RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The Rise of Molecular Image–Guided Robotic Surgery
JF Journal of Nuclear Medicine
JO J Nucl Med
FD Society of Nuclear Medicine
SP 1505
OP 1511
DO 10.2967/jnumed.124.267783
VO 65
IS 10
A1 van Leeuwen, Fijs W.B.
A1 Buckle, Tessa
A1 van Oosterom, Matthias N.
A1 Rietbergen, Daphne D.D.
YR 2024
UL http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/65/10/1505.abstract
AB Following early acceptance by urologists, the use of surgical robotic platforms is rapidly spreading to other surgical fields. This empowerment of surgical perception via robotic advances occurs in parallel to developments in intraoperative molecular imaging. Convergence of these efforts creates a logical incentive to advance the decades-old image-guided robotics paradigm. This yields new radioguided surgery strategies set to optimally exploit the symbiosis between the growing clinical translation of robotics and molecular imaging. These strategies intend to advance surgical precision by increasing dexterity and optimizing surgical decision-making. In this state-of-the-art review, topic-related developments in chemistry (tracer development) and engineering (medical device development) are discussed, and future scientific robotic growth markets for molecular imaging are presented.