Combination of conventional histology and the three-dimensional spatial view of tissue structures offers new prospects for understanding and diagnosing nature and development of human diseases. The essential technical problem related to three-dimensional reconstruction in histopathology is represented by the correct alignment of serial sections. During the past years several methods have been proposed but failed to become popular because of their limits in terms of time consume and restricted applicability. We aimed to overcome this problem by applying the technology of Tissue Array, thus by positioning adequate fiducial markers from specific 'donor' blocks into the 'recipient' paraffin block of interest. Digitized pictures of serially cut sections were aligned according to the tissue markers embedded by Tissue Array, and then processed with specific softwares for three-dimensional reconstruction. Thirteen models, including fetal hearts, breast and thyroid carcinomas, were elaborated. We found the procedure to be easy, fast and reproducible. Moreover, by selectively embedding the fiducial markers according to specific angles, the Tissue Arrays can be exploited in order to establish the distance between sections. This original methodology of incorporating Tissue Arrays into paraffin blocks as fiducial markers for three-dimensional reconstruction has a potential impact on histology for research purposes and diagnostic applications.

Tissue arrays as fiducial markers for section alignment in 3-D reconstruction technology

BUSSOLATI, Giovanni;MARCHIO', Caterina;VOLANTE, Marco
2005-01-01

Abstract

Combination of conventional histology and the three-dimensional spatial view of tissue structures offers new prospects for understanding and diagnosing nature and development of human diseases. The essential technical problem related to three-dimensional reconstruction in histopathology is represented by the correct alignment of serial sections. During the past years several methods have been proposed but failed to become popular because of their limits in terms of time consume and restricted applicability. We aimed to overcome this problem by applying the technology of Tissue Array, thus by positioning adequate fiducial markers from specific 'donor' blocks into the 'recipient' paraffin block of interest. Digitized pictures of serially cut sections were aligned according to the tissue markers embedded by Tissue Array, and then processed with specific softwares for three-dimensional reconstruction. Thirteen models, including fetal hearts, breast and thyroid carcinomas, were elaborated. We found the procedure to be easy, fast and reproducible. Moreover, by selectively embedding the fiducial markers according to specific angles, the Tissue Arrays can be exploited in order to establish the distance between sections. This original methodology of incorporating Tissue Arrays into paraffin blocks as fiducial markers for three-dimensional reconstruction has a potential impact on histology for research purposes and diagnostic applications.
2005
9
438
445
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119920984/abstract
Tissue Array; marker; alignment; 3-D reconstruction
G. BUSSOLATI; C. MARCHIÒ; M. VOLANTE
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