PhD defense : Miniaturisation des technologies d'imagerie de fluorescence pour assister la chirurgie mini-invasive

PhD defense : Paul DORVAL

Team : IMIS

Title : Miniaturisation des technologies d'imagerie de fluorescence pour assister la chirurgie mini-invasive

Abstract : Fluorescence image-guided surgery is a medical imaging modality which allows the surgeon to visualize a fluorescent probe previously injected to the patient. The probe could be specific or not and the technology is useful in a wide range of application from oncologic procedures to reconstructive surgeries or cardiac procedures. Despite the important needs of this technology in open-procedures, the surgery in general is more and more minimally invasive. The goal of mini-invasive surgery is to limit patient's per and post operation trauma. The advantages of the technique are a decrease of bleeding and pain and a decreasing hospitalization time.
During an open surgery, the B&W fluorescence information given by the fluorescence image-guided surgery system is enough for the surgeon. For mini-invasive procedures, the in-game is to overlay the fluorescence information to high quality color image, compulsory for the surgeon to perform his procedure. As a first evaluation, a 2-sensors system has been rapidly developed. One sensor is dedicated to the acquisition of the color image and the other to the fluorescence information. In order to make the system more compact and improve the quality of the color image furnished to the surgeon, the final system should be composed of only one sensor. To create the color image and collect the fluorescence information with one sensor, the technique involved pulsed white light and excitation light in a sequential acquisition mode. The two information are combined and a real-time color plus fluorescence video is displayed to the surgeon.

The presentation will take place on Wednesday 25th february 2015 at 1.30pm in L. Hirsch room of the IRCAD in Strasbourg.