby TV, Mino-Kenudson M, Mark EJ, Kradin RL, Goulart H, Suter MJ. Reply to Wijmans et al.: Optical Coherence Tomography: A Valuable Novel Tool for Assessing the Alveolar Compartment in Interstitial Lung Disease? Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2018; 197:1232-1233. [PMID: 29244521 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201711-2347le] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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- Lida P Hariri
- 1 Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, Massachusetts.,2 Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts and
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- 1 Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, Massachusetts.,2 Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts and
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- 1 Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, Massachusetts.,2 Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts and
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- 1 Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, Massachusetts.,2 Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts and
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- 1 Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, Massachusetts.,2 Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts and
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- 1 Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, Massachusetts.,2 Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts and
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- 1 Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, Massachusetts.,2 Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts and
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- 1 Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, Massachusetts.,2 Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts and
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- 1 Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, Massachusetts.,2 Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts and
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- 1 Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, Massachusetts.,2 Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts and
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Wang J, Xu Y, Boppart SA. Review of optical coherence tomography in oncology. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2017; 22:1-23. [PMID: 29274145 PMCID: PMC5741100 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.22.12.121711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2017] [Accepted: 12/04/2017] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
Abstract
The application of optical coherence tomography (OCT) in the field of oncology has been prospering over the past decade. OCT imaging has been used to image a broad spectrum of malignancies, including those arising in the breast, brain, bladder, the gastrointestinal, respiratory, and reproductive tracts, the skin, and oral cavity, among others. OCT imaging has initially been applied for guiding biopsies, for intraoperatively evaluating tumor margins and lymph nodes, and for the early detection of small lesions that would often not be visible on gross examination, tasks that align well with the clinical emphasis on early detection and intervention. Recently, OCT imaging has been explored for imaging tumor cells and their dynamics, and for the monitoring of tumor responses to treatments. This paper reviews the evolution of OCT technologies for the clinical application of OCT in surgical and noninvasive interventional oncology procedures and concludes with a discussion of the future directions for OCT technologies, with particular emphasis on their applications in oncology.
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- Jianfeng Wang
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, Urbana, Illinois, United States
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- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, Urbana, Illinois, United States
- University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Urbana, Illinois, United States
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- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, Urbana, Illinois, United States
- University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Urbana, Illinois, United States
- University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Department of Bioengineering, Urbana, Illinois, United States
- University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Carle–Illinois College of Medicine, Urbana, Illinois, United States
- Address all correspondence to: Stephen A. Boppart, E-mail:
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Balakrishnan S, Bu R, Price H, Zdanski C, Oldenburg AL. Multi-modal anatomical Optical Coherence Tomography and CT for in vivo Dynamic Upper Airway Imaging. PROCEEDINGS OF SPIE--THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR OPTICAL ENGINEERING 2017; 10039. [PMID: 29056811 DOI: 10.1117/12.2250348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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We describe a novel, multi-modal imaging protocol for validating quantitative dynamic airway imaging performed using anatomical Optical Coherence Tomography (aOCT). The aOCT system consists of a catheter-based aOCT probe that is deployed via a bronchoscope, while a programmable ventilator is used to control airway pressure. This setup is employed on the bed of a Siemens Biograph CT system capable of performing respiratory-gated acquisitions. In this arrangement the position of the aOCT catheter may be visualized with CT to aid in co-registration. Utilizing this setup we investigate multiple respiratory pressure parameters with aOCT, and respiratory-gated CT, on both ex vivo porcine trachea and live, anesthetized pigs. This acquisition protocol has enabled real-time measurement of airway deformation with simultaneous measurement of pressure under physiologically relevant static and dynamic conditions- inspiratory peak or peak positive airway pressures of 10-40 cm H2O, and 20-30 breaths per minute for dynamic studies. We subsequently compare the airway cross sectional areas (CSA) obtained from aOCT and CT, including the change in CSA at different stages of the breathing cycle for dynamic studies, and the CSA at different peak positive airway pressures for static studies. This approach has allowed us to improve our acquisition methodology and to validate aOCT measurements of the dynamic airway for the first time. We believe that this protocol will prove invaluable for aOCT system development and greatly facilitate translation of OCT systems for airway imaging into the clinical setting.
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- Santosh Balakrishnan
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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- Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.,Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.,Biomedical Research Imaging Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Optical coherence tomography for identification and quantification of human airway wall layers. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0184145. [PMID: 28981500 PMCID: PMC5628810 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0184145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2017] [Accepted: 08/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Background High-resolution computed tomography has limitations in the assessment of airway wall layers and related remodeling in obstructive lung diseases. Near infrared-based optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a novel imaging technique that combined with bronchoscopy generates highly detailed images of the airway wall. The aim of this study is to identify and quantify human airway wall layers both ex-vivo and in-vivo by OCT and correlate these to histology. Methods Patients with lung cancer, prior to lobectomy, underwent bronchoscopy including in-vivo OCT imaging. Ex-vivo OCT imaging was performed in the resected lung lobe after needle insertion for matching with histology. Airway wall layer perimeters and their corresponding areas were assessed by two independent observers. Airway wall layer areas (total wall area, mucosal layer area and submucosal muscular layer area) were calculated. Results 13 airways of 5 patients were imaged by OCT. Histology was matched with 51 ex-vivo OCT images and 39 in-vivo OCT images. A significant correlation was found between ex-vivo OCT imaging and histology, in-vivo OCT imaging and histology and ex-vivo OCT imaging and in-vivo OCT imaging for all measurements (p < 0.0001 all comparisons). A minimal bias was seen in Bland-Altman analysis. High inter-observer reproducibility with intra-class correlation coefficients all above 0.90 were detected. Conclusions OCT is an accurate and reproducible imaging technique for identification and quantification of airway wall layers and can be considered as a promising minimal-invasive imaging technique to identify and quantify airway remodeling in obstructive lung diseases.
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Liu GS, Kim J, Applegate BE, Oghalai JS. Computer-aided detection and quantification of endolymphatic hydrops within the mouse cochlea in vivo using optical coherence tomography. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2017; 22:76002. [PMID: 28687821 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.22.7.076002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2017] [Accepted: 06/13/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Diseases that cause hearing loss and/or vertigo in humans such as Meniere’s disease are often studied using animal models. The volume of endolymph within the inner ear varies with these diseases. Here, we used a mouse model of increased endolymph volume, endolymphatic hydrops, to develop a computer-aided objective approach to measure endolymph volume from images collected <italic<in vivo</italic< using optical coherence tomography. The displacement of Reissner’s membrane from its normal position was measured in cochlear cross sections. We validated our computer-aided measurements with manual measurements and with trained observer labels. This approach allows for computer-aided detection of endolymphatic hydrops in mice, with test performance showing sensitivity of 91% and specificity of 87% using a running average of five measurements. These findings indicate that this approach is accurate and reliable for classifying endolymphatic hydrops and quantifying endolymph volume.
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- George S Liu
- Stanford University, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford, California, United States
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- Stanford University, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford, California, United States
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- Texas A&M University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College Station, Texas, United States
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- Stanford University, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford, California, United States
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Gora MJ, Suter MJ, Tearney GJ, Li X. Endoscopic optical coherence tomography: technologies and clinical applications [Invited]. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2017; 8:2405-2444. [PMID: 28663882 PMCID: PMC5480489 DOI: 10.1364/boe.8.002405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2017] [Revised: 03/20/2017] [Accepted: 03/27/2017] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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In this paper, we review the current state of technology development and clinical applications of endoscopic optical coherence tomography (OCT). Key design and engineering considerations are discussed for most OCT endoscopes, including side-viewing and forward-viewing probes, along with different scanning mechanisms (proximal-scanning versus distal-scanning). Multi-modal endoscopes that integrate OCT with other imaging modalities are also discussed. The review of clinical applications of endoscopic OCT focuses heavily on diagnosis of diseases and guidance of interventions. Representative applications in several organ systems are presented, such as in the cardiovascular, digestive, respiratory, and reproductive systems. A brief outlook of the field of endoscopic OCT is also discussed.
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- Michalina J Gora
- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA
- ICube Laboratory, CNRS, Strasbourg University, 1 Place de l'Hopital, Strasbourg 67091, France
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA
- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA
- Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA
- Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
- Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University, 720 Rutland Avenue, Traylor 710, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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Optical coherence tomography and confocal laser endomicroscopy in pulmonary diseases. Curr Opin Pulm Med 2017; 23:275-283. [DOI: 10.1097/mcp.0000000000000375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Muller BG, Swaan A, de Bruin DM, van den Bos W, Schreurs AW, Faber DJ, Zwartkruis ECH, Rozendaal L, Vis AN, Nieuwenhuijzen JA, van Moorselaar RJA, van Leeuwen TG, de la Rosette JJMCH. Customized Tool for the Validation of Optical Coherence Tomography in Differentiation of Prostate Cancer. Technol Cancer Res Treat 2017; 16:57-65. [PMID: 26818025 PMCID: PMC5616116 DOI: 10.1177/1533034615626614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2015] [Revised: 11/20/2015] [Accepted: 12/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To design and demonstrate a customized tool to generate histologic sections of the prostate that directly correlate with needle-based optical coherence tomography pullback measurements. MATERIALS AND METHODS A customized tool was created to hold the prostatectomy specimens during optical coherence tomography measurements and formalin fixation. Using the tool, the prostate could be sliced into slices of 4 mm thickness through the optical coherence tomography measurement trajectory. In this way, whole-mount pathology slides were produced in exactly the same location as the optical coherence tomography measurements were performed. Full 3-dimensional optical coherence tomography pullbacks were fused with the histopathology slides using the 3-dimensional imaging software AMIRA, and images were compared. RESULTS A radical prostatectomy was performed in a patient (age: 68 years, prostate-specific antigen: 6.0 ng/mL) with Gleason score 3 + 4 = 7 in 2/5 biopsy cores on the left side (15%) and Gleason score 3 + 4 = 7 in 1/5 biopsy cores on the right side (5%). Histopathology after radical prostatectomy showed an anterior located pT2cNx adenocarcinoma (Gleason score 3 + 4 = 7). Histopathological prostate slides were produced using the customized tool for optical coherence tomography measurements, fixation, and slicing of the prostate specimens. These slides correlated exactly with the optical coherence tomography images. Various structures, for example, Gleason 3 + 4 prostate cancer, stroma, healthy glands, and cystic atrophy with septae, could be identified both on optical coherence tomography and on the histopathological prostate slides. CONCLUSION We successfully designed and applied a customized tool to process radical prostatectomy specimens to improve the coregistration of whole mount histology sections to fresh tissue optical coherence tomography pullback measurements. This technique will be crucial in validating the results of optical coherence tomography imaging studies with histology and can easily be applied in other solid tissues as well, for example, lung, kidney, breast, and liver. This will help improve the efficacy of optical coherence tomography in cancer detection and staging in solid organs.
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- Department of Urology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Physics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Physics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Instrumental Services, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Physics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Free University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Free University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, VU University Medical Center, Free University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, VU University Medical Center, Free University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, VU University Medical Center, Free University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Physics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Anatomically correct visualization of the human upper airway using a high-speed long range optical coherence tomography system with an integrated positioning sensor. Sci Rep 2016; 6:39443. [PMID: 27991580 PMCID: PMC5171831 DOI: 10.1038/srep39443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2016] [Accepted: 11/22/2016] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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The upper airway is a complex tissue structure that is prone to collapse. Current methods for studying airway obstruction are inadequate in safety, cost, or availability, such as CT or MRI, or only provide localized qualitative information such as flexible endoscopy. Long range optical coherence tomography (OCT) has been used to visualize the human airway in vivo, however the limited imaging range has prevented full delineation of the various shapes and sizes of the lumen. We present a new long range OCT system that integrates high speed imaging with a real-time position tracker to allow for the acquisition of an accurate 3D anatomical structure in vivo. The new system can achieve an imaging range of 30 mm at a frame rate of 200 Hz. The system is capable of generating a rapid and complete visualization and quantification of the airway, which can then be used in computational simulations to determine obstruction sites.
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Ferguson JS, Sonetti DA. Surprised but Not Shaken: AQuIRE Sheds New Light on Innovations in Bronchoscopy. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2016; 193:9-10. [PMID: 26720786 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201509-1907ed] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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- J Scott Ferguson
- 1 Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, Wisconsin
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- 1 Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, Wisconsin
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Kirby M, Lane P, Coxson HO. Measurement of pulmonary structure and function. IMAGING 2016. [DOI: 10.1183/2312508x.10003415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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RATIONALE Lung carcinoma diagnosis on tissue biopsy can be challenging because of insufficient tumor and lack of architectural information. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a high-resolution imaging modality that visualizes tissue microarchitecture in volumes orders of magnitude larger than biopsy. It has been proposed that OCT could potentially replace tissue biopsy. OBJECTIVES We aim to determine whether OCT could replace histology in diagnosing lung carcinomas. We develop and validate OCT interpretation criteria for common primary lung carcinomas: adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), and poorly differentiated carcinoma. METHODS A total of 82 ex vivo tumor samples were included in a blinded assessment with 3 independent readers. Readers were trained on the OCT criteria, and applied these criteria to diagnose adenocarcinoma, SCC, or poorly differentiated carcinoma in an OCT validation dataset. After a 7-month period, the readers repeated the training and validation dataset interpretation. An independent pathologist reviewed corresponding histology. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS The average accuracy achieved by the readers was 82.6% (range, 73.7-94.7%). The sensitivity and specificity for adenocarcinoma were 80.3% (65.7-91.4%) and 88.6% (80.5-97.6%), respectively. The sensitivity and specificity for SCC were 83.3% (70.0-100.0%) and 87.0% (75.0-96.5%), respectively. The sensitivity and specificity for poorly differentiated carcinoma were 85.7% (81.0-95.2%) and 97.6% (92.9-100.0%), respectively. CONCLUSIONS Although these results are encouraging, they indicate that OCT cannot replace histology in the diagnosis of lung carcinomas. However, OCT has potential to aid in diagnosing lung carcinomas as a complement to tissue biopsy, particularly when insufficient tissue is available for pathology assessment.
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Kirby M, Ohtani K, Nickens T, Lisbona RML, Lee AMD, Shaipanich T, Lane P, MacAulay C, Lam S, Coxson HO. Reproducibility of optical coherence tomography airway imaging. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2015; 6:4365-77. [PMID: 26601002 PMCID: PMC4646546 DOI: 10.1364/boe.6.004365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2015] [Revised: 09/23/2015] [Accepted: 09/30/2015] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a promising imaging technique to evaluate small airway remodeling. However, the short-term insertion-reinsertion reproducibility of OCT for evaluating the same bronchial pathway has yet to be established. We evaluated 74 OCT data sets from 38 current or former smokers twice within a single imaging session. Although the overall insertion-reinsertion airway wall thickness (WT) measurement coefficient of variation (CV) was moderate at 12%, much of the variability between repeat imaging was attributed to the observer; CV for repeated measurements of the same airway (intra-observer CV) was 9%. Therefore, reproducibility may be improved by introduction of automated analysis approaches suggesting that OCT has potential to be an in-vivo method for evaluating airway remodeling in future longitudinal and intervention studies.
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- Miranda Kirby
- Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Respirology, Bellvitge University Hospital, l’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Imaging Unit, Integrative Oncology Department, British Columbia Cancer Agency Research Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Imaging Unit, Integrative Oncology Department, British Columbia Cancer Agency Research Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Imaging Unit, Integrative Oncology Department, British Columbia Cancer Agency Research Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Imaging Unit, Integrative Oncology Department, British Columbia Cancer Agency Research Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Imaging Unit, Integrative Oncology Department, British Columbia Cancer Agency Research Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Pahlevaninezhad H, Lee AMD, Ritchie A, Shaipanich T, Zhang W, Ionescu DN, Hohert G, MacAulay C, Lam S, Lane P. Endoscopic Doppler optical coherence tomography and autofluorescence imaging of peripheral pulmonary nodules and vasculature. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2015; 6:4191-9. [PMID: 26504665 PMCID: PMC4605074 DOI: 10.1364/boe.6.004191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2015] [Revised: 09/10/2015] [Accepted: 09/27/2015] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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We present the first endoscopic Doppler optical coherence tomography and co-registered autofluorescence imaging (DOCT-AFI) of peripheral pulmonary nodules and vascular networks in vivo using a small 0.9 mm diameter catheter. Using exemplary images from volumetric data sets collected from 31 patients during flexible bronchoscopy, we demonstrate how DOCT and AFI offer complementary information that may increase the ability to locate and characterize pulmonary nodules. AFI offers a sensitive visual presentation for the rapid identification of suspicious airway sites, while co-registered OCT provides detailed structural information to assess the airway morphology. We demonstrate the ability of AFI to visualize vascular networks in vivo and validate this finding using Doppler and structural OCT. Given the advantages of higher resolution, smaller probe size, and ability to visualize vasculature, DOCT-AFI has the potential to increase diagnostic accuracy and minimize bleeding to guide biopsy of pulmonary nodules compared to radial endobronchial ultrasound, the current standard of care.
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Kirby M, Ohtani K, Lopez Lisbona RM, Lee AMD, Zhang W, Lane P, Varfolomeva N, Hui L, Ionescu D, Coxson HO, MacAulay C, FitzGerald JM, Lam S. Bronchial thermoplasty in asthma: 2-year follow-up using optical coherence tomography. Eur Respir J 2015; 46:859-62. [PMID: 26022958 DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00016815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2015] [Accepted: 04/10/2015] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Miranda Kirby
- Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, University of British Columbia and St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan Imaging Unit, Integrative Oncology Department, British Columbia Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Imaging Unit, Integrative Oncology Department, British Columbia Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada Department of Respirology, Bellvitge University Hospital, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Imaging Unit, Integrative Oncology Department, British Columbia Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Imaging Unit, Integrative Oncology Department, British Columbia Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Imaging Unit, Integrative Oncology Department, British Columbia Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Institute for Heart and Lung Health, University of British Columbia and Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Institute for Heart and Lung Health, University of British Columbia and Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Pathology, British Columbia Cancer Agency and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, University of British Columbia and St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Imaging Unit, Integrative Oncology Department, British Columbia Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Institute for Heart and Lung Health, University of British Columbia and Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Imaging Unit, Integrative Oncology Department, British Columbia Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada Institute for Heart and Lung Health, University of British Columbia and Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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McLaughlin RA, Noble PB, Sampson DD. Optical coherence tomography in respiratory science and medicine: from airways to alveoli. Physiology (Bethesda) 2015; 29:369-80. [PMID: 25180266 DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00002.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Optical coherence tomography is a rapidly maturing optical imaging technology, enabling study of the in vivo structure of lung tissue at a scale of tens of micrometers. It has been used to assess the layered structure of airway walls, quantify both airway lumen caliber and compliance, and image individual alveoli. This article provides an overview of the technology and reviews its capability to provide new insights into respiratory disease.
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- Robert A McLaughlin
- Optical & Biomedical Engineering Laboratory, School of Electrical, Electronic & Computer Engineering, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia;
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- School of Anatomy, Physiology & Human Biology, and Centre for Neonatal Research & Education, School of Paediatrics and Child Health, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia; and
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- Optical & Biomedical Engineering Laboratory, School of Electrical, Electronic & Computer Engineering, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia; Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation & Analysis, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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Leong S, Shaipanich T, Lam S, Yasufuku K. Diagnostic bronchoscopy--current and future perspectives. J Thorac Dis 2014; 5 Suppl 5:S498-510. [PMID: 24163743 DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2013.09.08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2013] [Accepted: 09/11/2013] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. Standard bronchoscopy has limited ability to accurately localise and biopsy pulmonary lesions that cannot be directly visualised. The field of advanced diagnostic bronchoscopy is rapidly evolving due to advances in electronics and miniaturisation. Bronchoscopes with smaller outer working diameters, coupled with miniature radial and convex ultrasound probes, allow accurate central and peripheral pulmonary lesion localisation and biopsy while at the same time avoiding vascular structures. Increases in computational processing power allow three-dimensional reconstruction of computed tomographic raw data to enable virtual bronchoscopy (VB), providing the bronchoscopist with a preview of the bronchoscopy prior to the procedure. Navigational bronchoscopy enables targeting of peripheral pulmonary lesions (PPLs) via a "roadmap", similar to in-car global positioning systems. Analysis of lesions on a cellular level is now possible with techniques such as optical coherence tomography (OCT) and confocal microscopy (CM). All these tools will hopefully allow earlier and safer lung cancer diagnosis and in turn better patient outcomes. This article describes these new bronchoscopic techniques and reviews the relevant literature.
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- Steven Leong
- Department of Thoracic Medicine, University of Queensland Thoracic Research Centre, The Prince Charles Hospital, Queensland, Australia 4032
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Lee AMD, Kirby M, Ohtani K, Candido T, Shalansky R, MacAulay C, English J, Finley R, Lam S, Coxson HO, Lane P. Validation of airway wall measurements by optical coherence tomography in porcine airways. PLoS One 2014; 9:e100145. [PMID: 24949633 PMCID: PMC4064993 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2013] [Accepted: 05/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Examining and quantifying changes in airway morphology is critical for studying longitudinal pathogenesis and interventions in diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma. Here we present fiber-optic optical coherence tomography (OCT) as a nondestructive technique to precisely and accurately measure the 2-dimensional cross-sectional areas of airway wall substructure divided into the mucosa (WAmuc), submucosa (WAsub), cartilage (WAcart), and the airway total wall area (WAt). Porcine lung airway specimens were dissected from freshly resected lung lobes (N = 10). Three-dimensional OCT imaging using a fiber-optic rotary-pullback probe was performed immediately on airways greater than 0.9 mm in diameter on the fresh airway specimens and subsequently on the same specimens post-formalin-fixation. The fixed specimens were serially sectioned and stained with H&E. OCT images carefully matched to selected sections stained with Movat's pentachrome demonstrated that OCT effectively identifies airway epithelium, lamina propria, and cartilage. Selected H&E sections were digitally scanned and airway total wall areas were measured. Traced measurements of WAmuc, WAsub, WAcart, and WAt from OCT images of fresh specimens by two independent observers found there were no significant differences (p>0.05) between the observer's measurements. The same wall area measurements from OCT images of formalin-fixed specimens found no significant differences for WAsub, WAcart and WAt, and a small but significant difference for WAmuc. Bland-Altman analysis indicated there were negligible biases between the observers for OCT wall area measurements in both fresh and formalin-fixed specimens. Bland-Altman analysis also indicated there was negligible bias between histology and OCT wall area measurements for both fresh and formalin-fixed specimens. We believe this study sets the groundwork for quantitatively monitoring pathogenesis and interventions in the airways using OCT.
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- Anthony M. D. Lee
- Department of Integrative Oncology - Imaging Unit, British Columbia Cancer Agency Research Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Integrative Oncology - Imaging Unit, British Columbia Cancer Agency Research Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Integrative Oncology - Imaging Unit, British Columbia Cancer Agency Research Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Pathology, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Surgery, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Integrative Oncology - Imaging Unit, British Columbia Cancer Agency Research Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Integrative Oncology - Imaging Unit, British Columbia Cancer Agency Research Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Hariri LP, Mino-Kenudson M, Applegate MB, Mark EJ, Tearney GJ, Lanuti M, Channick CL, Chee A, Suter MJ. Toward the guidance of transbronchial biopsy: identifying pulmonary nodules with optical coherence tomography. Chest 2014; 144:1261-1268. [PMID: 23828441 DOI: 10.1378/chest.13-0534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Solitary pulmonary nodules (SPNs) frequently require transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) or biopsy to determine malignant potential, but have variable diagnostic yields. Confirming needle placement within SPNs during TBNA could significantly increase diagnostic yield. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) provides nondestructive, high-resolution, microstructural imaging with potential to distinguish SPN from parenchyma. We have developed needle-based OCT probes compatible with TBNA. Before OCT can play any significant role in guiding clinical TBNA, OCT interpretation criteria for differentiating SPN from lung parenchyma must be developed and validated. METHODS OCT of SPN and parenchyma was performed on 111 ex vivo resection specimens. OCT criteria for parenchyma and SPN were developed and validated in a blinded assessment. Six blinded readers (two pulmonologists, two pathologists, and two OCT experts) were trained on imaging criteria in a 15-min training session prior to interpreting the validation data set. RESULTS OCT of lung parenchyma displayed evenly spaced signal-void alveolar spaces, signal-intense backreflections at tissue-air interfaces, or both. SPNs lacked both of these imaging features. Independent validation of OCT criteria by the six blinded readers demonstrated sensitivity and specificity of 95.4% and 98.2%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS We have developed and validated OCT criteria for lung parenchyma and SPN with sensitivity and specificity > 95% in this ex vivo study. We anticipate that OCT could be a useful complementary imaging modality to confirm needle placement during TBNA to potentially increase diagnostic yield.
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- Lida P Hariri
- Departments of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Departments of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Pulmonary and Critical Care Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Departments of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Departments of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Boston, MA
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Pulmonary and Critical Care Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Pulmonary and Critical Care Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Pulmonary and Critical Care Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
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Pagnozzi AM, Kirk RW, Kennedy BF, Sampson DD, McLaughlin RA. Automated quantification of lung structures from optical coherence tomography images. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2013; 4:2383-2395. [PMID: 24298402 PMCID: PMC3829535 DOI: 10.1364/boe.4.002383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2013] [Revised: 09/24/2013] [Accepted: 09/26/2013] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Characterization of the size of lung structures can aid in the assessment of a range of respiratory diseases. In this paper, we present a fully automated segmentation and quantification algorithm for the delineation of large numbers of lung structures in optical coherence tomography images, and the characterization of their size using the stereological measure of median chord length. We demonstrate this algorithm on scans acquired with OCT needle probes in fresh, ex vivo tissues from two healthy animal models: pig and rat. Automatically computed estimates of lung structure size were validated against manual measures. In addition, we present 3D visualizations of the lung structures using the segmentation calculated for each data set. This method has the potential to provide an in vivo indicator of structural remodeling caused by a range of respiratory diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pulmonary fibrosis.
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- Alex M. Pagnozzi
- Optical + Biomedical Engineering Laboratory, School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- Optical + Biomedical Engineering Laboratory, School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- Optical + Biomedical Engineering Laboratory, School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- Optical + Biomedical Engineering Laboratory, School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
- Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia, 6009, Australia
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- Optical + Biomedical Engineering Laboratory, School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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Jain M, Narula N, Salamoon B, Shevchuk MM, Aggarwal A, Altorki N, Stiles B, Boccara C, Mukherjee S. Full-field optical coherence tomography for the analysis of fresh unstained human lobectomy specimens. J Pathol Inform 2013; 4:26. [PMID: 24244883 PMCID: PMC3814996 DOI: 10.4103/2153-3539.119004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2013] [Accepted: 07/27/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Background: Full-field optical coherence tomography (FFOCT) is a real-time imaging technique that generates high-resolution three-dimensional tomographic images from unprocessed and unstained tissues. Lack of tissue processing and associated artifacts, along with the ability to generate large-field images quickly, warrants its exploration as an alternative diagnostic tool. Materials and Methods: One section each from the tumor and from adjacent non-neoplastic tissue was collected from 13 human lobectomy specimens. They were imaged fresh with FFOCT and then submitted for routine histopathology. Two blinded pathologists independently rendered diagnoses based on FFOCT images. Results: Normal lung architecture (alveoli, bronchi, pleura and blood vessels) was readily identified with FFOCT. Using FFOCT images alone, the study pathologists were able to correctly identify all tumor specimens and in many cases, the histological subtype of tumor (e.g., adenocarcinomas with various patterns). However, benign diagnosis was provided with high confidence in roughly half the tumor-free specimens (others were diagnosed as equivocal or false positive). Further analysis of these images revealed two major confounding features: (a) Extensive lung collapse and (b) presence of smoker's macrophages. On a closer inspection, however, the smoker's macrophages could often be identified as distinct from tumor cells based on their relative location in the alveoli, size and presence of anthracosis. We posit that greater pathologist experience, complemented with morphometric analysis and color-coding of image components, may help minimize the contribution of these confounders in the future. Conclusion: Our study provides evidence for the potential utility of FFOCT in identifying and differentiating lung tumors from non-neoplastic lung tissue. We foresee its potential as an adjunct to intra-surgical frozen section analysis for margin assessment, especially in limited lung resections.
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- Manu Jain
- Department of Urology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, USA ; Department of Biochemistry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, USA
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Hariri LP, Villiger M, Applegate MB, Mino-Kenudson M, Mark EJ, Bouma BE, Suter MJ. Seeing beyond the bronchoscope to increase the diagnostic yield of bronchoscopic biopsy. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2013; 187:125-9. [PMID: 23322794 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201208-1483oe] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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- Lida P Hariri
- Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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Hariri LP, Mino-Kenudson M, Mark EJ, Suter MJ. In vivo optical coherence tomography: the role of the pathologist. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2013. [PMID: 23194041 DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2012-0252-sa] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a nondestructive, high-resolution imaging modality, providing cross-sectional, architectural images at near histologic resolutions, with penetration depths up to a few millimeters. Optical frequency domain imaging is a second-generation OCT technology that has equally high resolution with significantly increased image acquisition speeds and allows for large area, high-resolution tissue assessments. These features make OCT and optical frequency domain imaging ideal imaging techniques for surface and endoscopic imaging, specifically when tissue is unsafe to obtain and/or suffers from biopsy sampling error. This review focuses on the clinical impact of OCT in coronary, esophageal, and pulmonary imaging and the role of the pathologist in interpreting high-resolution OCT images as a complement to standard tissue pathology.
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- Lida P Hariri
- Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA.
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Hariri LP, Applegate MB, Mino-Kenudson M, Mark EJ, Bouma BE, Tearney GJ, Suter MJ. Optical frequency domain imaging of ex vivo pulmonary resection specimens: obtaining one to one image to histopathology correlation. J Vis Exp 2013:3855. [PMID: 23381470 DOI: 10.3791/3855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths. Squamous cell and small cell cancers typically arise in association with the conducting airways, whereas adenocarcinomas are typically more peripheral in location. Lung malignancy detection early in the disease process may be difficult due to several limitations: radiological resolution, bronchoscopic limitations in evaluating tissue underlying the airway mucosa and identifying early pathologic changes, and small sample size and/or incomplete sampling in histology biopsies. High resolution imaging modalities, such as optical frequency domain imaging (OFDI), provide non-destructive, large area 3-dimensional views of tissue microstructure to depths approaching 2 mm in real time (Figure 1). OFDI has been utilized in a variety of applications, including evaluation of coronary artery atherosclerosis and esophageal intestinal metaplasia and dysplasia. Bronchoscopic OCT/OFDI has been demonstrated as a safe in vivo imaging tool for evaluating the pulmonary airways (Animation). OCT has been assessed in pulmonary airways and parenchyma of animal models and in vivo human airway. OCT imaging of normal airway has demonstrated visualization of airway layering and alveolar attachments, and evaluation of dysplastic lesions has been found useful in distinguishing grades of dysplasia in the bronchial mucosa. OFDI imaging of bronchial mucosa has been demonstrated in a short bronchial segment (0.8 cm). Additionally, volumetric OFDI spanning multiple airway generations in swine and human pulmonary airways in vivo has been described. Endobronchial OCT/OFDI is typically performed using thin, flexible catheters, which are compatible with standard bronchoscopic access ports. Additionally, OCT and OFDI needle-based probes have recently been developed, which may be used to image regions of the lung beyond the airway wall or pleural surface. While OCT/OFDI has been utilized and demonstrated as feasible for in vivo pulmonary imaging, no studies with precisely matched one-to-one OFDI:histology have been performed. Therefore, specific imaging criteria for various pulmonary pathologies have yet to be developed. Histopathological counterparts obtained in vivo consist of only small biopsy fragments, which are difficult to correlate with large OFDI datasets. Additionally, they do not provide the comprehensive histology needed for registration with large volume OFDI. As a result, specific imaging features of pulmonary pathology cannot be developed in the in vivo setting. Precisely matched, one-to-one OFDI and histology correlation is vital to accurately evaluate features seen in OFDI against histology as a gold standard in order to derive specific image interpretation criteria for pulmonary neoplasms and other pulmonary pathologies. Once specific imaging criteria have been developed and validated ex vivo with matched one-to-one histology, the criteria may then be applied to in vivo imaging studies. Here, we present a method for precise, one to one correlation between high resolution optical imaging and histology in ex vivo lung resection specimens. Throughout this manuscript, we describe the techniques used to match OFDI images to histology. However, this method is not specific to OFDI and can be used to obtain histology-registered images for any optical imaging technique. We performed airway centered OFDI with a specialized custom built bronchoscopic 2.4 French (0.8 mm diameter) catheter. Tissue samples were marked with tissue dye, visible in both OFDI and histology. Careful orientation procedures were used to precisely correlate imaging and histological sampling locations. The techniques outlined in this manuscript were used to conduct the first demonstration of volumetric OFDI with precise correlation to tissue-based diagnosis for evaluating pulmonary pathology. This straightforward, effective technique may be extended to other tissue types to provide precise imaging to histology correlation needed to determine fine imaging features of both normal and diseased tissues.
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- Lida P Hariri
- Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, USA
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Zander DS. Volumetric optical frequency domain imaging: building a new lexicon. Chest 2013; 143:10-12. [PMID: 23276839 DOI: 10.1378/chest.12-1864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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- Dani S Zander
- Department of Pathology, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center/Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA.
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Unglert CI, Warger WC, Hostens J, Namati E, Birngruber R, Bouma BE, Tearney GJ. Validation of two-dimensional and three-dimensional measurements of subpleural alveolar size parameters by optical coherence tomography. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2012; 17:126015. [PMID: 23235834 PMCID: PMC3519489 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.17.12.126015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Optical coherence tomography (OCT) has been increasingly used for imaging pulmonary alveoli. Only a few studies, however, have quantified individual alveolar areas, and the validity of alveolar volumes represented within OCT images has not been shown. To validate quantitative measurements of alveoli from OCT images, we compared the cross-sectional area, perimeter, volume, and surface area of matched subpleural alveoli from microcomputed tomography (micro-CT) and OCT images of fixed air-filled swine samples. The relative change in size between different alveoli was extremely well correlated (r>0.9, P<0.0001), but OCT images underestimated absolute sizes compared to micro-CT by 27% (area), 7% (perimeter), 46% (volume), and 25% (surface area) on average. We hypothesized that the differences resulted from refraction at the tissue-air interfaces and developed a ray-tracing model that approximates the reconstructed alveolar size within OCT images. Using this model and OCT measurements of the refractive index for lung tissue (1.41 for fresh, 1.53 for fixed), we derived equations to obtain absolute size measurements of superellipse and circular alveoli with the use of predictive correction factors. These methods and results should enable the quantification of alveolar sizes from OCT images in vivo.
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- Carolin I Unglert
- Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Wellman Center for Photomedicine, 40 Parkman Street, RSL 160, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA.
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