title: Intraoperative delineation of primary brain tumors using time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy.
abstract: The goal of this study is to determine the potential of time-resolved laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy (TR-LIFS) as an adjunctive tool for delineation of brain tumor from surrounding normal tissue in order to assist the neurosurgeon in near-complete tumor excision. A time-domain TR-LIFS prototype apparatus (gated photomultiplier detection, fast digitizer) was used for recording tissue autofluorescence in normal cortex (NC), normal white matter (NWM), and various grades of gliomas intraoperatively. Tissue fluorescence was induced with a pulsed nitrogen laser (337 nm, 700 ps), and the intensity decay profiles were recorded in the 360- to 550-nm spectral range (10-nm interval). Histopathological analysis (hematoxylin & eosin) of the biopsy samples taken from the site of TR-LIFS measurements was used for validation of spectroscopic results. Preliminary results on 17 patients demonstrate that normal cortex (N=16) and normal white matter (N=3) show two peaks of fluorescence emission at 390 nm (lifetime=1.8+/-0.3 ns) and 460 nm (lifetime=0.8+/-0.1 ns). The 390-nm emission peak is absent in low-grade glioma (N=5; lifetime=1.1 ns) and reduced in high-grade glioma (N=9; lifetime=1.7+/-0.4 ns). The emission characteristics at 460 nm in all tissues correlated with the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide fluorescence (peak: 440 to 460 nm; lifetime: 0.8 to 1.0 ns). These findings demonstrate the potential of using TR-LIFS as a tool for enhanced delineation of brain tumors during surgery. In addition, this study evaluates similarities and differences between TR-LIFS signatures of brain tumors obtained in vivo and those previously reported in ex vivo brain tumor specimens.
authors.affiliation: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Department of Neurosurgery, 8631 West 3rd Street, Suite 800E, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA.
authors.forename: Pramod V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Butte
authors.forename: Qiyin
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Javier A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Jo
authors.forename: William H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Yong
authors.forename: Brian K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Pikul
authors.forename: Keith L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Black
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Marcu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000601:surgery*; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005910:Glioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor
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