Detecting distance between injected microspheres and target tumor via 3D reconstruction of tissue sections.
One treatment increasing in use for solid tumors in the liver is radioembolization via the delivery of (90)Y microspheres to the vascular bed within or near the location of the tumor. It is desirable as part of the treatment for the microspheres to embed preferentially in or near the tumor. This work details an approach for analyzing the deposition of microspheres with respect to the location of the tumor. The approach used is based upon thin-slice serial sectioning of the tissue sample, followed by high resolution imaging, microsphere detection, and 3-D reconstruction of the tumor surface. Distance from the microspheres to the tumor was calculated using a fast deterministic point inclusion method.
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA. james.carson@pnnl.gov
James P
JP
Carson
Andrew P
AP
Kuprat
Sean M
SM
Colby
Cassi A
CA
Davis
Christopher A
CA
Basciano
Kevin
K
Greene
John T
JT
Feo
Andrew
A
Kennedy
D000368:Aged; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006651:Histocytochemistry / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D042282:Microdissection; D008863:Microspheres