Frugal engineering-inspired wearable augmented reality goggle system enables fluorescence-guided cancer surgery.

ABSTRACT: Disparities in surgical outcomes often result from subjective decisions dictated by surgical training, experience, and available resources. To improve outcomes, surgeons have adopted advancements in robotics, endoscopy, and intra-operative imaging including fluorescence-guided surgery (FGS), which highlights tumors and anatomy in real-time. However, technical, economic, and logistic challenges hinder widespread adoption of FGS beyond high-resource centers. To overcome these impediments, we combined laser diodes, Raspberry Pi cameras and computers, off-the-shelf optical components, and 3D-printed parts to make a battery-powered, compact, dual white light and NIR imaging system that has comparable performance to existing bulkier, pricier, and wall-powered technologies. We combined these comp

SUBMITTER: Shmuylovich L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11487067 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature