title: Polarimetry based partial least square classification of ex vivo healthy and basal cell carcinoma human skin tissues.
abstract: Optical polarimetry was employed for assessment of ex vivo healthy and basal cell carcinoma (BCC) tissue samples from human skin. Polarimetric analyses revealed that depolarization and retardance for healthy tissue group were significantly higher (p<0.001) compared to BCC tissue group. Histopathology indicated that these differences partially arise from BCC-related characteristic changes in tissue morphology. Wilks lambda statistics demonstrated the potential of all investigated polarimetric properties for computer assisted classification of the two tissue groups. Based on differences in polarimetric properties, partial least square (PLS) regression classified the samples with 100% accuracy, sensitivity and specificity. These findings indicate that optical polarimetry together with PLS statistics hold promise for automated pathology classification.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Applied Mathematics, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nilore 45650, Islamabad, Pakistan; Center for Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy(CENAR), Brewery Road, Quetta, Pakistan. Electronic address: iahmadmp@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Iftikhar
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Islamia Collage (University), Peshawar, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Manzoor
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Applied Mathematics, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nilore 45650, Islamabad, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Karim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Applied Mathematics, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nilore 45650, Islamabad, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Masroor
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ikram
mesh_terms: D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000145:classification* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D016018:Least-Squares Analysis; D012015:Reference Standards; D057109:Scanning Laser Polarimetry / Q000379:methods; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000145:classification* / Q000473:pathology
keywords: Basal cell carcinoma; Optical polarimetry; Partial least square