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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary malignant liver tumor worldwide, with its development and progression influenced by the complex tumor microenvironment (TME). Tumor heterogeneity is a crucial factor in determining the biological behavior and malignancy of HCC, making its assessment essential for diagnosis, personalized treatment, and prognostic evaluation. Multiphoton microscopy (MPM), an advanced biomedical imaging technology, capitalizes on the nonlinear optical properties of biological tissues, including two-photon excited fluorescence (TPEF) and second-harmonic generation (SHG). This allows MPM to achieve high-resolution, label-free imaging of tissue sections, enabling precise visualization of tissue structures and co-localized analysis of multiple tumor-associated features within the TME. In this study, we utilized MPM to perform label-free imaging of HCC tissues and aimed to evaluate tumor heterogeneity within hepatic tumor microenvironment through quantitative image analysis. Our results demonstrate that MPM images can effectively characterize tumor microenvironment, and quantitative calculations reveal a significant correlation between the tumor heterogeneity scores obtained by our proposed method and tumor grades. These findings underscore the potential of MPM in investigating liver tumor microenvironment, suggesting that the heterogeneity scores may aid in more accurate disease diagnosis. © 2025 SPIE.
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ISSN: 0277-786X
Year: 2025
Volume: 13695
Language: English
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