Fluorescence image-guided surgery, also called fluorescence guided surgery, uses fluorescent markers attached to tissue to give a surgeon a real time image of the operating field during a procedure. A light source excites the fluorescent marker, and the emitted light is collected through optical filters matched to the marker's emission and captured alongside an ordinary color image by an imaging lens and digital camera, letting the surgeon see labeled structures, such as a tumor or a lymph node, overlaid on the normal surgical view. Because visible light penetrates only about one hundred micrometers into tissue, markers that are excited by near infrared light are used instead to reach a depth of one to two centimeters.
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Fluorescence guided surgery (FGS), also called fluorescence image-guided surgery, or in the specific case of tumor resection, fluorescence guided resection, is a medical imaging technique used to detect fluorescently labelled structures during surgery.
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Fluorescence guided surgery (FGS), also called fluorescence image-guided surgery, or in the specific case of tumor resection, fluorescence guided resection, is a medical imaging technique used to detect fluorescently labelled structures during surgery.
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