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ArticleJournal of biomedical optics2018

Intraoperative brain tumor resection with indocyanine green using augmented microscopy.

Jeffrey R Watson, Nikolay Martirosyan, G Michael Lemole, Theodore P Trouard, Marek Romanowski

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Article in Journal of biomedical optics, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 38% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Combined microsurgical fluorescence for optimizing resection in refractory empyema and cerebritis.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jeffrey R WatsonUniversity of Arizona, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tucson, Arizona, United States.
Nikolay MartirosyanUniversity of Arizona, Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, Tucson, Arizona, United States.
G Michael LemoleUniversity of Arizona, Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, Tucson, Arizona, United States.
Theodore P TrouardUniversity of Arizona, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tucson, Arizona, United States.
Marek RomanowskiUniversity of Arizona, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tucson, Arizona, United States.
University of Arizona · US

Funding

Cardiovascular Biomedical Engineering Training GrantT32HL007955 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI BARTON, JENNIFER KEHLET · 2001 to 2020
$5.1M
NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007955
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Treatment outcomes for brain cancer have seen dismal improvements over the last two decades as evident in available statistical data. Efforts to address this challenge include development of near-infrared contrast agents for improvements in diagnostic and therapeutic modalities. This creates a need for imaging technologies that can support the intraoperative use of such agents. Here, we report implementation of a recently introduced augmented microscope in combination with indocyanine green (ICG), a near-infrared contrast agent, for surgical image guidance of a glioma resection in a rat model. Luc-C6 cells were implanted in rats in the left-frontal lobe and grown for 22 days. Surgical resection was performed by a neurosurgeon using the augmented microscope with ICG contrast. ICG accumulated in the tumor tissue due to enhanced permeation and retention from the compromised blood-brain barrier. Videos and images were acquired to evaluate image quality and resection margins. The augmented microscope highlighted tumor tissue regions via visualization of ICG fluorescence and was capable of guiding the rat glioma resection.

Indexed as

Brain NeoplasmsAnimalsBrainCell Line, TumorFemaleImage Interpretation, Computer-AssistedIndocyanine GreenIntraoperative CareMicroscopy, FluorescenceNeoplasms, ExperimentalRatsRats, WistarIndocyanine Greenaugmented microscopybrain surgeryfluorescencegliomaindocyanine greenvascular

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PMID30251491
PMCPMC6170140
OpenAlexW2892719625

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