Live Surgical Imaging Tool of Human Parathyroids, Label-Free

Sponsor

Neurovision Medical Products: Stephen Blakely

Student Team

Master of Engineering: Skyler Pierce, Yasmine Jaradat
Undergraduates: Shrey Patel, Jeremy Louie, Hsuan-Yu (Taylor) Chen, Kaviamuthan Kanakaraju

Description

The project would involve preliminary research and subsequent design and fabrication of a system using an LED/optical fiber light source and special digital camera to visualize human parathyroids during surgery. Also, a related proof-of-concept (ethical) animal test would be conducted.  A prototype LED light source with optical fiber meant for use in the human airway during surgery (general anesthesia) Results of a porcine (pig) study utilizing the prototype

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