AAPM Task Group Report 311: Guidance for performance evaluation of fluorescence‐guided surgery systems

The last decade has seen a large growth in fluorescence‐guided surgery (FGS) imaging and interventions. With the increasing number of clinical specialties implementing FGS, the range of systems with radically different physical designs, image processing approaches, and performance requirements is ex...

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Published inMedical physics (Lancaster) Vol. 51; no. 2; pp. 740 - 771
Main Authors Pogue, Brian W., Zhu, Timothy C., Ntziachristos, Vasilis, Wilson, Brian C., Paulsen, Keith D., Gioux, Sylvain, Nordstrom, Robert, Pfefer, T. Joshua, Tromberg, Bruce J., Wabnitz, Heidrun, Yodh, Arjun, Chen, Yu, Litorja, Maritoni
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.02.2024
Subjects
Diagnostic Imaging
Fluorescence
fluorophore
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
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intervention
optical
Phantoms, Imaging
surgery
fluorophore
intervention
fluorescence
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optical
surgery
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Summary:The last decade has seen a large growth in fluorescence‐guided surgery (FGS) imaging and interventions. With the increasing number of clinical specialties implementing FGS, the range of systems with radically different physical designs, image processing approaches, and performance requirements is expanding. This variety of systems makes it nearly impossible to specify uniform performance goals, yet at the same time, utilization of different devices in new clinical procedures and trials indicates some need for common knowledge bases and a quality assessment paradigm to ensure that effective translation and use occurs. It is feasible to identify key fundamental image quality characteristics and corresponding objective test methods that should be determined such that there are consistent conventions across a variety of FGS devices. This report outlines test methods, tissue simulating phantoms and suggested guidelines, as well as personnel needs and professional knowledge bases that can be established. This report frames the issues with guidance and feedback from related societies and agencies having vested interest in the outcome, coming from an independent scientific group formed from academics and international federal agencies for the establishment of these professional guidelines.
ISSN:0094-2405
2473-4209
DOI:10.1002/mp.16849