From interventionist imaging to intraoperative guidance: New perspectives by combining advanced tools and navigation with radio-guided surgery.

Journal article

The integration of medical imaging technologies into diagnostic and therapeutic approaches can pro-vide a preoperative insight into both anatomical (e.g. using computed tomography, magnetic resonanceimaging, or ultrasound), as well as functional aspects (e.g. using single photon emission computedtomography, positron emission tomography, lymphoscintigraphy, or optical imaging). Moreover, someimaging modalities are also used in an interventional setting (e.g. computed tomography, ultrasound,gamma or optical imaging) where they provide the surgeon with real-time information during theprocedure.

Various tools and approaches for image-guided navigation in cancer surgery are becoming feasibletoday. With the development of new tracers and portable imaging devices, these advances will reinforcethe role of interventional molecular imaging.

Authors: Vidal-Sicart, S; Olmos, R; Nieweg, OE; Faccini, R; Grootendorst, MR

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Journal: Revista Española de Medicina Nuclear e Imagen Molecular
• Volume: 37
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 28-40
• Publication date: 2017-08-01
• Acceptance date: 2017-06-13
• DOI: 10.1016/j.remn.2017.06.004
• EISSN: 2253-8070
• ISSN: 2253-654X
• Pmid: 28780044
• Language: English
• Keywords: Imagen óptica; Radioguided surgery; Ganglio centinela; Imagen molecular; Optical image; Molecular imaging; Cirugía radioguiada; Sentinel node