Miniaturized clinical imaging device for optical surgery

Abstract

The miniaturization of fluorescence imaging technologies is the purpose of some studies and prototypes have been developed for specific applications. Head and neck cancers are one of the fields where improvement of the footprint of fluorescence imaging system is really needed. Some other miniaturizations of fluorescence technology projects have been explored, especially for in vivo microscopy applications. Finally, developments for preclinical procedures or clinical studies only have been achieved, but none have yet reached approval. The purpose of this study is to show the development and the first results of a CE-marked miniaturized, handheld, fluorescence image-guided surgery system named Fluosticka.