Engineering light-emitting diode surgical light for near-infrared fluorescence image-guided surgical systems

Nan Zhu, Suman Mondal, Shengkui Gao, Samuel Achilefu, Viktor Gruev, Rongguang Liang

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Abstract

The near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence signal in the 700 to 900 nm from molecular probes used in fluorescence image-guided surgery (FIGS) is usually weak compared to the NIR component from white light-emitting diode surgical light, which is typically switched off during FIGS to enhance the molecular fluorescence contrast of the image. We propose a simple solution to this critical issue in FIGS by removing NIR light from surgical light with a low cost commercial 3M cool mirror film 330.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number076018
JournalJournal of biomedical optics
Volume19
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2014

Keywords

  • fluorescence imaging
  • image-guided surgery
  • imaging system

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Biomaterials
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Biomedical Engineering

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