Realtime in situ in vivo surgical sensing and imaging

Guang-Zhong Yang

Imperial College London, UK

Abstract:

Recent technological advances in surgery have resulted in a broad range of new techniques for reducing patient trauma, shortening hospitalisation, and improving diagnostic accuracy and therapeutic outcome. This talk addresses the current paradigm shift and clinical demand in bringing cellular and molecular imaging modalities to an in vivo ˆ in situ setting to allow for real-time tissue characterisation, functional assessment, and intraoperative guidance with articulated surgical robots. It will also cover details on new multimodality imaging methods based on excitation/emission spectral resolution suitable for endoscopy and laparoscopy.