New Approach Captures Detailed Mid-Infrared Images for Medical Diagnostics
May 29, 2019 | OSAEstimated reading time: 4 minutes
The researchers demonstrated the imaging speed of their new mid-infrared upconversion spectroscopy approach by tuning the illumination laser to match the peak absorption of a gas flow and acquiring a video with 40 images per second.
They also conducted a pilot study, headed by the team members from Exeter University, in which the system was used to evaluate cancerous and healthy esophageal tissue samples. They found that morphology and spectral classification using their system matched well with the standard stained histopathology images.
“Our upconversion imaging approach is generic and constitutes a major simplification in realizing video-frame-rate, mid-infrared monochromatic imaging,” said Tidemand-Lichtenberg.
“The spectral information provided by this technique could be combined with machine learning to enable faster, and possibly more objective, medical diagnostics based on chemical signatures without the need for staining.”
The research project was funded by the European Commission’s Innovative Training Networks and involved a collaborative team of researchers from The Institute of Photonics Sciences (ICFO) in Spain and DTU Fotonik as well as Exeter University and Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, both from the United Kingdom.
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