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7 March 2016 Investigating the effect of pixel size of high spatial resolution FTIR imaging for detection of colorectal cancer
G. R. Lloyd, J. Nallala, N. Stone
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Abstract
FTIR is a well-established technique and there is significant interest in applying this technique to medical diagnostics e.g. to detect cancer. The introduction of focal plane array (FPA) detectors means that FTIR is particularly suited to rapid imaging of biopsy sections as an adjunct to digital pathology. Until recently however each pixel in the image has been limited to a minimum of 5.5 µm which results in a comparatively low magnification image or histology applications and potentially the loss of important diagnostic information. The recent introduction of higher magnification optics gives image pixels that cover approx. 1.1 µm. This reduction in image pixel size gives images of higher magnification and improved spatial detail can be observed. However, the effect of increasing the magnification on spectral quality and the ability to discriminate between disease states is not well studied. In this work we test the discriminatory performance of FTIR imaging using both standard (5.5 µm) and high (1.1 µm) magnification for the detection of colorectal cancer and explore the effect of binning to degrade high resolution images to determine whether similar diagnostic information and performance can be obtained using both magnifications. Results indicate that diagnostic performance using high magnification may be reduced as compared to standard magnification when using existing multivariate approaches. Reduction of the high magnification data to standard magnification via binning can potentially recover some of the lost performance.
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G. R. Lloyd, J. Nallala, and N. Stone "Investigating the effect of pixel size of high spatial resolution FTIR imaging for detection of colorectal cancer", Proc. SPIE 9703, Optical Biopsy XIV: Toward Real-Time Spectroscopic Imaging and Diagnosis, 970306 (7 March 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2210844
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KEYWORDS
FT-IR spectroscopy

Tissues

Diagnostics

Pathology

Colorectal cancer

Statistical analysis

Microscopes

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