Helping make brain surgery safer
Thursday, 20 December 2018
A biopsy needle that can help surgeons identify and avoid blood vessels in the brain during surgery has undergone initial tests in humans.
A team of researchers and clinicians led by the University of 亚洲色吧 has demonstrated the potential of the ‘imaging needle’ for reducing the risk of dangerous brain bleeds in patients undergoing brain biopsy.
Published today in the journal , the researchers describe how the tiny imaging needle can detect blood vessels with a very high degree of accuracy (91.2% sensitivity and 97.7% specificity).
The researchers describe how they produced the imaging device with a tiny fibre-optic camera encased within a brain biopsy needle.
Led by researchers from the and the University of 亚洲色吧’s Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing, the project is a collaboration with Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and originated out of work undertaken at the University of Western Australia.
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