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Cameron JM, Rinaldi C, Rutherford SH, Sala A, G Theakstone A, Baker MJ. Clinical Spectroscopy: Lost in Translation? APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY 2022; 76:393-415. [PMID: 34041957 DOI: 10.1177/00037028211021846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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This Focal Point Review paper discusses the developments of biomedical Raman and infrared spectroscopy, and the recent strive towards these technologies being regarded as reliable clinical tools. The promise of vibrational spectroscopy in the field of biomedical science, alongside the development of computational methods for spectral analysis, has driven a plethora of proof-of-concept studies which convey the potential of various spectroscopic approaches. Here we report a brief review of the literature published over the past few decades, with a focus on the current technical, clinical, and economic barriers to translation, namely the limitations of many of the early studies, and the lack of understanding of clinical pathways, health technology assessments, regulatory approval, clinical feasibility, and funding applications. The field of biomedical vibrational spectroscopy must acknowledge and overcome these hurdles in order to achieve clinical efficacy. Current prospects have been overviewed with comment on the advised future direction of spectroscopic technologies, with the aspiration that many of these innovative approaches can ultimately reach the frontier of medical diagnostics and many clinical applications.
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- WestCHEM, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Technology and Innovation Centre, Glasgow, UK
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- WestCHEM, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Technology and Innovation Centre, Glasgow, UK
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- WestCHEM, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Technology and Innovation Centre, Glasgow, UK
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- WestCHEM, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Technology and Innovation Centre, Glasgow, UK
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Großerueschkamp F, Jütte H, Gerwert K, Tannapfel A. Advances in Digital Pathology: From Artificial Intelligence to Label-Free Imaging. Visc Med 2021; 37:482-490. [PMID: 35087898 DOI: 10.1159/000518494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2021] [Accepted: 07/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Digital pathology, in its primary meaning, describes the utilization of computer screens to view scanned histology slides. Digitized tissue sections can be easily shared for a second opinion. In addition, it allows tissue image analysis using specialized software to identify and measure events previously observed by a human observer. These tissue-based readouts were highly reproducible and precise. Digital pathology has developed over the years through new technologies. Currently, the most discussed development is the application of artificial intelligence to automatically analyze tissue images. However, even new label-free imaging technologies are being developed to allow imaging of tissues by means of their molecular composition. SUMMARY This review provides a summary of the current state-of-the-art and future digital pathologies. Developments in the last few years have been presented and discussed. In particular, the review provides an outlook on interesting new technologies (e.g., infrared imaging), which would allow for deeper understanding and analysis of tissue thin sections beyond conventional histopathology. KEY MESSAGES In digital pathology, mathematical methods are used to analyze images and draw conclusions about diseases and their progression. New innovative methods and techniques (e.g., label-free infrared imaging) will bring significant changes in the field in the coming years.
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- Frederik Großerueschkamp
- Center for Protein Diagnostics (PRODI), Biospectroscopy, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.,Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Center for Protein Diagnostics (PRODI), Biospectroscopy, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.,Institute of Pathology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Center for Protein Diagnostics (PRODI), Biospectroscopy, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.,Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Center for Protein Diagnostics (PRODI), Biospectroscopy, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.,Institute of Pathology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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Williams GOS, Williams E, Finlayson N, Erdogan AT, Wang Q, Fernandes S, Akram AR, Dhaliwal K, Henderson RK, Girkin JM, Bradley M. Full spectrum fluorescence lifetime imaging with 0.5 nm spectral and 50 ps temporal resolution. Nat Commun 2021; 12:6616. [PMID: 34785666 PMCID: PMC8595732 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-26837-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2019] [Accepted: 10/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The use of optical techniques to interrogate wide ranging samples from semiconductors to biological tissue for rapid analysis and diagnostics has gained wide adoption over the past decades. The desire to collect ever more spatially, spectrally and temporally detailed optical signatures for sample characterization has specifically driven a sharp rise in new optical microscopy technologies. Here we present a high-speed optical scanning microscope capable of capturing time resolved images across 512 spectral and 32 time channels in a single acquisition with the potential for ~0.2 frames per second (256 × 256 image pixels). Each pixel in the resulting images contains a detailed data cube for the study of diverse time resolved light driven phenomena. This is enabled by integration of system control electronics and on-chip processing which overcomes the challenges presented by high data volume and low imaging speed, often bottlenecks in previous systems. High data volumes from multidimensional imaging techniques can lead to slow collection and processing times. Here, the authors implement multispectral fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) that uses time-correlated photon counting technology to reach simultaneously high imaging rates combined with high spectral and temporal resolution.
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- Gareth O S Williams
- Centre for Inflammation Research, Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4TJ, UK
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- Centre for Advanced Instrumentation, Department of Physics, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
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- School of Engineering, Institute for Integrated Micro and Nano Systems, University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, Alexander Crum Brown Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FF, UK
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- School of Engineering, Institute for Integrated Micro and Nano Systems, University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, Alexander Crum Brown Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FF, UK
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- Centre for Inflammation Research, Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4TJ, UK
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- Centre for Inflammation Research, Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4TJ, UK
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- Centre for Inflammation Research, Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4TJ, UK
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- Centre for Inflammation Research, Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4TJ, UK
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- School of Engineering, Institute for Integrated Micro and Nano Systems, University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, Alexander Crum Brown Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FF, UK
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- Centre for Advanced Instrumentation, Department of Physics, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK.
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- School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, UK.
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Oungsakul P, Perez-Guaita D, Shah AK, Duffy D, Wood BR, Bielefeldt-Ohmann H, Hill MM. Addressing Delicate and Variable Cancer Morphology in Spectral Histopathology Using Canine Visceral Hemangiosarcoma. Anal Chem 2021; 93:12187-12194. [PMID: 34459578 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c05190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Spectral histopathology has shown promise for the classification and diagnosis of tumors with defined morphology, but application in tumors with variable or diffuse morphologies is yet to be investigated. To address this gap, we evaluated the application of Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) imaging as an accessory diagnostic tool for canine hemangiosarcoma (HSA), a vascular endothelial cell cancer that is difficult to diagnose. To preserve the delicate vascular tumor tissue structure, and potential classification of single endothelial cells, paraffin removal was not performed, and a partial least square discrimination analysis (PLSDA) and Random Forest (RF) models to classify different tissue types at individual pixel level were established using a calibration set (24 FTIR images from 13 spleen specimens). Next, the prediction capability of the PLSDA model was tested with an independent test set (n = 11), resulting in 74% correct classification of different tissue types at an individual pixel level. Finally, the performance of the FTIR spectropathology and chemometric algorithm for diagnosis of HSA was established in a blinded set of tissue samples (n = 24), with sensitivity and specificity of 80 and 81%, respectively. Taken together, these results show that FTIR imaging without paraffin removal can be applied to tumors with diffuse morphology, and this technique is a promising tool to assist in canine splenic HSA differential diagnosis.
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- Patharee Oungsakul
- School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Gatton Campus, Gatton, QLD 4343, Australia.,QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, QLD 4006, Australia
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- FOCAS Research Institute, Technological University Dublin, City Campus, Dublin D02 HW71, Ireland.,Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Valencia, Burjassot 46000, Spain
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, QLD 4006, Australia
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, QLD 4006, Australia
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- Centre for Biospectroscopy, School of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
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- School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Gatton Campus, Gatton, QLD 4343, Australia.,School of Chemistry & Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, QLD 4006, Australia.,The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, The University of Queensland, Woolloongabba, QLD 4102, Australia
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