Fluorescence Imaging for Surgeons Concepts and Applications
This volume presents the experiences of leading researchers and surgeons with different fluorescence methods. Chapters range from basic science of fluorescence to current clinical applications and new horizons. The first few chapters cover the historical
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Fluorescence Imaging for Surgeons
Fernando D. Dip • Takeaki Ishizawa Norihiro Kokudo • Raul J. Rosenthal Editors
Fluorescence Imaging for Surgeons Concepts and Applications
Editors Fernando D. Dip, M.D., M.A.A.C. Section of Minimally Invasive Surgery Department of General and Vascular Surgery The Bariatric and Metabolic Institute Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston, FL, USA Oncological Surgical Division Division of Surgical Research Department of Surgery Hospital de Clinicas Buenos Aires University of Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, Argentina Norihiro Kokudo, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S. Professor and Chairman Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery Division Department of Surgery Graduate School of Medicine University of Tokyo Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Takeaki Ishizawa, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S. Department of Gastroenterological Surgery Cancer Institute Hospital Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research Koto-ku, Tokyo, Japan Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery Division Department of Surgery Graduate School of Medicine University of Tokyo Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan Raul J. Rosenthal, M.D., F.A.C.S. Chairman Department of General Surgery Section of Minimally Invasive Surgery Department of General and Vascular Surgery The Bariatric and Metabolic Institute Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston, FL, USA
ISBN 978-3-319-15677-4 ISBN 978-3-319-15678-1 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-15678-1
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Foreword
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