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Fluorescence imaging system lays groundwork for better tumor removal

NIBIB in the News
October 7, 2022

Portable and easy-to-use NIR system provides quantitative tumor depth information

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Researchers have developed a low-cost imaging system that can provide quantitative information about how deep within tissue a cancer cell resides. The system can help surgeons distinguish healthy tissue from tumors and could minimize health disparities in low-resource clinical centers. Source: Science Daily/Optica