Ayten Kayı Cangır1, Serpil Dizbay Sak2, Gökalp Güneş3, Kaan Orhan4. 1. FEBTS, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara University Medical Design Application and Research Center (MEDITAM), Sıhhiye, 06230, Ankara, Turkey. cangir@medicine.ankara.edu.tr. 2. Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Sıhhiye, 06230, Ankara, Turkey. 3. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Sıhhiye, 06230, Ankara, Turkey. 4. Deparment of Dentoaxillofacial, Radiology Faculty of Dentistry, Ankara University, Ankara University Medical Design Application and Research Center (MEDITAM), Ankara, Turkey.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Micro computed tomography (micro-CT) can provide detailed information about the internal structure of materials. This study aimed to demonstrate the diagnostic value of micro-CT in formalin fixed paraffin embedded pulmonary adenocarcinomas by correlating the micro-CT findings of tumoral and non-tumoral areas with hematoxylin and eosin (HE) sections. METHODS: Paraffin blocks obtained from three adenocarcinomas were scanned with micro-CT. Ten regions of interest (ROIs) from adenocarcinoma and 11 ROIs from pulmonary parenchyma (ROI-C and ROI-N, respectively) areas were compared regarding the various structural parameters. RESULTS: All parameters were significantly different regarding the tumoral and non-tumoral ROIs. The percent object volume, structure thickness, structure linear density, connectivity and connectivity density were higher in ROI-Cs (p < 0.000, p < 0.000, p = 0.001, p < 0.000, and p < 0.000 respectively); whereas intersection surface and structure model index were higher in ROI-Ns (p < 0.000 and p < 0.000). The open porosity percentage was higher in ROI-Ns (68.86 + 2.96 vs 48.29 + 5.11, p < 0.000) and the closed porosity percentage was higher in ROI-Cs (2.29 + 0.55 vs 0.57 + 0.17 p < 0.000). CONCLUSIONS: The tumoral and non-tumoral areas in paraffin blocks can be distinguished from each other, using the quantitative and qualitative information obtained by micro-CT. Making this distinction with quantitative data obtained from micro-CT can therefore be the basis of creating artificial intelligence algorithms in the future.
PURPOSE: Micro computed tomography (micro-CT) can provide detailed information about the internal structure of materials. This study aimed to demonstrate the diagnostic value of micro-CT in formalin fixed paraffin embedded pulmonary adenocarcinomas by correlating the micro-CT findings of tumoral and non-tumoral areas with hematoxylin and eosin (HE) sections. METHODS: Paraffin blocks obtained from three adenocarcinomas were scanned with micro-CT. Ten regions of interest (ROIs) from adenocarcinoma and 11 ROIs from pulmonary parenchyma (ROI-C and ROI-N, respectively) areas were compared regarding the various structural parameters. RESULTS: All parameters were significantly different regarding the tumoral and non-tumoral ROIs. The percent object volume, structure thickness, structure linear density, connectivity and connectivity density were higher in ROI-Cs (p < 0.000, p < 0.000, p = 0.001, p < 0.000, and p < 0.000 respectively); whereas intersection surface and structure model index were higher in ROI-Ns (p < 0.000 and p < 0.000). The open porosity percentage was higher in ROI-Ns (68.86 + 2.96 vs 48.29 + 5.11, p < 0.000) and the closed porosity percentage was higher in ROI-Cs (2.29 + 0.55 vs 0.57 + 0.17 p < 0.000). CONCLUSIONS: The tumoral and non-tumoral areas in paraffin blocks can be distinguished from each other, using the quantitative and qualitative information obtained by micro-CT. Making this distinction with quantitative data obtained from micro-CT can therefore be the basis of creating artificial intelligence algorithms in the future.
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