Journal
PHOTOACOUSTICS
Volume 15, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER GMBH
DOI: 10.1016/j.pacs.2019.100140
Keywords
Photoacoustic imaging; Blind unmixing; Independent component analysis; Atherosclerosis; Vulnerable plaques; Morphology; Histology
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- European Community's Horizon2020 (CVENT) [731771]
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Multi-spectral photoacoustic imaging (MSPAI) is promising for morphology assessment of carotid plaques; however, obtaining unique spectral characteristics of chromophores is cumbersome. We used MSPAI and non-negative independent component analysis (ICA) to unmix distinct signal sources in human carotid plaques blindly. The feasibility of the method was demonstrated on a plaque phantom with hemorrhage and cholesterol inclusions, and plaque endarterectomy samples ex vivo. Furthermore, the results were verified with histology using Masson's trichrome staining. Results showed that ICA could separate recent hemorrhages from old hemorrhages. Additionally, the signatures of cholesterol inclusion were also captured for the phantom experiment. Artifacts were successfully removed from signal sources. Histologic examinations showed high resemblance with the unmixed components and confirmed the morphologic distinction between recent and mature hemorrhages. In future pre-clinical studies, unmixing could be used for morphology assessment of intact human plaque samples.
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