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Rapid intraoperative histology of unprocessed surgical specimens via fibre-laser-based stimulated Raman scattering microscopy

2017; Nature Portfolio; Volume: 1; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1038/s41551-016-0027

2157-846X

Daniel A. Orringer, Balaji Pandian, Yashar S. Niknafs, Todd Hollon, Julianne Boyle, Spencer Lewis, Mia R. Garrard, Shawn L. Hervey‐Jumper, Hugh Garton, Cormac O. Maher, Jason Heth, Oren Sagher, David Wilkinson, Matija Snuderl, Sriram Venneti, Shakti Ramkissoon, Kathryn McFadden, Amanda Fisher-Hubbard, Andrew P. Lieberman, Timothy D. Johnson, X. Sunney Xie, J. K. Trautman, Christian W. Freudiger, Sandra Camelo‐Piragua,

Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging

Conventional methods for intraoperative histopathologic diagnosis are labour- and time-intensive, and may delay decision-making during brain-tumour surgery. Stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) microscopy, a label-free optical process, has been shown to rapidly detect brain-tumour infiltration in fresh, unprocessed human tissues. Here, we demonstrate the first application of SRS microscopy in the operating room using a portable fibre-laser-based microscope and unprocessed specimens from 101 neurosurgical patients. We also introduce an image-processing method—stimulated Raman histology (SRH)—that leverages SRS images to create virtual haematoxylin-and-eosin-stained slides, revealing essential diagnostic features. In a simulation of intraoperative pathologic consultation in 30 patients, we found a remarkable concordance of SRH and conventional histology for predicting diagnosis (Cohen’s kappa, κ > 0.89), with accuracy exceeding 92%. We also built and validated a multilayer perceptron based on quantified SRH image attributes that predicts brain-tumour subtype with 90% accuracy. Our findings provide insight into how SRH can now be used to improve the surgical care of brain-tumour patients. By taking advantage of stimulated Raman spectroscopy and fibre-laser technology, virtual histology images can be obtained in real time in the operating room, with diagnostic quality comparable with that achieved via conventional histopathology.