A Precise Surgical Solution
A Dartmouth Engineering-led team has earned a $31.3-million commitment from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health to create a laparoscope-integrating imaging solution that can improve surgical outcomes, particularly for prostate cancer.
Led by Professors Kimberley Samkoe, Scott Davis, Ryan Halter, and Keith Paulsen, the team will use nerve and vascular contrast agents to cause these critical anatomical structures to fluoresce, then map and visualize the 3D shape and depth of the structures. "It's currently not possible to image these subsurface structures in real time," says Samkoe. "The goal of the project is to be able to identify and locate the structures such that surgeons can make rapid intra-operative decisions to avoid unnecessary injury to the patient."
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