Month: December 2017

Development and evaluation of a connective tissue phantom model for subsurface visualization of cancers requiring wide local excision

J Biomed Opt. 2017 Dec;22(12):1-12. doi: 10.1117/1.JBO.22.12.121613. ABSTRACT Wide local excision (WLE) of tumors with negative margins remains a challenge because surgeons cannot directly visualize the mass. Fluorescence-guided surgery (FGS) may improve surgical accuracy; however, conventional methods with direct surface tumor visualization are not immediately applicable, and properties of tissues surrounding the cancer must be…Continue Reading Development and evaluation of a connective tissue phantom model for subsurface visualization of cancers requiring wide local excision