Real-time Navigation for Liver Surgery Using Projection Mapping With Indocyanine Green Fluorescence: Development of the Novel Medical Imaging Projection System.

Objective: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the usefulness of a new imaging device, the Medical Imaging Projection System (MIPS), which uses the indocyanine green emission signal and active projection mapping, for liver resection.

Background: During anatomic liver resection, surgeons cannot completely view the intraparenchymal structure. Although a fluorescent imaging technique using indocyanine green has recently been developed for hepatobiliary surgery, limitations in its application for real-time navigation persist.

From East to West: a Japanese Pharma perspective on establishing a global research capability.

Takeda (http://www.takeda.com) is one of the oldest Pharmaceutical companies in the world and has been the largest Japanese Pharmaceutical company for over a decade.