Infrared fetoscopy in the sheep.
The strong light sources used in fetoscopy and embryoscopy may cause eye injuries to the fetus. To circumvent this potential hazard, we have successfully used an infrared light source and infrared video camera to perform 'night vision' fetoscopy in a fetal lamb model.
Luks
F I
FI
Centre for Surgical Technologies, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium.
Deprest
J A
JA
Peers
K H
KH
Desimpelaere
L
L
Vandenberghe
K
K
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005332:Fetoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D007259:Infrared Rays; D011247:Pregnancy; D012756:Sheep; D014741:Video Recording