Continuous innovation in precision radio-guided surgery.

Authors :: Vidal-Sicart S
Goñi E
Cebrecos I
Rioja ME
Perissinotti A
Sampol C
Vidal O
Saavedra-Pérez D
Ferrer A
Martí C
Ferrer Rebolleda J
García Velloso MJ
Orozco-Cortés J
Díaz-Feijóo B
Niñerola-Baizán A
Valdés Olmos RA
Source :: Revista espanola de medicina nuclear e imagen molecular [Rev Esp Med Nucl Imagen Mol (Engl Ed)] 2024 Jan-Feb; Vol. 43 (1), pp. 39-54. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Nov 12.
Publication Year :: 2024
Abstract: Since its origins, nuclear medicine has faced technological changes that led to modifying operating modes and adapting protocols. In the field of radioguided surgery, the incorporation of preoperative scintigraphic imaging and intraoperative detection with the gamma probe provided a definitive boost to sentinel lymph node biopsy to become a standard procedure for melanoma and breast cancer. The various technological innovations and consequent adaptation of protocols come together in the coexistence of the disruptive and the gradual. As obvious examples we have the introduction of SPECT/CT in the preoperative field and Drop-in probes in the intraoperative field. Other innovative aspects with possible application in radio-guided surgery are based on the application of artificial intelligence, navigation and telecare.<br /> (Copyright © 2023 Sociedad Española de Medicina Nuclear e Imagen Molecular. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.)