Publications by authors named "Frederick Van Meer"
Article Synopsis
- Preoperative localization techniques for occult breast cancer, such as radioisotopic localization and wire localization, can be invasive and uncomfortable; a new virtual localization method was evaluated in this study.
- The study involved nine patients from 2016 to 2017 who had radioisotopic localization combined with preoperative prone MRI and intraoperative 3D optical scanning to improve tumor localization.
- The results showed successful tumor localization with a distance of 1.4 cm in patients with small breasts and 2.8 cm in larger breasts; further optimization and the potential addition of augmented reality could improve this noninvasive technique for future studies.
