About this Research Topic
In this Research Topic, led by expert physicians in radioguided surgery, we aim to showcase articles that provide readers and clinicians a broad overview on the current and emerging nuclear medicine techniques designed for radioguided surgery.
This Research Topic will also emphasize the importance of collaborative interdisciplinary efforts between nuclear medicine physicians, surgeons, and other specialists to ultimately improve clinical outcomes of patients providing the most appropriate tailored surgical strategy aiming at reducing surgical impact. It is for this reason, all article types accepted by Frontiers in Radiology are welcomed. We are particularly interested in articles that cover the following topics, but not limited to:
• The procedures and common practices used in radioguided surgery today
• Development of innovative strategies where radio-guided surgery already represents the gold Standard.
• Comparison of methods using gold standard tracers to new
• Integration of nuclear medicine with emerging technologies and minimally invasive surgery
• Personalized approaches in complex clinical cases where nuclear medicine can represent a staging investigation, for planning and intraoperative guidance through the use of one or more tracers
• Integration of nuclear medicine with information generated by radiomics for personalized intraoperative planning
Keywords: Radioguided surgery, Tracer guided surgery, Sentinel lymph nodes identification, Augmented reality in surgery, Computer assisted surgery
Important Note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.