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Trial reportArchives of gynecology and obstetrics2023

Hyperspectral imaging as a new diagnostic tool for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia.

Lukas Schimunek, Katharina Schöpp, Michael Wagner, Sara Y Brucker, Jürgen Andress, Martin Weiss

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Trial report in Archives of gynecology and obstetrics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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10citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Detection of Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia Using Hyperspectral Tissue Signatures.IEEE journal of translational engineering in health and medicine · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lukas SchimunekDepartment of Women's Health, University Hospital Tübingen, 72076, Tübingen, Germany.
Katharina SchöppDepartment of Women's Health, University Hospital Tübingen, 72076, Tübingen, Germany.
Michael WagnerDepartment of Women's Health, University Hospital Tübingen, 72076, Tübingen, Germany.
Sara Y BruckerDepartment of Women's Health, University Hospital Tübingen, 72076, Tübingen, Germany.
Jürgen AndressDepartment of Women's Health, University Hospital Tübingen, 72076, Tübingen, Germany.
Martin WeissDepartment of Women's Health, University Hospital Tübingen, 72076, Tübingen, Germany. martin.weiss@med.uni-tuebingen.de.ORCID 0000-0001-8511-8339
University Children's Hospital Tübingen · DENatural and Medical Sciences Institute · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeCervical cancer screening by visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) during colposcopy can be challenging and is highly dependent on the clinical experience of the examiner. Health-care systems lack qualified physicians able to perform the examination in both industrialized and low- and middle-income countries. Previous work has shown the general potential of hyperspectral imaging (HSI) to discriminate CIN from normal tissue, but clinical translation has been limited due to the lack of medically approved HSI systems.

methodsIn this study, we evaluate the feasibility of a commercially available HSI system for CIN detection in a prospective monocentric clinical trial.

resultsBy obtaining spectral fingerprints of 41 patients with CIN 1-3 we show that HSI-based differentiation between CIN and normal tissue is possible with high statistical significance. Major spectral differences were seen in the 555-585 wavelength area.

conclusionHSI advances tissue differentiation by associating each pixel with high-dimensional spectra and thereby obtains morphological and biochemical information of the observed tissue. Currently available and medically approved HSI systems may represent a contact- and marker-free examiner-independent method for the diagnosis of CIN.

Indexed as

Uterine Cervical DysplasiaUterine Cervical NeoplasmsColposcopyEarly Detection of CancerFemaleHumansHyperspectral ImagingProspective StudiesCancer preventionCervical intraepithelial neoplasiaContact independentDysplasiaEarly detectionHyperspectral imagingMarker independent

Identifiers

PMID37574506
PMCPMC10520109
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