Simultaneous fingerprint and high-wavenumber fiber-optic Raman spectroscopy enhances real-time in vivo diagnosis of adenomatous polyps during colonoscopy

Mads Sylvest Bergholt, Kan Lin, Jianfeng Wang, Wei Zheng, Hongzhi Xu, Qingwen Huang, Jian Lin Ren, Khek Yu Ho, Ming Teh, Supriya Srivastava, Benjamin Wong, Khay Guan Yeoh, Zhiwei Huang*

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Abstract

Colorectal cancer can be prevented if detected early (e.g., precancerous polyps-adenoma). Endoscopic differential diagnosis of hyperplastic polyps (that have little or no risk of malignant transformation) and adenomas (that have prominent malignant latency) remains an unambiguous clinical challenge. Raman spectroscopy is an optical vibrational technique capable of probing biomolecular changes of tissue associated with neoplastic transformation. This work aims to apply a fiber-optic simultaneous fingerprint (FP) and high wavenumber (HW) Raman spectroscopy technique for real-time in vivo assessment of adenomatous polyps during clinical colonoscopy. We have developed a fiber-optic Raman endoscopic technique capable of simultaneously acquiring both the FP (i.e., 800-1800 cm-1) and HW (i.e., 2800-3600 cm-1) Raman spectra from colorectal tissue subsurface (<200 μm) for real-time assessment of colorectal carcinogenesis. In vivo FP/HW Raman spectra were acquired from 50 patients with 17 colorectal polyps during clinical colonoscopy. Prominent Raman spectral differences (p < 0.001) were found between hyperplastic (n = 118 spectra), adenoma (n = 184 spectra) that could be attributed to changes in inter- and intra-cellular proteins, lipids, DNA and water structures and conformations. Simultaneous FP/HW Raman endoscopy provides a diagnostic sensitivity of 90.9% and specificity of 83.3% for differentiating adenoma from hyperplastic polyps, which is superior to either the FP or HW Raman technique alone. This study shows that simultaneous FP/HW Raman spectroscopy technique has the potential to be a clinically powerful tool for improving early diagnosis of adenomatous polyps in vivo during colonoscopic examination.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)333-342
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Biophotonics
Volume9
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Apr 2016
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Adenomatous polyp
  • Colon
  • Colonoscopy
  • Raman spectroscopy
  • in vivo optical diagnosis

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