Refractive Index-Correlated Pseudocoloring for Adaptive Color Fusion in Holotomographic Cytology

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Autori principali: Lee, Minseok, Lifshitz, Tal, Lee, Young Ki, Kim, Geon, Park, Seog Yun, Lee, Hayoung, Park, Juyeon, Lee, Eun Kyung, Park, YongKeun
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author Lee, Minseok
Lifshitz, Tal
Lee, Young Ki
Kim, Geon
Park, Seog Yun
Lee, Hayoung
Park, Juyeon
Lee, Eun Kyung
Park, YongKeun
author_facet Lee, Minseok
Lifshitz, Tal
Lee, Young Ki
Kim, Geon
Park, Seog Yun
Lee, Hayoung
Park, Juyeon
Lee, Eun Kyung
Park, YongKeun
contents Conventional bright-field (BF) cytology of thyroid fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) suffers from staining variability and limited subcellular contrast. Here, we present a refractive index-correlated pseudocoloring (RICP) framework that integrates quantitative refractive index (RI) maps obtained by holotomography (HT) with color BF images to enhance diagnostic interpretability. The imaging platform combines a digital micromirror device (DMD)-based HT system with an RGB LED illumination module, enabling simultaneous acquisition of RI tomograms and BF images from PAP-stained thyroid samples. The RICP algorithm adaptively embeds RI-derived structural information into the least-occupied hue channel, preserving color fidelity while enhancing nuclear and cytoplasmic contrast. Applied to benign and malignant thyroid clusters, RICP revealed diagnostically relevant features such as nucleoli, lipid droplets, and nuclear irregularities, and hue-saturation analysis quantitatively differentiated cytological categories. This perceptually grounded, label-free framework bridges conventional color cytology and quantitative optical imaging for improved diagnostic precision.
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spellingShingle Refractive Index-Correlated Pseudocoloring for Adaptive Color Fusion in Holotomographic Cytology
Lee, Minseok
Lifshitz, Tal
Lee, Young Ki
Kim, Geon
Park, Seog Yun
Lee, Hayoung
Park, Juyeon
Lee, Eun Kyung
Park, YongKeun
Optics
Conventional bright-field (BF) cytology of thyroid fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) suffers from staining variability and limited subcellular contrast. Here, we present a refractive index-correlated pseudocoloring (RICP) framework that integrates quantitative refractive index (RI) maps obtained by holotomography (HT) with color BF images to enhance diagnostic interpretability. The imaging platform combines a digital micromirror device (DMD)-based HT system with an RGB LED illumination module, enabling simultaneous acquisition of RI tomograms and BF images from PAP-stained thyroid samples. The RICP algorithm adaptively embeds RI-derived structural information into the least-occupied hue channel, preserving color fidelity while enhancing nuclear and cytoplasmic contrast. Applied to benign and malignant thyroid clusters, RICP revealed diagnostically relevant features such as nucleoli, lipid droplets, and nuclear irregularities, and hue-saturation analysis quantitatively differentiated cytological categories. This perceptually grounded, label-free framework bridges conventional color cytology and quantitative optical imaging for improved diagnostic precision.
title Refractive Index-Correlated Pseudocoloring for Adaptive Color Fusion in Holotomographic Cytology
topic Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.26356