Spectral imaging as a potential tool for optical sentinel lymph node biopsies

Jack D. O'Sullivan; Paul R. Hoy; Harvey N. Rutt

doi:10.1117/12.889543

15 June 2011 Spectral imaging as a potential tool for optical sentinel lymph node biopsies

Jack D. O'Sullivan, Paul R. Hoy, Harvey N. Rutt

Proceedings Volume 8087, Clinical and Biomedical Spectroscopy and Imaging II; 80872J (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.889543
Event: European Conferences on Biomedical Optics, 2011, Munich, Germany

Abstract

Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy (SLNB) is an increasingly standard procedure to help oncologists accurately stage cancers. It is performed as an alternative to full axillary lymph node dissection in breast cancer patients, reducing the risk of longterm health problems associated with lymph node removal. Intraoperative analysis is currently performed using touchprint cytology, which can introduce significant delay into the procedure. Spectral imaging is forming a multi-plane image where reflected intensities from a number of spectral bands are recorded at each pixel in the spatial plane. We investigate the possibility of using spectral imaging to assess sentinel lymph nodes of breast cancer patients with a view to eventually developing an optical technique that could significantly reduce the time required to perform this procedure. We investigate previously reported spectra of normal and metastatic tissue in the visible and near infrared region, using them as the basis of dummy spectral images. We analyse these images using the spectral angle map (SAM), a tool routinely used in other fields where spectral imaging is prevalent. We simulate random noise in these images in order to determine whether the SAM can discriminate between normal and metastatic pixels as the quality of the images deteriorates. We show that even in cases where noise levels are up to 20% of the maximum signal, the spectral angle map can distinguish healthy pixels from metastatic. We believe that this makes spectral imaging a good candidate for further study in the development of an optical SLNB.

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Jack D. O'Sullivan, Paul R. Hoy, and Harvey N. Rutt "Spectral imaging as a potential tool for optical sentinel lymph node biopsies", Proc. SPIE 8087, Clinical and Biomedical Spectroscopy and Imaging II, 80872J (15 June 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.889543

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Lymphatic system

Imaging spectroscopy

Hyperspectral imaging

Biopsy

Breast cancer

Cancer

Image analysis

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