Assessing the development status of intraoperative fluorescence imaging for anatomy visualisation, using the IDEAL framework.
Takeaki IshizawaPeter McCullochLaurents StassenJacqueline van den BosJean-Marc RegimbeauJeanne DembinskiSylke Schneider-KoriathLuigi BoniTakeshi AokiHiroto NishinoKiyoshi HasegawaYasuo SekineToyofumi Chen-YoshikawaTrevor YeungEren BerberBora KahramangilMichael BouvetMichele DianaNorihiro KokudoFernando DipKevin WhiteRaul J RosenthalPublished in: BMJ surgery, interventions, & health technologies (2022)
Intraoperative fluorescence imaging can be used safely to enhance the identification of anatomical structures, which may lead to improved postoperative outcomes. Overviewing current research knowledge using the IDEAL framework aids in designing further studies to develop fluorescence imaging techniques into an essential intraoperative navigation tool in each surgical field.