Nerve-Highlighting Fluorescent Contrast Agents for Image-Guided Surgery

Nerve damage is the major morbidity of many surgeries, resulting in chronic pain, loss of function, or both. The sparing of nerves during surgical procedures is a vexing problem because surrounding tissue often obscures them. To date, systemically administered nerve-highlighting contrast agents that...

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Main Authors: Summer L. Gibbs-Strauss, Khaled A. Nasr, Kenneth M. Fish, Onkar Khullar, Yoshitomo Ashitate, Tiberiu M. Siclovan, Bruce F. Johnson, Nicole E. Barnhardt, Cristina A. Tan Hehir, John V. Frangioni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 2011-03-01
Series:Molecular Imaging
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2310/7290.2010.00026