Optical imaging guidance in oncologic surgery and interventional oncology.

Over recent decades, optical imaging (OI) has become an integral part of medical imaging, offering significant advantages over other modalities, such as computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). OI is distinguished by its real-time imaging capability, cost-effectiveness, portability, absence of ionizing radiation, and high patient acceptability. The introduction of advanced optical dyes (including FDA-approved agents like indocyanine green, Cytalux, and Gleolan) has greatly enhanced its clinical utility.

Enhancing your practice: debriefing in interventional radiology.

Learning Objectives: Review the history of debriefing and provide an Interventional Radiologist (IR) specific framework for leading an effective debrief.

Background: A debrief is often regarded as a meeting with persons who were involved in a stressful, traumatic and/or emotionally challenging situation to review processes, communicate concerns or gather feedback. The goals of these sessions can be for learning/quality improvement (QI) or psychological/emotional support, or a mix of both.

Interventional Optical Imaging Permits Instant Visualization of Pathological Zones of Ablated Tumor Periphery and Residual Tumor Detection.

Optical imaging (OI) provides real-time clinical imaging capability and simultaneous molecular, morphological, and functional information of disease processes. In this study, we present a new interventional OI technique, which enables visualization of three distinct pathologic zones of ablated tumor periphery for immediate detection of residual tumors during a radiofrequency ablation (RFA) session. Rabbits with orthotopic hepatic tumors were divided into two groups ( = 8/group): incomplete RFA and complete RFA.