Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, Volume. 16, Issue 5, 2241003(2023)
Discrimination and quantification of scar tissue by Mueller matrix imaging with machine learning
Scarring is one of the biggest areas of unmet need in the long-term success of glaucoma filtration surgery. Quantitative evaluation of the scar tissue and the post-operative structure with micron scale resolution facilitates development of anti-fibrosis techniques. However, the distinguishment of conjunctiva, sclera and the scar tissue in the surgical area still relies on pathologists’ experience. Since polarized light imaging is sensitive to anisotropic properties of the media, it is ideal for discrimination of scar in the subconjunctival and episcleral area by characterizing small differences between proportion, organization and the orientation of the fibers. In this paper, we defined the conjunctiva, sclera, and the scar tissue as three target tissues after glaucoma filtration surgery and obtained their polarization characteristics from the tissue sections by a Mueller matrix microscope. Discrimination score based on parameters derived from Mueller matrix and machine learning was calculated and tested as a diagnostic index. As a result, the discrimination score of three target tissues showed significant difference between each other (
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Xi Liu, Yanan Sun, Weixi Gu, Jianguo Sun, Yi Wang, Li Li. Discrimination and quantification of scar tissue by Mueller matrix imaging with machine learning[J]. Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, 2023, 16(5): 2241003
Category: Research Articles
Received: Jun. 16, 2022
Accepted: Aug. 18, 2022
Published Online: Sep. 26, 2023
The Author Email: Wang Yi (wangyi02@tsinghua.org.cn), Li Li (liliyk1@163.com)