Metabolite-Imaging Mass Spectrometry to Guide Brain Surgery
- 总结
- Purdue University researchers have developed a method for surgeons to define tumor margins quickly during surgery using miniature mass spectrometers or separate ionization techniques. This method overcomes the need for prepping, staining, and evaluation by a pathologist. It is also possible to adapt this method for other types of cancer surgery.
- 技术优势
- Overcomes need for prepping, staining, and evaluation by a pathologistCan be used to determine tumor boundaries
- 技术应用
- Medical/HealthcareCancer Treatment
- 详细技术说明
- R. Graham CooksPurdue Biomedical EngineeringAston Labs
- *Abstract
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- *Background
- Currently, one of the main treatments for brain tumors is surgery. Performing a tumor resection within the brain is difficult because it is not easy to distinguish tumor boundaries from healthy brain tissue. Existing imaging techniques do not provide the necessary molecular information to distinguish tumor boundaries. An unclear boundary between a tumor and healthy tissue can lead to inadequate resection if enough of the tumor remains and neurological damage if healthy tissue is removed.
- *IP Issue Date
- None
- *IP Type
- Cont-in-Part
- *Stage of Development
- Process Validation in Lab
- *Web Links
- Purdue Office of Technology CommercializationPurdueInnovation and EntrepreneurshipR. Graham CooksPurdue Biomedical EngineeringAston Labs
- 国家
- United States
- 申请号码
- None
- 国家/地区
- 美国
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