title: Image-guided surgery and emerging molecular imaging: advances to complement minimally invasive surgery.
abstract: Recent technologic advances have ushered in an era of surgery with a focus on development of minimally invasive surgical techniques. Specifically, robotic platforms, with robotic-assisted instrumentation, have helped overcome previous barriers to widespread adoption of laparoscopic surgery. Along these lines, image guidance will soon be incorporated into many laparoscopic/robotic procedures to improve surgeon ease, accuracy, and comfort with these complex operations. Thus, we explore recent advances in image-guided surgery and emerging molecular imaging technologies for minimally invasive urologic surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urologic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, A1302 Medical Center North, Nashville, TN 37232-2765, USA.
authors.forename: Christopher R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.affiliation: Department of Urologic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, A1302 Medical Center North, Nashville, TN 37232-2765, USA. Electronic address: duke.herrell@vanderbilt.edu.
authors.forename: S Duke
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Herrell
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted; D014570:Urologic Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D013520:Urologic Surgical Procedures
keywords: Image guidance; Molecular imaging; Robotics; Surgical navigation; Urologic surgery