Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy as a monitoring tool for gastric mucosal devitalization treatments with argon plasma coagulation

Autor: Hans Zappe, Juan Diaz Osorio, Sergio Vilches
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Journal of Biophotonics
ISSN: 1864-0648
1864-063X
DOI: 10.1002/jbio.201960125
Popis: Electrosurgery with argon plasma coagulation is a widespread technique used in various medical fields for applications which range from hemostasis to devitalization processes. Developing tools which provide feedback concerning tissue condition during these surgeries is fundamental for improving the safety and success of this treatment. We present here a method based on diffuse reflectance spectroscopy to monitor gastric mucosal devitalization treatments. The analysis of the diffusely reflected spectra of the tissue allows us to differentiate between ablation states by using linear discriminant analysis (LDA) as a classification algorithm. An ex vivo pilot study on several swine stomachs showed promising results, with 97.8% of correctly classified ablation states on a new unseen stomach, encouraging further tests with human tissue.
Electrosurgery with argon plasma coagulation is a widespread technique used in various medical fields for applications which range from hemostasis to devitalization processes. Here, we present a method based on diffuse reflectance spectroscopy to monitor gastric mucosal devitalization treatments. The analysis of the diffusely reflected spectra of the tissue allows us to differentiate between ablation states by using linear discriminant analysis as a classification algorithm.
Databáze: OpenAIRE