Kyoto University · Medicine
Professor Satoru Seo's research lab specializes in advancing image-guided surgical oncology, with a focus on improving the precision and outcomes of liver surgery. The lab develops innovative intraoperative imaging technologies, such as the Multi-Modality Imaging Navigation System (MIPS), to enhance real-time surgical guidance and anatomical localization during liver resection. By integrating molecular imaging with clinical outcomes, the lab investigates biomarkers like FDG-PET uptake and P-glycoprotein expression to predict tumor behavior and patient prognosis in hepatocellular carcinoma. Their work bridges medical imaging, surgical oncology, and molecular diagnostics to optimize personalized treatment strategies.
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The results suggest that preoperative FDG-PET reflects tumor differentiation and P-gp expression and may be a good predictor of outcome in HCC.
We developed the MIPS to address limitations in current intraoperative imaging methods. Our retrospective analysis provides evidence of the feasibility and clinical utility of the MIPS to identify anatomical landmarks for parenchymal dissection. The MIPS holds promise as a novel real-time navigation system for liver resection.
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