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ArticleJournal of gastroenterology2018

Automated cytological detection of Barrett's neoplasia with infrared spectroscopy.

Oliver Old, Gavin Lloyd, Martin Isabelle, L Max Almond, Catherine Kendall, Karol Baxter, Neil Shepherd, Angela Shore, Nick Stone, Hugh Barr

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Article in Journal of gastroenterology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Spectroscopy for Esophageal Diseases.Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Oliver OldBiophotonics Research Unit, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Great Western Road, Gloucester, GL1 3NN, UK. oliold@hotmail.com.
Gavin LloydBiophotonics Research Unit, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Great Western Road, Gloucester, GL1 3NN, UK.
Martin IsabelleBiophotonics Research Unit, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Great Western Road, Gloucester, GL1 3NN, UK.
L Max AlmondBiophotonics Research Unit, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Great Western Road, Gloucester, GL1 3NN, UK.
Catherine KendallBiophotonics Research Unit, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Great Western Road, Gloucester, GL1 3NN, UK.
Karol BaxterGloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Great Western Road, Gloucester, GL1 3NN, UK.
Neil ShepherdGloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Great Western Road, Gloucester, GL1 3NN, UK.
Angela ShoreNIHR Exeter Clinical Research Facility, University of Exeter Medical School, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, EX2 5DW, UK.
Nick StoneSchool of Physics and Astronomy, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4QL, UK.
Hugh BarrBiophotonics Research Unit, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Great Western Road, Gloucester, GL1 3NN, UK.
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · GBUniversity of Exeter · GBNIHR Exeter Clinical Research Facility · GB

Funding

Department of Health II-LB-0315-20008Royal College of Surgeons of England Surgical Research Fellowship
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDevelopment of a nonendoscopic test for Barrett's esophagus would revolutionize population screening and surveillance for patients with Barrett's esophagus. Swallowed cell collection devices have recently been developed to obtain cytology brushings from the esophagus: automated detection of neoplasia in such samples would enable large-scale screening and surveillance.

methodsFourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy was used to develop an automated tool for detection of Barrett's esophagus and Barrett's neoplasia in esophageal cell samples. Cytology brushings were collected at endoscopy, cytospun onto slides and FTIR images were measured. An automated cell recognition program was developed to identify individual cells on the slide.

resultsCytology review and contemporaneous histology was used to inform a training dataset containing 141 cells from 17 patients. A classification model was constructed by principal component analysis fed linear discriminant analysis, then tested by leave-one-sample-out cross validation. With application of this training model to whole slide samples, a threshold voting system was used to classify samples according to their constituent cells. Across the entire dataset of 115 FTIR maps from 66 patients, whole samples were classified with sensitivity and specificity respectively as follows: normal squamous cells 79.0% and 81.1%, nondysplastic Barrett's esophagus cells 31.3% and 100%, and neoplastic Barrett's esophagus cells 83.3% and 62.7%.

conclusionsAnalysis of esophageal cell samples can be performed with FTIR spectroscopy with reasonable sensitivity for Barrett's neoplasia, but with poor specificity with the current technique.

Indexed as

Barrett EsophagusCytodiagnosisEarly Detection of CancerEsophageal NeoplasmsEsophagoscopyHumansPrecancerous ConditionsSensitivity and SpecificitySpecimen HandlingSpectroscopy, Fourier Transform InfraredBarrett’s esophagusCytologyEsophageal adenocarcinomaFourier transform infrared spectroscopyScreening

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