Photoacoustic imaging of breast tumor vascularization: a comparison with MRI and histopathology

Michelle Heijblom; Daniele Piras; Frank M. van den Engh; Joost M. Klaase; Mariël Brinkhuis; Wiendelt Steenbergen; Srirang Manohar

doi:10.1117/12.2033305

14 June 2013 Photoacoustic imaging of breast tumor vascularization: a comparison with MRI and histopathology

Michelle Heijblom, Daniele Piras, Frank M. van den Engh, Joost M. Klaase, Mariël Brinkhuis, Wiendelt Steenbergen, Srirang Manohar

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Proceedings Volume 8800, Opto-Acoustic Methods and Applications; 880004 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2033305
Event: European Conferences on Biomedical Optics, 2013, Munich, Germany

Abstract

Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer and the leading cause of cancer death among females. Early diagnosis improves the survival chances for the disease and that is why there is an ongoing search for improved methods for visualizing breast cancer. One of the hallmarks of breast cancer is the increase in tumor vascularization that is associated with angiogenesis: a crucial factor for survival of malignancies. Photoacoustic imaging can visualize the malignancyassociated increased hemoglobin concentration with optical contrast and ultrasound resolution, without the use of ionizing radiation or contrast agents and is therefore theoretically an ideal method for breast imaging. Previous clinical studies using the Twente Photoacoustic Mammoscope (PAM), which works in forward mode using a single wavelength (1064 nm), showed that malignancies can indeed be identified in the photoacoustic imaging volume as high contrast areas. However, the specific appearance of the malignancies led to questions about the contrast mechanism in relation to tumor vascularization. In this study, the photoacoustic lesion appearance obtained with an updated version of PAM is compared with the lesion appearance on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), both in general (19 patients) and on an individual basis (7 patients). Further, in 3 patients an extended histopathology protocol is being performed in which malignancies are stained for vascularity using an endothelial antibody: CD31. The correspondence between PAM and MRI and between PAM and histopathology makes it likely that the high photoacoustic contrast at 1064 nm is indeed largely the consequence of the increased tumor vascularization.

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Michelle Heijblom, Daniele Piras, Frank M. van den Engh, Joost M. Klaase, Mariël Brinkhuis, Wiendelt Steenbergen, and Srirang Manohar "Photoacoustic imaging of breast tumor vascularization: a comparison with MRI and histopathology", Proc. SPIE 8800, Opto-Acoustic Methods and Applications, 880004 (14 June 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2033305

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