Technology Objective
The miniaturization and improved capability of handheld ultrasound has led to a revolution in the field of point of care (POC) diagnostics. POC ultrasound increased efficiency while decreasing cost and simultaneously improving patient safety and satisfaction. Current handheld ultrasound systems have slowed the learning curve and adoption of ultrasound in surgery and critical care.
Recognizing this gap, a fingertip ultrasound probe has been developed, creating a marriage be
Objective of the technology or device
Advanced minimally invasive surgical endoscopic techniques, such as endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD), are more and more frequently used in the management of early-stage gastrointestinal cancers. However, ESDs are challenging and time-consuming. The possibility to expand the indications of endoscopic heat-based ablative techniques, mainly used to treat dysplastic and/or premalignant tissues, to early-stage gastrointestinal malignancies could have a gre
Background: Real-time optical imaging which can show tissue histopathology will be of extraordinary benefit to staging laparoscopy in gastric cancer with serosal invasion requiring down-stage treatment. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of using multiphoton imaging to make real-time optical diagnosis for gastric cancer with or without serosal invasion.
Methods: Thirty fresh, unfixed, and unstained full-thickness gastric specimens underwent multiphoton imaging and then we