Quantitative scoring of epithelial and mesenchymal qualities of cancer cells using machine learning and quantitative phase imaging.

Journal: Journal of biomedical optics
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Abstract

SIGNIFICANCE: We introduce an application of machine learning trained on optical phase features of epithelial and mesenchymal cells to grade cancer cells' morphologies, relevant to evaluation of cancer phenotype in screening assays and clinical biopsies.

Authors

  • Van Lam
  • Thanh Nguyen
  • Vy Bui
  • Byung Min Chung
    The Catholic Univ. of America, United States.
  • Lin-Ching Chang
  • George Nehmetallah
    Department of Electrical Engineering, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064.
  • Christopher Raub
    The Catholic Univ. of America, United States.