IEEE Sensors Journal
IEEE Sensors Journal
4 years ago

Capsule Endoscopy Compatible Fluorescence Imager Demonstrated Using Bowel Cancer Tumours

Capsule Endoscopy Compatible Fluorescence Imager Demonstrated Using Bowel Cancer Tumours
Gianluca Melino, Claudio Accarino, Mathis Riehle, Mark Potter, Paul Fineron, Valerio Francesco Annese, James P. Grant, Mohammed A. Al-Rawhani, James Beeley, Ivonne Escorcia Carranza, David R. S. Cumming
We demonstrate a proof of concept highly miniaturised fluorescence imager and its application to detecting cancer in resected human colon cancer tissues. Fluorescence imaging modalities have already been successfully implemented in traditional endoscopy. However, the procedure still causes discomfort and requires sedation. Wireless fluorescence capsule endoscopy has the potential to improve diagnostic accuracy with less inconvenience for patients. In this paper we present a 5 mm mm mm optical block that is small enough to integrate into a capsule endoscope. The block integrates ultrathin filters for optical isolation and was successfully integrated with a sensitive CMOS SPAD array to detect green fluorescence from Flavin Adenine Dinucleotide (FAD), which is an endogenous fluorophore responsible for autofluorescence in human tissues, and fluorescence from the cancer selective molecular probe ProteoGREEN™-gGlu used to label colorectal cancer cells. In vitro studies were validated using a commercial Modulus™ Microplate reader. The potential use of the device in capsule endoscopy was further validated by imaging healthy and malignant resected human tissues from the colon to detect changes in autofluorescence signal that are crucial for cancer diagnosis.

Publisher URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9078060

Open URL: http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/214885/1/214885.pdf

DOI: 10.1109/jsen.2020.2990293

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