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SUBMITTER: Liu Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3650133 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Liu Yang Y Akers Walter J WJ Bauer Adam Q AQ Mondal Suman S Gullicksrud Kyle K Sudlow Gail P GP Culver Joseph P JP Achilefu Samuel S
The Analyst 20130401 8
Real-time image guidance in the operating room is needed to improve instantaneous surgical decisions. Toward this goal, we utilized a new fluorescence goggle system and a near-infrared fluorescent dye approved for human use, indocyanine green, to demonstrate the feasibility of detecting liver tumors intraoperatively. The fluorescence goggle provided successful imaging of multifocal breast cancer metastases in mouse liver. Diffused tumor deposits as small as 0.8 mm in diameter were detected, whic ...[more]