Fig. 10.1 Port placement with a peri-umbilical skin incision (around 2.5 cm) An 8.5-mm straight port for a camera, two curved 5-mm cannulas—crossing at the level of the abdominal wall—and…

Fig. 24.1 Double tracers are recommended for SN detection of early gastric cancer. Navigator GPS is very useful for detection of SNs with RI We examined the value of SN…

Fig. 23.1 Gross appearance (a), macroscopic NIR fluorescence image (b), and X-ray CT image of the marker Fig. 23.2 Microscopic observation of the marker. (a) Phase contrast microscopy. (b) NIR…

Study Number of patients Preoperative diagnosis Imaging system Dose of ICG Injection site Time between injection and imaging Intraoperative IR (tumors) Additional metastases identified False-positive lesions Smallest tumor size Harada,…

Fig. 31.1 Demonstration of retrograde refilling of the ischemic area by the fluorescent dye. (a) Five seconds recording after initial fluorescence signals arose from a partially ischemic bowel loop; (b)…

Fig. 19.1 (a) HuH-7 tumors were observed in the center of abdomen of the transplanted mice under visible light. (b) Twenty-four hour after ICG administration, HuH-7 tumors in mice exhibited…

Fig. 6.1 da Vinci® indocyanine green (ICG) near infrared (NIR) fluorescence Imaging Vision System. With permission from Intuitive Surgical, Inc © 2012 There are many fields of application of ICG…

Fig. 21.1 Sentinel lymph node mapping. (a) ICG solution was injected intraoperatively into the four points of the subserosa around the tumor. (b) Lymph node (arrowhead) and lymph duct (arrow)…

Fig. 30.1 (a) It is difficult to detect tiny lesion by conventional white light cystoscopy. (b) PDD cystoscopy prevents from overlooking of tiny lesion Fig. 30.2 (a) It is difficult…

Fig. 25.1 Absorption imaging. Sentinel nodes and lymph vessel were clearly observed in the absorption imaging (b); however, they are not visualized in the ordinary light (a) We developed a…