Open AccessApplication of Fluorescent Dyes in Visceral Surgery: State of the Art and Future Perspectives
Author(s) -
Kai Nowak,
Ioannis Karampinis,
Andreas Gerken
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
visceral medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.598
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2297-475X
pISSN - 2297-4725
DOI - 10.1159/000506910
Subject(s) - fluorescence , medicine , surgery , intensive care medicine , optics , physics
Through the improvement and implementation of advanced intraoperative imaging, the indications for intraoperative fluorescence have spread to various fields of visceral surgery. Indocyanine green (ICG)-based fluorescence angiography and the imaging systems using this certain dye are currently the cornerstone of intraoperative, fluorescence-based medical imaging.