Volume 17, Issue 8 e202400116
RESEARCH ARTICLE

Three-dimensional morphological characterization of blood droplets during the dynamic coagulation process

Yao Li

Yao Li

Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Science and Technology for Medicine, Ministry of Education, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Photonics Technology, Fujian Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Photoelectric Sensing Application, College of Photonic and Electronic Engineering, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China

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Wangbiao Li

Wangbiao Li

Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Science and Technology for Medicine, Ministry of Education, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Photonics Technology, Fujian Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Photoelectric Sensing Application, College of Photonic and Electronic Engineering, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China

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Xiaoman Zhang

Corresponding Author

Xiaoman Zhang

Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Science and Technology for Medicine, Ministry of Education, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Photonics Technology, Fujian Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Photoelectric Sensing Application, College of Photonic and Electronic Engineering, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China

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Zhifang Li and Xiaoman Zhang, Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Science and Technology for Medicine, Ministry of Education, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Photonics Technology, Fujian Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Photoelectric Sensing Application, College of Photonic and Electronic Engineering, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350007, China.

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Hui Lin

Hui Lin

Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Science and Technology for Medicine, Ministry of Education, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Photonics Technology, Fujian Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Photoelectric Sensing Application, College of Photonic and Electronic Engineering, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China

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Dezi Li

Dezi Li

Key Laboratory of Intelligent Control Technology for Wuling-Mountain Ecological Agriculture in Hunan Province, Huaihua University, Huaihua, Hunan, China

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Zhifang Li

Corresponding Author

Zhifang Li

Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Science and Technology for Medicine, Ministry of Education, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Photonics Technology, Fujian Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Photoelectric Sensing Application, College of Photonic and Electronic Engineering, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China

The Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence College, Fujian Polytechnic of Information Technology, Fuzhou, Fujian, China

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Zhifang Li and Xiaoman Zhang, Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Science and Technology for Medicine, Ministry of Education, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Photonics Technology, Fujian Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Photoelectric Sensing Application, College of Photonic and Electronic Engineering, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350007, China.

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First published: 17 June 2024

Abstract

In this study, we employed a method integrating optical coherence tomography (OCT) with the U-Net and Visual Geometry Group (VGG)-Net frameworks within a convolutional neural network for quantitative characterization of the three dimensional whole blood during the dynamic coagulation process. VGG-Net architecture for the identification of blood droplets across three distinct coagulation stages including drop, gelation, and coagulation achieves an accuracy of up to 99%. In addition, the U-Net architecture demonstrated proficiency in effectively segmenting uncoagulated and coagulated portions of whole blood, as well as the background. Notably, parameters such as volume of uncoagulated and coagulated segments of the whole blood were successfully employed for the precise quantification of the coagulation process, which indicates well for the potential of future clinical diagnostics and analyses.image

CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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