Prone-to-supine breast tumor registration using landmarks

During the preoperative planning for breast-conserving surgery, the surgeon makes use of an MRI scan of the breast cancer patient in the prone position to accurately locate the tumour. However, surgery is performed with the patient in the supine position. The surgeon needs to mentally translate the location of the tumour from the prone position...

The integration of diffuse reflectance spectroscopy into the electrosurgical knife used during breast-conserving surgery: Determining and overcoming the challenge of tissue debris adhering to the ‘smart’ electrosurgical knife

Among women, breast cancer has the highest incidence rate of all types of cancer worldwide. For 80% of these patients, a treatment option is the surgical procedure known as breast conserving surgery (BCS). Re-excision is required in 10-60% of these patients, as positive margins are encountered post-operatively, showing the need of an intra...