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Area of Science:

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Medical Imaging
  • Machine Learning in Oncology

Background:

  • Distinguishing tumor from normal tissue is crucial for cancer diagnosis and treatment.
  • Optical coherence tomography (OCT) provides high-resolution cross-sectional imaging of biological tissues.
  • Accurate segmentation of tumor boundaries in OCT images remains a challenge.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a novel machine-learning method for automated tumor segmentation in OCT images.
  • To compare the accuracy of the developed method against histological and fluorescence imaging.
  • To enable co-registration of structural tumor maps with microvasculature data for enhanced analysis.

Main Methods:

  • A machine-learning classifier was trained using structural-image-based feature sets from OCT images.
  • "Ground truth" OCT images were manually segmented by comparison with histology.
  • The method's accuracy was quantified by comparison with fluorescence imaging of KillerRed-expressing tumors.
  • 3D structural maps of tumor and normal tissue were generated.

Main Results:

  • The developed machine-learning method achieved accurate distinction between tumor and normal tissue in OCT images.
  • The segmentation accuracy was validated against fluorescence imaging, confirming precise tumor boundary delineation.
  • Resultant 3D structural maps were co-registered with OCT-derived microvasculature maps.
  • Microvasculature data could be color-coded based on tissue type (tumor or normal).

Conclusions:

  • A novel, accurate machine-learning method for OCT-based tumor segmentation has been successfully developed.
  • This technique provides precise 3D structural maps co-registered with microvasculature information.
  • The method holds potential for radiomics-based multimodal OCT analysis in oncology.