In vivo polarisation sensitive optical coherence tomography for fibrosis assessment in interstitial lung disease: a prospective, exploratory, observational study
Introduction Endobronchial polarisation sensitive optical coherence tomography (EB-PS-OCT) is a bronchoscopic imaging technique exceeding resolution of high-resolution CT (HRCT) by 50-fold. It detects collagen birefringence, enabling identification and quantification of fibrosis.Study aim To assess...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2023-07-01
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| Series: | BMJ Open Respiratory Research |
| Online Access: | https://bmjopenrespres.bmj.com/content/10/1/e001628.full |
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| Summary: | Introduction Endobronchial polarisation sensitive optical coherence tomography (EB-PS-OCT) is a bronchoscopic imaging technique exceeding resolution of high-resolution CT (HRCT) by 50-fold. It detects collagen birefringence, enabling identification and quantification of fibrosis.Study aim To assess pulmonary fibrosis in interstitial lung diseases (ILD) patients with in vivo EB-PS-OCT using histology as reference standard.Primary objective Visualisation and quantification of pulmonary fibrosis by EB-PS-OCT.Secondary objectives Comparison of EB-PS-OCT and HRCT detected fibrosis with histology, identification of ILD histological features in EB-PS-OCT images and comparison of ex vivo PS-OCT results with histology.Methods Observational prospective exploratory study. Patients with ILD scheduled for transbronchial cryobiopsy or surgical lung biopsy underwent in vivo EB-PS-OCT imaging prior to tissue acquisition. Asthma patients were included as non-fibrotic controls. Per imaged lung segment, fibrosis was automatically quantified assessing the birefringent area in EB-PS-OCT images. Fibrotic extent in corresponding HRCT areas and biopsies were compared with EB-PS-OCT detected fibrosis. Microscopic ILD features were identified on EB-PS-OCT images and matched with biopsies from the same segment.Results 19 patients were included (16 ILD; 3 asthma). In 49 in vivo imaged airway segments the parenchymal birefringent area was successfully quantified and ranged from 2.54% (no to minimal fibrosis) to 21.01% (extensive fibrosis). Increased EB-PS-OCT detected birefringent area corresponded to increased histologically confirmed fibrosis, with better predictive value than HRCT. Microscopic ILD features were identified on both in vivo and ex vivo PS-OCT images.Conclusions EB-PS-OCT enables pulmonary fibrosis quantification, thereby has potential to serve as an add-on bronchoscopic imaging technique to diagnose and detect (early) fibrosis in ILD. |
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| ISSN: | 2052-4439 |