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A Better Imager for Identifying Tumors
2014-06-19 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Research published in The Optical Society’s journal Optics Letters details new technique that could give surgeons cheaper and more lightweight tools, such as goggles or hand-held devices, to identify tumors in real-time in OR. Developed by team at the University of Arizona and Washington University in St. Louis, dual-mode imager combines near-infrared fluorescent imaging to detect marked cancer cells and visible light reflectance imaging to see contours of tissue itself—all in 25 mm ...This story is related to the following:Trade Associations
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