Spotting Nerves with Reflected Light

Aug-21-17 An innovative optical method of detecting nerves in delicate tissues could help prevent nerve injuries during surgery.

Surgeries in the wrist and hand come with a high risk of nerve damage, since the nerves are collected in such dense networks. To help surgeons distinguish the nerves, the non-invasive, real-time technology relies on a technique called collimated polarized light imaging (CPLi). This light will reflect off the nerve when beamed through the tissue, and rotating the polarization of the light will cause the reflection to seem to turn off and on, which in turn makes the nerve to stand out even more.

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