Medical Product Guide» congenital colon disease http://blog.medicalproductguide.com A comprehensive guide to medical products for medical professionals Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:36:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Development in imaging device for congenital colon disease http://blog.medicalproductguide.com/2008/08/14/development-in-imaging-device-for-congenital-colon-disease/ http://blog.medicalproductguide.com/2008/08/14/development-in-imaging-device-for-congenital-colon-disease/#comments Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:07:36 +0000 Jim Marino http://www.medicalproductguide.com/blog/2008/08/14/development-in-imaging-device-for-congenital-colon-disease/ InfantResearchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center are working on developing a spectral imaging system that could reduce the operating times for infants undergoing surgery for Hirschsprung’s disease, according to a mouse study published in the Journal of Biophotonics. Apart from the diagnostic capabilities, the system could provide an “optical biopsy,” enabling surgeons to determine the exact location of a needed intervention.

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