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Ushenko AG, Sdobnov A, Soltys IV, Ushenko YA, Dubolazov AV, Sklyarchuk VM, Olar AV, Trifonyuk L, Doronin A, Yan W, Bykov A, Meglinski I. Insights into polycrystalline microstructure of blood films with 3D Mueller matrix imaging approach. Sci Rep 2024; 14:13679. [PMID: 38871757 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-63816-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2024] [Accepted: 06/03/2024] [Indexed: 06/15/2024] Open
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This study introduces a novel approach in the realm of liquid biopsies, employing a 3D Mueller-matrix (MM) image reconstruction technique to analyze dehydrated blood smear polycrystalline structures. Our research centers on exploiting the unique optical anisotropy properties of blood proteins, which undergo structural alterations at the quaternary and tertiary levels in the early stages of diseases such as cancer. These alterations manifest as distinct patterns in the polycrystalline microstructure of dried blood droplets, offering a minimally invasive yet highly effective method for early disease detection. We utilized a groundbreaking 3D MM mapping technique, integrated with digital holographic reconstruction, to perform a detailed layer-by-layer analysis of partially depolarizing dry blood smears. This method allows us to extract critical optical anisotropy parameters, enabling the differentiation of blood films from healthy individuals and prostate cancer patients. Our technique uniquely combines polarization-holographic and differential MM methodologies to spatially characterize the 3D polycrystalline structures within blood films. A key advancement in our study is the quantitative evaluation of optical anisotropy maps using statistical moments (first to fourth orders) of linear and circular birefringence and dichroism distributions. This analysis provides a comprehensive characterization of the mean, variance, skewness, and kurtosis of these distributions, crucial for identifying significant differences between healthy and cancerous samples. Our findings demonstrate an exceptional accuracy rate of over 90 % for the early diagnosis and staging of cancer, surpassing existing screening methods. This high level of precision and the non-invasive nature of our technique mark a significant advancement in the field of liquid biopsies. It holds immense potential for revolutionizing cancer diagnosis, early detection, patient stratification, and monitoring, thereby greatly enhancing patient care and treatment outcomes. In conclusion, our study contributes a pioneering technique to the liquid biopsy domain, aligning with the ongoing quest for non-invasive, reliable, and efficient diagnostic methods. It opens new avenues for cancer diagnosis and monitoring, representing a substantial leap forward in personalized medicine and oncology.
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Affiliation(s)
- Alexander G Ushenko
- Optics and Publishing Department, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, 2 Kotsiubynskyi Str., Chernivtsi, Ukraine
- College of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Optoelectronics and Measurement Techniques, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 4500, 900014, Oulu, Finland
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- Optics and Publishing Department, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, 2 Kotsiubynskyi Str., Chernivtsi, Ukraine
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- Computer Science Department, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, 2 Kotsiubynskyi Str., Chernivtsi, Ukraine
- Department of Physics, Shaoxing University, Shaoxing, 312000, China
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- Optics and Publishing Department, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, 2 Kotsiubynskyi Str., Chernivtsi, Ukraine
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- Optics and Publishing Department, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, 2 Kotsiubynskyi Str., Chernivtsi, Ukraine
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- Optics and Publishing Department, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, 2 Kotsiubynskyi Str., Chernivtsi, Ukraine
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- Rivne State Medical Center, 78 Kyivska Str., Rivne, 33007, Ukraine
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- School of Engineering and Computer Science, Victoria University of Wellington, 6140, Wellington, New Zealand
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- College of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Optoelectronics and Measurement Techniques, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 4500, 900014, Oulu, Finland
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- College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, B4 7ET, UK.
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Ushenko A, Dubolazov A, Zheng J, Litvinenko A, Gorsky M, Ushenko Y, Soltys I, Salega O, Chen Z, Wanchuliak O. 3D polarization-interference holographic histology for wavelet-based differentiation of the polycrystalline component of biological tissues with different necrotic states. Forensic applications. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2024; 29:052920. [PMID: 38495527 PMCID: PMC10943250 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.29.5.052920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2023] [Revised: 01/10/2024] [Accepted: 01/18/2024] [Indexed: 03/19/2024]
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Significance The interference-holographic method of phase scanning of fields of scattered laser radiation is proposed. The effectiveness of this method for the selection of variously dispersed components is demonstrated. This method made it possible to obtain polarization maps of biological tissues at a high level of depolarized background. The scale-selective analysis of such maps was used to determine necrotic changes in the optically anisotropic architectonics of biological tissues. Objective Development and experimental approbation of layered phase polarimetry of repeatedly scattered fields in diffuse layers of biological tissues. Application of scale-selective processing of the found coordinate distributions of polarization states in various phase sections of object fields. Determination of criteria (markers) for histological differential diagnosis of the causes of necrotic changes in optical anisotropy of biological tissues. Approach We used a synthesis of three instrumental and analytical methods. Polarization-interference registration of laser radiation scattered by a sample of biological tissue. Digital holographic reconstruction and layered phase scanning of distributions of complex amplitudes of the object field. Analytical determination of polarization maps of various phase cross-sections of repeatedly scattered radiation. Application of wavelet analysis of the distributions of polarization states in the phase plane of a single scattered component of an object field. Determination of criteria (markers) for differential diagnosis of necrotic changes in biological tissues with different morphological structure. Two cases are considered. The first case is the myocardium of those who died as a result of coronary heart disease and acute coronary insufficiency. The second case is lung tissue samples of deceased with bronchial asthma and fibrosis. Results A method of polarization-interference mapping of diffuse object fields of biological tissues has been developed and experimentally implemented. With the help of digital holographic reconstruction of the distributions of complex amplitudes, polarization maps in various phase sections of a diffuse object field are found. The wavelet analysis of azimuth and ellipticity distributions of polarization in the phase plane of a single scattered component of laser radiation is used. Scenarios for changing the amplitude of the wavelet coefficients for different scales of the scanning salt-like MHAT function are determined. Statistical moments of the first to fourth orders are determined for the distributions of the amplitudes of the wavelet coefficients of the azimuth maps and the ellipticity of polarization. As a result, diagnostic markers of necrotic changes in the myocardium and lung tissue were determined. The statistical criteria found are the basis for determining the accuracy of their differential diagnosis of various necrotic states of biological tissues. Conclusions Necrotic changes caused by "coronary artery disease-acute coronary insufficiency" and "asthma-pulmonary fibrosis" were demonstrated by the method of wavelet differentiation with polarization interference with excellent accuracy.
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- Alexander Ushenko
- Taizhou Institute of Zhejiang University, Taizhou, China
- Chernivtsi National University, Optics and Publishing Department, Chernivtsi, Ukraine
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- Chernivtsi National University, Optics and Publishing Department, Chernivtsi, Ukraine
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- Taizhou Institute of Zhejiang University, Taizhou, China
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- Bucovinian State Medical University, Forensic Medicine and Medical Law Department, Chernivtsi, Ukraine
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- Chernivtsi National University, Optics and Publishing Department, Chernivtsi, Ukraine
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- Chernivtsi National University, Computer Science Department, Chernivtsi, Ukraine
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- Chernivtsi National University, Optics and Publishing Department, Chernivtsi, Ukraine
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- Chernivtsi National University, Optics and Publishing Department, Chernivtsi, Ukraine
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- Taizhou Institute of Zhejiang University, Taizhou, China
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- Bucovinian State Medical University, Forensic Medicine and Medical Law Department, Chernivtsi, Ukraine
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Ushenko A, Zheng J, Litvinenko A, Gorsky M, Wanchuliak O, Dubolazov A, Ushenko Y, Soltys I, Salega O, Chen Z. 3D digital polarization-holographic wavelet histology in determining the duration of mechanical damage to the myocardium. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2024; 17:e202300372. [PMID: 37915304 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.202300372] [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: 09/11/2023] [Revised: 10/05/2023] [Accepted: 10/28/2023] [Indexed: 11/03/2023]
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We aimed developing and experimentally validating methods for 3D scale-selective polarimetry of multiply scattered fields in diffuse myocardium layers for mechanical myocardial injury prescription histological differential diagnostics. We used the synthesis of diffuse object field polarization-interference registration and polarization-inhomogeneous field digital holographic reconstruction and layer-by-layer complex amplitudes distributions The method for selection single and diffuse object field multiply scattered components polarization maps is proposed. The conditions for eliminating the distorting influence of a depolarized background high level are found. On the basis of еру object field single scattered component polarization maps a large-scale selective wavelet analysis the criteria (markers) for mechanical myocardial injury different prescription diagnosis was determinate. Excellent accuracy mechanical injury myocardium necrotic changes with different duration using polarization-interference wavelet differentiation were achieved.
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- Alexander Ushenko
- Taizhou Institute of Zhejiang University, Taizhou, China
- Optics and Publishing Department, Chernivtsi National University, Chernivtsi, Ukraine
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- Taizhou Institute of Zhejiang University, Taizhou, China
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- Forensic Medicine and Medical Law Department, Bucovinian State Medical University, Chernivtsi, Ukraine
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- Optics and Publishing Department, Chernivtsi National University, Chernivtsi, Ukraine
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- Forensic Medicine and Medical Law Department, Bucovinian State Medical University, Chernivtsi, Ukraine
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- Optics and Publishing Department, Chernivtsi National University, Chernivtsi, Ukraine
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- Computer Science Department, Chernivtsi National University, Chernivtsi, Ukraine
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- Optics and Publishing Department, Chernivtsi National University, Chernivtsi, Ukraine
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- Optics and Publishing Department, Chernivtsi National University, Chernivtsi, Ukraine
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- Taizhou Institute of Zhejiang University, Taizhou, China
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Ivanov D, Si L, Felger L, Maragkou T, Schucht P, Schanne-Klein MC, Ma H, Ossikovski R, Novikova T. Impact of corpus callosum fiber tract crossing on polarimetric images of human brain histological sections: ex vivo studies in transmission configuration. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2023; 28:102908. [PMID: 37705930 PMCID: PMC10496857 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.28.10.102908] [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: 05/10/2023] [Revised: 07/20/2023] [Accepted: 08/17/2023] [Indexed: 09/15/2023]
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Significance Imaging Mueller polarimetry is capable to trace in-plane orientation of brain fiber tracts by detecting the optical anisotropy of white matter of healthy brain. Brain tumor cells grow chaotically and destroy this anisotropy. Hence, the drop in scalar retardance values and randomization of the azimuth of the optical axis could serve as the optical marker for brain tumor zone delineation. Aim The presence of underlying crossing fibers can also affect the values of scalar retardance and the azimuth of the optical axis. We studied and analyzed the impact of fiber crossing on the polarimetric images of thin histological sections of brain corpus callosum. Approach We used the transmission Mueller microscope for imaging of two-layered stacks of thin sections of corpus callosum tissue to mimic the overlapping brain fiber tracts with different fiber orientations. The decomposition of the measured Mueller matrices was performed with differential and Lu-Chipman algorithms and completed by the statistical analysis of the maps of scalar retardance, azimuth of the optical axis, and depolarization. Results Our results indicate the sensitivity of Mueller polarimetry to different spatial arrangement of brain fiber tracts as seen in the maps of scalar retardance and azimuth of optical axis of two-layered stacks of corpus callosum sections The depolarization varies slightly (< 15 % ) with the orientation of the optical axes in both corpus callosum stripes, but its value increases by 2.5 to 3 times with the stack thickness. Conclusions The crossing brain fiber tracts measured in transmission induce the drop in values of scalar retardance and randomization of the azimuth of the optical axis at optical path length of 15 μ m . It suggests that the presence of nerve fibers crossing within the depth of few microns will be also detected in polarimetric maps of brain white matter measured in reflection configuration.
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- Deyan Ivanov
- Institut Polytechnique de Paris, École Polytechnique, CNRS, LPICM, Palaiseau, France
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- Tsinghua University, Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute, Shenzhen, China
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- Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Inselspital, Department of Neurosurgery, Bern, Switzerland
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- University of Bern, Institute of Tissue Medicine and Pathology, Bern, Switzerland
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- Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Inselspital, Department of Neurosurgery, Bern, Switzerland
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- Tsinghua University, Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute, Shenzhen, China
- Tsinghua University, Department of Physics, Beijing, China
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- Institut Polytechnique de Paris, École Polytechnique, CNRS, LPICM, Palaiseau, France
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- Institut Polytechnique de Paris, École Polytechnique, CNRS, LPICM, Palaiseau, France
- Florida International University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Miami, Florida, United States
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