Emerging optical imaging technologies can be integrated in the operating room environment during minimally invasive and open urologic surgery, including oncologic surgery of the bladder, prostate, and kidney. These technologies include macroscopic fluorescence imaging that provides contrast enhancement between normal and diseased tissue and microscopic imaging that provides tissue characterization. Optical imaging technologies that have reached the clinical arena in urologic surgery are reviewed, including photodynamic diagnosis, near infrared fluorescence imaging, optical coherence tomography, and confocal laser endomicroscopy. Molecular imaging represents an exciting future arena in conjugating cancer-specific contrast agents to fluorophores to improve the specificity of disease detection. Ongoing efforts are underway to translate optimal targeting agents and imaging modalities, with the goal to improve cancer-specific and functional outcomes.

Date Published: 19 April 2017
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Proc. SPIE 10049, Molecular-Guided Surgery: Molecules, Devices, and Applications III, 100490V (19 April 2017); doi: 10.1117/12.2257640

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 10049:
Molecular-Guided Surgery: Molecules, Devices, and Applications III
Brian W. Pogue; Sylvain Gioux, Editor(s)