Cerenkov luminescence imaging in prostate surgery

Cerenkov luminescence is a phenomenon Russian physicist Pavel Cherenkov first observed in 1934 (Nobel Prize in 1958). It results from a radionuclide traveling faster than the speed of light in a particular medium, and has been useful in medical imaging with PET isotopes.  This piece describes how CL reveals surgical margins in radical prostatectomies.  MORE

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