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Christopher A Mela1, Carrie Patterson1, William K Thompson2
1Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, United States of America.
Plos One
|November 4, 2015
Summary
We created novel Integrated Imaging Goggles, a wearable system for real-time surgical guidance. These goggles offer multimodal imaging, including fluorescence and ultrasound, enhancing surgical precision and enabling telemedicine.
Area of Science:
- Biomedical Engineering
- Surgical Technology
- Medical Imaging
Background:
- Intraoperative guidance systems are crucial for surgical accuracy.
- Current systems often lack multimodal capabilities or wearable designs.
- Need for integrated, real-time imaging solutions in surgery.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop and evaluate novel wearable multimodal intraoperative imaging and display systems.
- To introduce the Integrated Imaging Goggles for enhanced surgical guidance.
- To assess the system's performance in detecting fluorescent targets and resolving structures.
Main Methods:
- Development of stereoscopic wearable multimodal imaging and display systems.
- Integration of fluorescence imaging, color reflectance imaging, handheld microscopy, and ultrasound.
- Real-time stereoscopic video sharing capabilities for telemedicine.
- Characterization and surgical testing in biological tissues ex vivo and simulated surgeries.
Main Results:
- The system detects fluorescent targets as low as 60 nM indocyanine green.
- Resolution of structures down to 0.25 mm with large field-of-view (FOV) stereoscopic imaging.
- Successful guidance of simulated cancer surgeries in chicken.
- Demonstration of real-time goggle-to-goggle stereoscopic video sharing.
Conclusions:
- The Integrated Imaging Goggles represent a novel wearable stereoscopic wide-field intraoperative fluorescence imaging and display system.
- The system is the first wearable device offering simultaneous large FOV and microscopic imaging.
- This technology has the potential to significantly improve surgical guidance, precision, and facilitate telemedicine applications.
