Near-infrared fluorescence laparoscopy--technical description of PINPOINT® a novel and commercially available system

Colorectal Dis. 2015 Oct:17 Suppl 3:3-6. doi: 10.1111/codi.13039.

Abstract

The PINPOINT Endoscopic Fluorescence Imaging System is a high-definition video laparoscopy system for conventional white light laparoscopic visualization and for near-infrared fluorescence imaging with indocyanine green (ICG). This manuscript describes it's technical characteristics and performance capabilities.

MeSH terms

  • Digestive System Surgical Procedures / methods*
  • Equipment Design
  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Humans
  • Indocyanine Green*
  • Infrared Rays
  • Laparoscopes*
  • Laparoscopy / methods*
  • Optical Imaging / methods*
  • Perfusion Imaging / methods
  • Video Recording / instrumentation

Substances

  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Indocyanine Green