CU 37. Near - infrared optical imaging - assisted surgical navigation and its application in urology
Clinical Urology

CU 37. Near - infrared optical imaging - assisted surgical navigation and its application in urology

Xiaofeng Yang

Department of Urology, First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan Shanxi, China


This paper analyzes the current studies on surgical navigation and medical imaging, and mainly studies the near-infrared optical imaging-assisted surgical navigation and its application in urology.

Discussion: (I) surgical diagnosis&treatment and imaging technology; (II) biological characteristics of near-infrared (NIR); (III) basic principles of near-infrared optical imaging; (IV) basic structure of near-infrared optical imaging system; (V) near-infrared optical imaging system types and the characteristics of the system at home and abroad; (VI) contrast agents of near-infrared optical imaging, mainly including non-targeted exogenous contrast agents, non-targeted activateable organic fluorescent contrast agents, targeted organic fluorescent contrast agents; (VII) near-infrared optical imaging-assisted surgical navigation in urology mainly refers to sentinel lymph node mapping of bladder cancer, prostate cancer, etc; intraoperative ureteral guidance; near-infrared fluorescence laparoscopy; TURBt navigation, and research in definiting tumor cutting edge.

Near-infrared optical imaging theory and technology is a recent scientific achievement. We believe that as the study deepens, near-infrared optical imaging will be widely used in various clinical medical science, become a new medical technology and equipment, and a novel clinical discipline.

Key words

Near - infrared optical imaging; urology

DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2223-4683.2012.s051

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