EP4217714A1 - Procédé d'analyse d'un échantillon biologique avec analyse de conformité initiale - Google Patents
Procédé d'analyse d'un échantillon biologique avec analyse de conformité initialeInfo
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- the present invention relates to the field of the analysis of biological samples by imaging, and more particularly relates to the control of the conformity of a biological sample within the framework of the analysis of biological agents in the biological sample.
- a biological sample consists of a suspension of biological agents or a mixture of suspensions of biological agents.
- Biological agents are, for example, microorganisms (bacteria, yeasts, moulds, etc.).
- the analysis of a biological agent in the biological sample can comprise the identification of said biological agent or the determination of a characteristic of this biological agent, such as for example the minimum inhibitory concentration of an antibiotic which would be effective at against said biological agent.
- the biological sample called inoculum in its initial state, is placed in a receptacle, or well, at least partially transparent through which the analysis instrument can carry out measurements of optical properties of the biological sample.
- the well contains a nutrient medium and also one or more reagents, such as an enzymatic substrate or antibiotics, intended to interact with biological agents present in the biological sample.
- reagents such as an enzymatic substrate or antibiotics
- a plurality of wells are provided to each receive the inoculum, each of the wells being provided with different reagents or with the same reagent at different concentrations. Depending on the nature of the biological agents present in the inoculum, these react with certain reagents, and not with other reagents, or at certain concentrations and not at others.
- the reagents consist of different antibiotics at different concentrations, and the biological agents will multiply in the wells containing the antibiotics to which they are not sensitive or in which the concentration of antibiotics is insufficient, or on the contrary will see their development more or less hampered in the wells containing the antibiotics to which they are sensitive in sufficient concentrations.
- the biomass i.e. the quantity of biological material present in each well, directly influences the optical properties of the biological sample present in each well, since the biological agents themselves present different optical properties from the solution. in which they are suspended.
- the transmittance of the biological sample is affected by the evolution of the concentration of biological agents.
- methods for the analysis of biological samples had been developed based on the determination of the evolution over time, during an incubation phase, of the overall transmittance (or absorbance, which is equivalent) of a well filled with the biological sample, in order to determine a turbidity measurement, typically expressed in McFarland (McF).
- McFarland McFarland
- This turbidity measurement is directly representative of the biomass of biological agents in the biological sample.
- an emitting diode illuminates the sample with a light beam of known intensity, and a point photodiode arranged opposite the emitting diode with respect to the sample makes it possible to determine the light intensity received after the light beam has passed through the biological sample.
- such a transmittance measurement has a fairly low sensitivity, such that it is not possible to measure a turbidity of less than 0.05 McF, or even less than 0.1 McF.
- the inoculum is prepared by an operator who introduces biological agents in suspension in a saline solution or by diluting a biological sample (urine or positive blood culture for example) so as to obtain a bacterial concentration between 10 7 and 10 9 CFU/ml.
- the dilution in the saline suspension must initially correspond to a particular range to allow analysis. This compliance range can be expressed directly as a turbidity value for the attention of the operator preparing the inoculum, possibly with a preliminary value which is later rediluted.
- a preliminary suspension must be calibrated between 0.5 and 0.63 McF for bacteria as biological agents or between 1.8 and 2.2 McF for yeasts as than biological agents.
- a transmittance meter is typically used to verify that the turbidity of the pre-suspension is within the required compliance range.
- This preliminary suspension is then further diluted, for example with a factor of 20 to analyze Gram- bacteria or with a factor of 10 to analyze Gram+ bacteria.
- the initial conformity of the inoculum for bacteria requires a biomass concentration (expressed in turbidity) between 0.025 McF and 0.0315 McF for Gram-bacteria and between 0.05 McF and 0.063 McF for Gram + bacteria. Lower concentrations are commonly used in other protocols. As a result, the concentration of biological agents in an inoculum is initially below the detection limit of instruments measuring transmittance.
- the inoculum does not initially have the expected qualities, and therefore does not comply with the requirements of the analysis process.
- This mismatch between the qualities of the initial inoculum and those expected is not immediately perceptible.
- the only measurement available is the global transmittance, and its low sensitivity does not initially make it possible to get out of the measurement background noise. It takes a certain incubation time, typically several hours corresponding for example to several cycles of bacterial division, for the concentration to increase and for the transmittance to come out of the background noise of the measurement.
- the loss of time caused by the late aspect of error detection can be extremely detrimental, in particular when the results of the analysis are awaited to treat a patient.
- the erroneous results can lead to erroneous diagnoses, and therefore to inadequate treatments for a patient.
- the invention therefore aims to make it possible to have a method and an analysis instrument making it possible to ensure, without loss of time, the reliability of the final analysis results.
- the invention proposes a method for analyzing a biological sample by means of an analysis instrument, in which, following the placement of the biological sample in an analysis receptacle in a field of view of a holographic imager the receptacle comprising at least one reagent intended to interact with biological agents present in the biological sample, the method comprises the following steps implemented repeatedly for a plurality of instants measurement of a measurement duration:
- the method comprising, for a plurality of instants of measurement of the measurement duration included in a first half and a second half of the measurement duration:
- the method further comprising, for at least one measurement instant included in a first half of the measurement duration, an initial conformity check of the sample biological comprising the comparison of the value of the distribution parameter with at least one threshold value defining a limit of a compliance range, and in the case where the value Whenever the distribution parameter is outside the compliance range, the measuring instrument issues a biological sample non-compliance alert.
- said threshold value is a low threshold value corresponding to a low limit of the range of compliance, and in the case where the value of the distribution parameter is lower than the low threshold value, the measuring instrument emits an alert of non-compliance of the biological sample and/or said threshold value is a corresponding high threshold value at an upper limit of the compliance range, and in the case where the value of the distribution parameter is greater than the upper threshold value, the measuring instrument issues an alert of non-compliance of the biological sample;
- the initial conformity check of the biological sample is implemented for at least one instant of measurement included in the first quarter of the measurement duration;
- the initial conformity check of the biological sample is implemented for at least one instant of measurement included in the first hour of the measurement duration, or in the first 30 minutes of the measurement duration;
- the distribution parameter is derived from a number of biological agents appearing in the holographic image
- an area of the holographic image is between 5 and 20 times larger than a typical size of the biological agents of the biological sample
- the presence or absence of biological agents in an area is determined by comparing a gray level value of the area with a threshold, or by comparing a pattern of the area with reference patterns from a database;
- the holographic image is a hologram or an image reconstructed from a hologram
- the analysis receptacle has at least two opposite transparent faces, and the holographic imager is configured so that the field of view extends over a depth of field of at least 100 iim between the two opposite transparent faces of the receptacle 'to analyse.
- the invention also relates to an analysis instrument comprising a holographic imager with a field of view configured to acquire a holographic image and data processing means, the analysis instrument being configured to receive a biological sample in a receptacle of analysis in the field of view of a holographic imager, the receptacle comprising at least one reagent intended to interact with biological agents present in the biological sample, and to implement, in accordance with the steps of the invention, for a plurality of instants of measurement of the duration of measurement included in a first half and a second half of the duration of measurement:
- the determination of the value of the distribution parameter comprising the determination, for each of a plurality of zones of the hologram, of the presence or not of biological agents in said zone, an analysis criterion of the biological sample from which the analysis results are obtained at the end of the measurement duration being a value of the distribution parameter representative of the quantitative spatial distribution d biological agents, and
- an initial conformity check of the biological sample comprising the comparison of the value of the distribution parameter with at least one low threshold value, and in if the value of the distribution parameter is lower than the low threshold value, the measuring instrument emits an alert of non-compliance of the biological sample.
- FIG. 1 shows an example of an analysis card comprising a plurality of receptacles in the form of wells that can be used for the placement of a biological sample to be analyzed, according to a possible embodiment of the invention
- FIG. 2 schematically shows an example of a holographic imager that can be used in an analysis instrument according to a possible embodiment of the invention
- FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating the steps of the analysis method according to a possible embodiment of the invention.
- the method of analyzing a biological sample is carried out using an analysis instrument comprising a holographic imager with a field of view, the analysis instrument being configured to receive a biological sample in an analysis receptacle in the field of view of the holographic imager.
- the biological analysis here is an in vitro analysis.
- FIG. 1 shows an example of an analysis card 1 comprising a plurality of analysis receptacles 2 in the form of wells that can be used for placing a biological sample to be analyzed.
- the analysis receptacles 2 are here organized according to a network two-dimensional on a plane, each receptacle 2 being associated with different analysis conditions, typically by means of different reagents present in the analysis receptacles 2.
- the reagents consist of different antibiotics at different concentrations.
- the use of an analysis card 1 is not required, but such an analysis card makes it possible to carry out a plurality of tests in a standardized manner during the same analysis period.
- Each analysis receptacle 2 is at least partially transparent to at least one wavelength of light, visible or not, and preferably is at least partially transparent to the visible spectrum. This transparency allows the analysis of the biological sample contained therein by optical means such as the holographic imager.
- an analysis receptacle 2 has at least two opposite transparent faces, so as to have a transparent axis for the propagation of light. These two opposite transparent faces are for example separated by less than 5 mm.
- such an analysis card 1 may for example comprise a conduit 5 intended to be immersed in a volume 3 of inoculum prepared in a tube 4.
- the inoculum is prepared by an operator who introduces biological agents, for example taken from a culture in a Petri dish by means of a stick or a swab, suspended in a saline solution, with a dilution corresponding to a determined range of turbidity, for example between 0.5 and 0.63 McF for bacteria as biological agents or else between 1.8 and 2.2 McF for yeasts as biological agents, the range depending on the type of analysis performed and the measuring instrument.
- This preliminary suspension is then further diluted, for example with a factor of 20, or even 100, to analyze Gram- bacteria or with a factor of 10, or even 100, to analyze Gram+ bacteria.
- This subsequent dilution can in particular be automated, and therefore be carried out by the measuring instrument after the tube 4 has been placed in the analysis instrument.
- Other specific turbidity ranges can be used, depending on the protocols used.
- the desired dilution can be obtained in one go, or as in the example above, in several times.
- conduit 5 is then immersed in the volume 3 of inoculum resulting from the preparation in tube 4, and the assembly is introduced into the analysis instrument. Of course, all or part of these preparation steps can be automated.
- the inoculum travels through the conduit 5, then by a fluidic circulation circuit provided in the analysis card 1, is distributed between the analysis receptacles 5. This movement of the inoculum in the conduit 5 and the card d analysis 1 can be caused by capillarity and/or depressurization of the air present at the open end of the tube 4.
- the air present in the analysis card 1 which is at atmospheric pressure, leaves the analysis card 1 through the tube 5 at through the inoculum 3 and gives way to the inoculum 3 which thus rises through the tube 5 into the analysis card 1.
- the biological sample constituted by the inoculum is then in place in an analysis receptacle 2.
- the analysis instrument includes a holographic imager with a field of view configured to acquire a holographic image of that field of view.
- the acquisition of a holographic image allows a significant depth of field, and therefore a very good detection sensitivity of biological agents.
- the holographic imager is placed facing an analysis receptacle 2.
- FIG. 2 schematically represents a holographic imager 10 in line arranged so that the field of view 11 of said holographic imager 10 is contained in the volume of biological sample contained in an analysis receptacle 2.
- the analysis card 1, and therefore the analysis receptacles 2 that it comprises, is placed in an object plane of the holographic imager 10.
- the holographic imager 10 defines an imaging axis 16, simplified here by a straight line corresponding to the optical axis but which may consist of a set of successive straight lines defining the light path, in depending on the configuration of the optical components of the holographic imager 10.
- a light source 14 configured to illuminate the analysis receptacle 2 in the field of view (or "field-of-view") of the holographic imager 10 by means of an illumination beam of sufficiently coherent light.
- the light source 14 can produce the illumination light, or simply be the termination of an optical fiber conveying this illumination light, optionally provided with a diaphragm or iris.
- the illumination beam has the conventional characteristics for holographic imaging, without particular additional constraints.
- the illumination beam can thus be monochromatic (for example with a wavelength around 640-670 nm) or possibly be composed of several wavelengths, for example used one after the other.
- an image sensor 12 On the other side of the analysis receptacle 2, here on the optical axis 16, is an image sensor 12, which is a digital sensor such as for example a CMOS or CCD sensor.
- the image sensor 12 is placed on an image plane of the holographic imager 10, and is configured to acquire a hologram, that is to say a spatial distribution of intensity of the interferences caused by interactions between the inoculum placed in the field of view 11 and the illumination beam.
- the holographic imager 10 is here provided with a set of optical components 18 arranged between the analysis receptacle 2 and the digital image sensor 12 such as for example a microscope objective 18a and a tube lens 18b in the example shown.
- An optical component such as the microscope objective 18a is however optional, the invention not being limited to holographic microscopy with lens.
- the arrangement described here is of course a non-limiting example. Any holographic imager 10 can be used, with different optical components (with or without a microscope objective, etc.). Thus, as soon as a holographic imager 10 can acquire an image in which the interference patterns generated by the biological sample appear, this imager is suitable for implementing the method.
- the holographic imager 10 is configured so that the field of view 11 extends over a depth of field of at least 100 ⁇ m in the analysis receptacle 2, along the optical axis 16, and preferably at least 150 ⁇ m, and more preferably at least 250 ⁇ m.
- the analysis receptacle 2 comprises two opposite transparent faces organized along the optical axis 16, and the depth of field extends over at least 100 ⁇ m between the two opposite transparent faces of the analysis receptacle, and preferably at least 150 ⁇ m, and more preferably at least 250 ⁇ m.
- the field of view 11 is understood as being the space in which the presence of biological agents can be determined from a hologram imaging said field of view 11.
- the measuring instrument also includes components for processing data, such as a processor, memory, communication buses, etc. Insofar as these other components are specific only by the process that they implement and by the instructions that they contain, they are not detailed below.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating the steps of the analysis method, which follow prior placement (step S1) of the biological sample in an analysis receptacle 2 in the field of view 11 of the imager holographic 10, detailed above.
- the method comprises a plurality of cycles (steps S02) consisting of steps implemented repeatedly for a plurality of measurement instants of a measurement duration:
- the analysis criterion of the biological sample can be any criterion derived from measurements on the acquired images which makes it possible to carry out the analysis of the biological sample, such as for example the monitoring of a measurement of turbidity by transmittance, as in prior art.
- the method comprises, for at least one instant of measurement included in a first half of the measurement duration:
- step S02a an acquisition (step S02a) of a holographic image of the biological sample by the holographic imager 10,
- step S02b a determination, (step S02b) from the acquired holographic image, of a value of a distribution parameter representative of the quantitative spatial distribution of biological agents in the field of view 11.
- the image acquired at each instant of measurement of the duration of measurement is a holographic image of the biological sample
- the criterion of analysis of the biological sample is a value of a distribution parameter representative of the quantitative spatial distribution of biological agents in the field of view 11 of the holographic imager 10.
- the analysis results (step S06) can be obtained from the values of the parameter of distribution determined for each instant of measurement.
- the acquisition of a holographic image of the biological sample and that the determination of the distribution parameter are carried out only for measurement instants in the beginning (included in a first half) of the measurement duration , and not for subsequent measurement instants (in a second half of the measurement duration).
- the values of the distribution parameter are only used for checking the initial conformity, and not for obtaining the analysis results, which are then obtained by another criterion for analyzing the biological sample.
- the measurement instants for which the initial conformity check is not implemented it is possible for the measurement instants for which the initial conformity check is not implemented, to use a non-holographic imager to acquire the images making it possible to determine this other analysis criterion, or to use the holographic imager to acquire non-holographic images, or even to acquire holographic images without determining a distribution value, but by determining other analysis criteria from the acquired holographic images.
- the holographic imager 10 acquires a hologram, which has the advantage of offering a great depth of field, and therefore a great sensitivity for detecting biological agents in the biological sample. .
- the light source 14 When acquiring a hologram, the light source 14 emits a reference illumination beam, which can be translated into a reference plane wave propagating in the Z direction along the imaging axis 16.
- the wave scattered by the biological agents and the reference background interfere on the image sensor 12 to form the hologram. Since a digital image sensor 12 is only sensitive to the intensity of the electromagnetic field, the hologram corresponds to the spatial intensity distribution of the total field corresponding to the addition of scattered background and reference background. .
- the holographic image used may be the hologram or may be an image reconstructed by calculation of backpropagation from the hologram, using a propagation algorithm for example based on Rayleigh Sommerfeld's diffraction theory.
- Using the hologram without reconstruction makes it possible to benefit from a high detection sensitivity, because each biological agent appears in the hologram surrounded by rings corresponding to the interference figures caused by the presence of said biological agents, thus facilitating detection. the presence of these biological agents.
- the non-reconstruction saves time and computational resources.
- using a reconstructed image has other advantages, such as making it possible to precisely locate, possibly in three dimensions, the biological agents appearing in the reconstructed image.
- the acquired holographic image contains representations of the biological agents in the field of view 11, spatially distributed in the holographic image.
- the holographic image thus makes it possible to preserve the quantitative distribution of biological agents in the field of view 11.
- a plurality of biological agents are present in the field of view 11 at a plurality of positions, a plurality of representations of these biological agents will be present at a plurality of locations in the holographic image. It is therefore possible to determine a distribution parameter representative of the quantitative spatial distribution of biological agents in the field of view 11.
- the distribution parameter does not only take account of the overall biomass of the sample estimated from an overall effect affecting a characteristic of the sample, as an analysis criterion such as transmittance could do, but accounts for the spatial distribution of biological agents in sample 1, and therefore the concentration of biological agents , thanks to the two-dimensional information of the image holographic.
- the distribution parameter is thus constructed from the consideration of this quantitative spatial distribution in the holographic image, a reflection of the quantitative spatial distribution in the sample.
- This distribution parameter is for example a number of biological agents in the field of view 11 and appearing in the holographic image, or for example a proportion of the extent of the holographic image occupied by biological agents. For example, it is possible to count the number of biological agents in the holographic image.
- the interference patterns typically appear as rings around a biological agent.
- a ring is a particularly easy shape to identify by means of a shape recognition algorithm, and it is therefore possible to analyze the holographic image in order to identify all the rings appearing therein, corresponding to as many biological agents .
- the method can comprise the determination, for each of a plurality of zones of the holographic image, typically several thousand zones, of the presence or absence of biological agents in said zone.
- the size of the zone is chosen to be small enough to make it possible to isolate biological agents without however necessarily cutting off the representation of the latter.
- the area can be between 5 and 20 times larger than the typical size of the biological agents sought.
- the distribution parameter can then correspond to a number of zones with the presence of biological agents for example, or more easily correspond to a number of zones where the biological agents are absent, which is easier to highlight.
- the determination of the presence or absence of a biological agent in an area of the holographic image can for example be determined by comparing the average gray level (or light intensity) in an area with a gray level threshold. It is also possible to carry out a comparison of the pattern of the zone with a database of reference patterns corresponding to a plurality of appearances of biological agents, and to identify the reference pattern presenting the greatest similarity with the area pattern.
- the characteristics associated with this reference pattern are considered to be those of the zone pattern, which makes it possible, in addition to detecting the presence of biological agents in the zone, to deduce additional characteristics, such as the individual growth of the biological agents, depending on the characteristics of the appearances entered in the database.
- the cycles (steps S02) of acquiring holographic images and determining distribution parameters are repeated for each analysis receptacle 2 for at least one measurement instant of a plurality of measurement instants of a measurement duration. As mentioned above, it is possible to repeat the cycles (steps S02) of acquiring holographic images and determining the value of the distribution parameter for all the instants of measurement.
- the distribution parameters thus determined can then be used to generate the analysis results. These results can for example be a temporal monitoring of the evolution of the distribution parameters, or identification indications which are derived therefrom.
- the measurement time typically extends over several hours, and corresponds to the monitoring time considered necessary to highlight different changes in the biomass in the analysis receptacles 2 in order to identify the differences interactions between biological agents and reagents.
- the method comprises an initial compliance check (step S03) of the biological sample placed implemented from at least one distribution parameter, in order to verify that the biological sample initially exhibits the expected qualities, and therefore complies with the requirements of the analysis method.
- This initial conformity check of the biological sample can be implemented once at the start of the measurement duration, or can be implemented for a plurality of one instant of measurement from the start of the measurement duration: the first half of the measurement duration, preferably the first quarter of the measurement duration, or the first hour, preferably the first 30 minutes or more preferably the first 15 minutes of the measurement duration.
- the initial compliance check is based on a value of the distribution parameter determined at the start of the measurement duration, so that a non-compliance can be detected as soon as possible.
- the initial conformity check comprises comparing the value of the distribution parameter with at least one threshold value defining a limit of a conformity range, and in the event that the value of the distribution parameter is outside the conformity range , the measuring instrument issues an alert of non-compliance (S05) of the biological sample.
- the threshold value may be a low threshold value, and in the event that the value of the distribution parameter is lower than the low threshold value (step S04), the measuring instrument issues an alert of non-compliance of the biological sample (step S05).
- the threshold value can be a high threshold value, greater than the value low threshold, and during the initial compliance check, the value of the distribution parameter is compared with this high threshold value, , and if the value of the distribution parameter is greater than the high threshold value, the measuring instrument emits an alert of non-compliance of the biological sample.
- the low threshold value corresponds to a low limit of a compliance range of the distribution parameter
- the high threshold value corresponds to an upper limit of the compliance range of the distribution parameter.
- This conformity range corresponds to the range in which the initial value of the distribution parameter must lie so that the analysis can be carried out, and in particular to allow non-erroneous interpretation of the analysis results.
- the compliance range therefore depends on the type of analysis that is done and the settings of the measuring instrument. For example, for an antibiogram of Gram+ bacteria, the compliance range can correspond to a turbidity value between 0.05 and 0.063 McF, and can correspond to a turbidity value between 0.025 and 0.032 McF, for an antibiogram of bacteria Gram- or even less depending on the prescribed dilution values. As soon as the initial value of the distribution parameter is not in the compliance range (below the low threshold value or above the high threshold value), the biological sample does not initially exhibit the expected qualities and is therefore improper.
- the compliance range can be half-open, and for example extend from the low limit without high limit, or vice versa.
- the alert of non-compliance of the biological sample can take several forms.
- the analysis instrument includes an electro-acoustic transducer, and the output of the non-compliance alert includes the emission of sounds to an operator to warn him of the non-compliance.
- the emission of the non-compliance alert may comprise the emission of a light signal intended for the operator.
- the analysis instrument typically comprises a man-machine interface provided with a display screen, and the emission of the non-compliance alert can comprise the display on the screen of a message warning an operator of the non-compliance of the inoculum, preferably by indicating the value of the distribution parameter.
- Other types of alerts can be provided, the important thing being to warn the operator of the analysis instrument that the sample is initially non-compliant, so that it can be remedied as quickly as possible.
- the biological sample can be analyzed with the obtaining of valid analysis results (step S06) at the end of the measurement duration, whether these analysis results are obtained from values of the distribution parameter or of another analysis criterion.
- the validity of the final analysis results is therefore conditional on the conformity of the initial sample. It is also possible, when the biological sample is non-compliant, that the issuance of the non-compliance alert includes the stopping of the analysis by the analysis instrument.
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