ERC Starting Grant · 2016
Quantitative Surgical Guidance for Colorectal Surgery using Endogenous Molecular Contrast
Despite significant advances in medical imaging technologies, there currently exist no tools to effectively assist healthcare professionals during colorectal surgery. Surgeons mainly rely on their own senses, vision and touch to identify diseased tissue that should be removed or healthy tissue that should be avoided. In turn, surgery remains subjective and dependent on the experience of the surgeon, resulting in unacceptable failure, recurrence and morbidity rates, as well as in significant quality of care disparities across hospitals. The hypothesis underlying our study is that near-infrared light travels deeply into living tissues and interacts with endogenous molecular constituents,…
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