Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-22-2015
Publication Title
Journal of Biomedical Optics
Department
Thayer School of Engineering
Additional Department
Geisel School of Medicine
Abstract
A variety of optical techniques utilizing near-infrared (NIR) light are being proposed for intraoperative breast tumor margin assessment. However, immediately following a lumpectomy excision, the margins are inked, which preserves the orientation of the specimen but prevents optical interrogation of the tissue margins. Here, a workflow is proposed that allows for both NIR optical assessment following full specimen marking using molecular dyes which have negligible absorption and scattering in the NIR. The effect of standard surgical inks in contrast to molecular dyes for an NIR signal is shown. Further, the proposed workflow is demonstrated with full specimen intraoperative imaging on all margins directly after the lumpectomy has been excised and completely marked. This work is an important step in the path to clinical feasibility of intraoperative breast tumor margin assessment using NIR optical methods without having to compromise on the current clinical practice of inking resected specimens for margin orientation.
DOI
10.1117/1.JBO.20.4.040504
Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation
McClatchy, David M.; Krishnaswamy, Venkataramanan; Kanick, Stephen C.; Elliott, Jonathan T.; Wells, Wendy A.; Barth, Richard J. Jr.; Paulsen, Keith D.; and Pogue, Brian W., "Molecular Dyes used for Surgical Specimen Margin Orientation allow for Intraoperative Optical Assessment During Breast Conserving Surgery" (2015). Dartmouth Scholarship. 3747.
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/facoa/3747
