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SCIENCE ADVANCES
卷 8, 期 23, 页码 -出版社
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abm2456
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- EPSRC [EPSRCEP/K041096/1, EP/R005125/1, EP/T001968/1, EP/G037280/1, EP/R018472/1]
- MRC [EP/G037280/1]
- F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG
- People Programme (Marie Curie Actions) of the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under REA grant [625631]
- Royal Society [RGF\EA\201074, UF150238]
- Leverhulme Trust
- Emerson Collective
This article showcases how topological data analysis can be used to characterize the geometric, spatial, and temporal organization of vascular networks. The proposed method captures multiscale features and vessel connectivity, enabling quantification of abnormal structural features and variation in vascular networks. The authors validate the method through analysis of images collected using different imaging modalities, and quantify the effects of antibody modulation and radiotherapy on vascular architecture.
Advances in imaging techniques enable high-resolution three-dimensional (3D) visualization of vascular networks over time and reveal abnormal structural features such as twists and loops, and their quantification is an active area of research. Here, we showcase how topological data analysis, the mathematical field that studies the shape of data, can characterize the geometric, spatial, and temporal organization of vascular networks. We propose two topological lenses to study vasculature, which capture inherent multiscale features and vessel connectivity, and surpass the single-scale analysis of existing methods. We analyze images collected using intravital and ultramicroscopy modalities and quantify spatiotemporal variation of twists, loops, and avascular regions (voids) in 3D vascular networks. This topological approach validates and quantifies known qualitative trends such as dynamic changes in tortuosity and loops in response to antibodies that modulate vessel sprouting; furthermore, it quantifies the effect of radiotherapy on vessel architecture.
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