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European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Published in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 13/2022

13-07-2022 | Cervical Cancer | Image of the Month

Visualisation of pelvic autonomic nerves using NIR-II fluorescence imaging

Authors: Qiaojun Qu, Huilong Nie, Shuang Hou, Feng Wang, Kunshan He, Panxia Deng, Shangqiu Chen, Zeyu Zhang, Chongwei Chi, Zhenhua Hu, Hong Shan, Jie Tian

Published in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging | Issue 13/2022

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Intraoperative preservation of the pelvic autonomic nerves is critical in avoiding postoperative bladder dysfunction among cervical cancer patients [1‐3]. However, it is difficult to visualise the small pelvic autonomic nerves. The second near-infrared (NIR-II, 1000–1700 nm) fluorescence imaging has properties of higher spatial resolution and imaging contrast [4‐8]. This study determined the significance of a NIR-II fluorescence imaging test in identifying the small pelvic autonomic nerves. …
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Metadata
Title
Visualisation of pelvic autonomic nerves using NIR-II fluorescence imaging
Authors
Qiaojun Qu
Huilong Nie
Shuang Hou
Feng Wang
Kunshan He
Panxia Deng
Shangqiu Chen
Zeyu Zhang
Chongwei Chi
Zhenhua Hu
Hong Shan
Jie Tian
Publication date
13-07-2022
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging / Issue 13/2022
Print ISSN: 1619-7070
Electronic ISSN: 1619-7089
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-022-05895-6

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