About this Research Topic
Five years after the very successful and pioneering first volume "Applications of Fluorescence in Surgery and Interventional Diagnostics", a group of editors and expert reviewers invite authors to share and discuss the evolution and breakthroughs in applications of fluorescence in surgery and medical diagnostics in 2023 and 2024.
Fluorescence relies on advanced properties of light as it interacts with specific molecules delivered to the human tissues or already present in the tissues (autofluorescence). Fluorescence is one of several imaging techniques that is capable of interrogating tissue, augmenting gross surgical and intraoperative pathological diagnostics by highlighting specific molecular signals, guiding surgery and medical diagnosis in real-time, identifying hidden lesions, revealing blood flow through the vessels, and much more. Research techniques that employ fundamental light properties beyond the limits of the human eye for surgical aids and diagnostics have grown substantially and have significant potential to shape the future of medicine and surgery.
Frontiers serves as the platform for a collection of articles to provide a comprehensive state-of-the-art update and systematization of cutting-edge technologies, accumulate evidence for their utility, and to present original recent advancements in field fluorescence and related technologies. We hope that by learning from various medical and surgical specialties, as well as from basic translational research techniques and technologies that authors and readers will share and report innovative solutions in fluorescence techniques to advance scientific frontiers toward improving patient care. Cross-fertilization and communication of ideas from a wide base has the potential for significant advancement on various medical, surgical, and research specialties.
This Research Topic welcomes surgeons, medical interventionists and diagnosticians, pathologists, and researchers to publish their experience and research towards improving intraoperative diagnosis and monitoring, surgical guidance, workflow and outcomes, and other medical diagnostic or treatment interventions by using advanced imaging techniques, including fluorescence, Raman spectroscopy, reflectance microscopy and other methods for in vivo or ex vivo disease detection and surgical or interventional guidance.
Photo credits: Barrow Neurological Institute
Fluorescence relies on advanced properties of light as it interacts with specific molecules delivered to the human tissues or already present in the tissues (autofluorescence). Fluorescence is one of several imaging techniques that is capable of interrogating tissue, augmenting gross surgical and intraoperative pathological diagnostics by highlighting specific molecular signals, guiding surgery and medical diagnosis in real-time, identifying hidden lesions, revealing blood flow through the vessels, and much more. Research techniques that employ fundamental light properties beyond the limits of the human eye for surgical aids and diagnostics have grown substantially and have significant potential to shape the future of medicine and surgery.
Frontiers serves as the platform for a collection of articles to provide a comprehensive state-of-the-art update and systematization of cutting-edge technologies, accumulate evidence for their utility, and to present original recent advancements in field fluorescence and related technologies. We hope that by learning from various medical and surgical specialties, as well as from basic translational research techniques and technologies that authors and readers will share and report innovative solutions in fluorescence techniques to advance scientific frontiers toward improving patient care. Cross-fertilization and communication of ideas from a wide base has the potential for significant advancement on various medical, surgical, and research specialties.
This Research Topic welcomes surgeons, medical interventionists and diagnosticians, pathologists, and researchers to publish their experience and research towards improving intraoperative diagnosis and monitoring, surgical guidance, workflow and outcomes, and other medical diagnostic or treatment interventions by using advanced imaging techniques, including fluorescence, Raman spectroscopy, reflectance microscopy and other methods for in vivo or ex vivo disease detection and surgical or interventional guidance.
Photo credits: Barrow Neurological Institute
Keywords: Fluorescence guided surgery, endoscopy, endomicroscopy, reflectance, Raman Spectroscopy, #CollectionSeries, fluorescence medical diagnosis, fluorescence disease detection, fluorescence imaging, pathology fluorescence techniques
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