Near infrared LED equipment to solve the problem of tumor surgery

In the past, the doctor in surgery, and no tumor location real-time image, can only refer to the NMR results, but cannot use MRI during surgery, so it is hard to judge whether the doctor had complete tumor resection. Now, researchers in Massachusetts invented an apparatus and a method for providing real-time image, and in the 236th session of the American Chemical Society (ACS) study results published, this device is in the early stages of clinical trials.

This new device is called the fluorescence assisted resection (Fluorescence-Assisted Resection and Exploration, FLARE). Portable systems have improved over the past ten years. It consists of an infrared imaging system, a video monitor, and a computer. The researchers said that the system is called near infrared fluorescent histochemical staining, when the staining reagent injected into the patient, it can be directed to a specific target tissue such as cancer cells. Through near infrared LED lights, contrast agents can be directed to the cancer cells, and the stained cancer cells can be displayed on the video monitor.

Source: China Semiconductor Lighting Network