Criteria for the design of tissue-mimicking phantoms for the standardization of biophotonic instrumentation

L Hacker, H Wabnitz, A Pifferi, TJ Pfefer… - Nature Biomedical …, 2022 - nature.com
A lack of accepted standards and standardized phantoms suitable for the technical
validation of biophotonic instrumentation hinders the reliability and reproducibility of its …

Mucins as contrast agent targets for fluorescence-guided surgery of pancreatic cancer

KM Muilenburg, CC Isder, P Radhakrishnan, SK Batra… - Cancer letters, 2023 - Elsevier
Pancreatic cancer is difficult to resect due to its unique challenges, often leading to
incomplete tumor resections. Fluorescence-guided surgery (FGS), also known as …

3D printing fluorescent material with tunable optical properties

AJ Ruiz, S Garg, SS Streeter, MK Giallorenzi… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
The 3D printing of fluorescent materials could help develop, validate, and translate imaging
technologies, including systems for fluorescence-guided surgery. Despite advances in 3D …

A guideline for clinicians performing clinical studies with fluorescence imaging

W Heeman, J Vonk, V Ntziachristos… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2022 - Soc Nuclear Med
Fluorescence imaging is an emerging imaging technique that has shown many benefits for
clinical care. Currently, the field is in rapid clinical translation, and an unprecedented …

3D-Printed Tumor Phantoms for Assessment of In Vivo Fluorescence Imaging Analysis Methods

EPM LaRochelle, SS Streeter, EA Littler… - Molecular imaging and …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose Interventional fluorescence imaging is increasingly being utilized to quantify cancer
biomarkers in both clinical and preclinical models, yet absolute quantification is complicated …

Impact of surgical lights on the performance of fluorescence-guided surgery systems: a pilot study

LE Chiti, B Park, F d'Orchymont, JP Holland, MC Nolff - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The use of near-infrared fluorophores has many promising applications in
surgical oncology, both in humans and in pet animals. The reliability of the procedure is …

The impact of temporal variation in indocyanine green administration on tumor identification during fluorescence guided breast surgery

MS Kedrzycki, M Leiloglou, V Chalau… - Annals of Surgical …, 2021 - Springer
Background On average, 21% of women in the USA treated with Breast Conserving Surgery
(BCS) undergo a second operation because of close positive margins. Tumor identification …

Assessment of open-field fluorescence guided surgery systems: implementing a standardized method for characterization and comparison

MI Ochoa, A Ruiz, E LaRochelle… - Journal of …, 2023 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Significance Fluorescence guided surgery (FGS) has demonstrated improvements in
decision making and patient outcomes for a wide range of surgical procedures. Not only can …

Mapping estimates of vascular permeability with a clinical indocyanine green fluorescence imaging system in experimental pancreatic adenocarcinoma tumors

MS Reed, M Ochoa, KM Tichauer… - Journal of …, 2023 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Significance Pancreatic cancer tumors are known to be avascular, but their neovascular
capillaries are still chaotic leaky vessels. Capillary permeability could have significant value …

Performance of two clinical fluorescence imaging systems with different targeted and non-targeted near-infrared fluorophores: A cadaveric explorative study

LE Chiti, B Husi, B Park, P Beer… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence-guided surgery is increasingly utilized in
humans and pets. As clinical imaging systems are optimized for Indocyanine green (ICG) …