Ai-based method and system for detection of circulating tumor cells in blood

Abstract

The present disclosure provides an artificial intelligence (AI)-based circulating tumor cells (CTC) detection method using blood is disclosed. The method includes: generating, by an optical tomography system, a 2D image of a cell from a blood sample comprising a plurality of blood cells; evaluating the 2D image using 2D AI-based classification to determine if the cell is an CTC; generating, by the optical tomography system, a 3D image of the cell if the cell is determined to be an CTC; and evaluating the 3D image using 3D AI-based classification to determine if the cell is an CTC. In some embodiments, the cancer may be breast cancer or lung cancer. The present disclosure further provides optical coherence tomography systems able to perform such methods.

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