Frugally designed system, evaluated in mice, aims to improve access to fluorescence-guided surgery

Cutting-edge surgical tools are often made with state-of-the-art technology, which can limit their overall accessibility. In an effort to expand surgical options for tumor removal, an NIBIB-funded team is developing a compact fluorescence-guided surgical system crafted from cost-effective, off-the-shelf components, an advance that could significantly reduce costs compared with current commercially available approaches. Their frugally designed system was evaluated in a mouse model and was recently reported in the Nature journal Scientific Reports.