We have a broad expertise in various optical imaging techniques including fluorescence imaging, optoacoustic imaging, narrow band imaging and spectroscopy and collaborate with UMCG, RUG and external partners.
Through our vast expertise in various imaging techniques, we have shown to highlight otherwise invisible processes in multiple diseases, both during diagnosis and surgery. This can improve patient outcome by both limiting disease progression as saving patients from adjuvant therapy.
By utilising novel imaging techniques, we can detect lesions that are not visible to the naked eye. By visualising processes that already occur in early onset of disease, it would be possible to treat diseases early on in the disease process. Moreover, by distinguishing malignant from benign lesions, we could discriminate these lesions better and treat accordingly.
During surgery, we are able to image diseases in a intraoperatively manner. Therefore we can aid the treating physician in the identification of unanticipated lesions, and provide real time feedback on the resection margins, which could save patients from adjuvant therapy.
University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG)
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
PO Box 30.001
9700 RB Groningen
The Netherlands
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University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG)
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Hanzeplein 1
9713 GZ Groningen
See also: OMIG
