Evaluation of Formalin Fixation for Tissue Biopsies Using Shear Wave Laser Speckle Imaging System
Chemical fixation is the slowest and often the most uncontrolled step in the multi-step process of preparing tissue for histopathology. In order to reduce the time from taking a core needle biopsy to making a diagnosis, a new approach is proposed that optically monitors the common formalin fixation...
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| description | Chemical fixation is the slowest and often the most uncontrolled step in the multi-step process of preparing tissue for histopathology. In order to reduce the time from taking a core needle biopsy to making a diagnosis, a new approach is proposed that optically monitors the common formalin fixation process. A low-cost and highly-sensitive laser speckle imaging technique is developed to measure shear wave velocity in a biospecimen as small as 0.5 mm in thickness submerged in millifluidic channels. Shear wave velocity, which is the indicator of tissue mechanical property and induced by piezoelectric-actuation, was monitored using gelatin phantom and chicken breast during fixation, as well as post-fixed liver and colon tissues from human. Fixation levels in terms of shear wave velocity increased by approximately 271.0% and 130.8% in gelatin phantom and chicken breast, respectively, before reaching the plateaus at 10.91 m/s and 7.88 m/s. Within these small specimens, the plateaus levels and times varied with location of measurement, and between gelatin and chicken breast. This optical-based approach demonstrates the feasibility of fine-tuning preanalytical variables, such as fixation time, for a rapid and accurate histopathological evaluation; provides a quality metric during the tissue preparation protocol performed in most pathology labs; and introduces the millifluidic chamber that can be engineered to be a future disposable device that automates biopsy processing and imaging. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b459fcf7a9ac40458f348d7b623cd43f2022-12-21T23:27:25ZengIEEEIEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine2168-23722019-01-01711010.1109/JTEHM.2019.29099148684905Evaluation of Formalin Fixation for Tissue Biopsies Using Shear Wave Laser Speckle Imaging SystemSaniel D. Lim0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1883-4367Qixuan Huang1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1756-6612Eric J. Seibel2Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USAHuman Photonics Lab, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USAMechanical Engineering Department, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USAChemical fixation is the slowest and often the most uncontrolled step in the multi-step process of preparing tissue for histopathology. In order to reduce the time from taking a core needle biopsy to making a diagnosis, a new approach is proposed that optically monitors the common formalin fixation process. A low-cost and highly-sensitive laser speckle imaging technique is developed to measure shear wave velocity in a biospecimen as small as 0.5 mm in thickness submerged in millifluidic channels. Shear wave velocity, which is the indicator of tissue mechanical property and induced by piezoelectric-actuation, was monitored using gelatin phantom and chicken breast during fixation, as well as post-fixed liver and colon tissues from human. Fixation levels in terms of shear wave velocity increased by approximately 271.0% and 130.8% in gelatin phantom and chicken breast, respectively, before reaching the plateaus at 10.91 m/s and 7.88 m/s. Within these small specimens, the plateaus levels and times varied with location of measurement, and between gelatin and chicken breast. This optical-based approach demonstrates the feasibility of fine-tuning preanalytical variables, such as fixation time, for a rapid and accurate histopathological evaluation; provides a quality metric during the tissue preparation protocol performed in most pathology labs; and introduces the millifluidic chamber that can be engineered to be a future disposable device that automates biopsy processing and imaging.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8684905/Biomedical optical sensingelastography monitoringtissue mechanicshistology biopsy preparation |
| spellingShingle | Saniel D. Lim Qixuan Huang Eric J. Seibel Evaluation of Formalin Fixation for Tissue Biopsies Using Shear Wave Laser Speckle Imaging System IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine Biomedical optical sensing elastography monitoring tissue mechanics histology biopsy preparation |
| title | Evaluation of Formalin Fixation for Tissue Biopsies Using Shear Wave Laser Speckle Imaging System |
| title_full | Evaluation of Formalin Fixation for Tissue Biopsies Using Shear Wave Laser Speckle Imaging System |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of Formalin Fixation for Tissue Biopsies Using Shear Wave Laser Speckle Imaging System |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of Formalin Fixation for Tissue Biopsies Using Shear Wave Laser Speckle Imaging System |
| title_short | Evaluation of Formalin Fixation for Tissue Biopsies Using Shear Wave Laser Speckle Imaging System |
| title_sort | evaluation of formalin fixation for tissue biopsies using shear wave laser speckle imaging system |
| topic | Biomedical optical sensing elastography monitoring tissue mechanics histology biopsy preparation |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8684905/ |
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