Sentinel lymph node mapping using ICG fluorescence and cone beam CT - a feasibility study in a rabbit model of oral cancer.
Nidal MuhannaHarley H L ChanCatriona M DouglasMichael J DalyAtul JaidkaDonovan EuJonathan BernsteinJason L TownsonJonathan C IrishPublished in: BMC medical imaging (2020)
This pre-clinical study further demonstrates the technical feasibility, limitations and advantages of intraoperative NIR-guided ICG imaging for SLN identification as a complementary method during head and neck surgery.
Keyphrases
- sentinel lymph node
- fluorescence imaging
- cone beam
- high resolution
- photodynamic therapy
- early stage
- lymph node
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- minimally invasive
- coronary artery bypass
- computed tomography
- image quality
- dual energy
- single molecule
- contrast enhanced
- energy transfer
- surgical site infection
- high density
- magnetic resonance imaging
- bioinformatics analysis
- clinical trial
- magnetic resonance
- acute coronary syndrome
- drug delivery
- locally advanced
- quantum dots
- mass spectrometry