Minimally Invasive Electro-Magnetic Navigational Bronchoscopy-Integrated Near-Infrared-Guided Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping in the Porcine Lung

Hironobu Wada; Kentaro Hirohashi; Takashi Anayama; Takahiro Nakajima; Tatsuya Kato; Harley H. L. Chan; Jimmy Qiu; Michael Daly; Robert Weersink; David A. Jaffray; Jonathan C. Irish; Thomas K. Waddell; Shaf Keshavjee; Ichiro Yoshino; Kazuhiro Yasufuku

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0126945

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Minimally Invasive Electro-Magnetic Navigational Bronchoscopy-Integrated Near-Infrared-Guided Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping in the Porcine Lung

Hironobu Wada,

Affiliations Division of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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Kentaro Hirohashi,

Affiliation Division of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Takashi Anayama,

Affiliation Division of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Takahiro Nakajima,

Affiliations Division of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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Tatsuya Kato,

Affiliation Division of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Harley H. L. Chan,

Affiliation Guided Therapeutics, TECHNA Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Jimmy Qiu,

Affiliation Guided Therapeutics, TECHNA Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Michael Daly,

Affiliation Guided Therapeutics, TECHNA Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Robert Weersink,

Affiliation Guided Therapeutics, TECHNA Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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David A. Jaffray,

Affiliation Guided Therapeutics, TECHNA Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Jonathan C. Irish,

Affiliations Guided Therapeutics, TECHNA Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery/Surgical Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Thomas K. Waddell,

Affiliation Division of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Shaf Keshavjee,

Affiliation Division of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Ichiro Yoshino,

Affiliation Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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Kazuhiro Yasufuku

* E-mail: kazuhiro.yasufuku@uhn.ca

Affiliations Division of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Guided Therapeutics, TECHNA Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Minimally Invasive Electro-Magnetic Navigational Bronchoscopy-Integrated Near-Infrared-Guided Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping in the Porcine Lung

Hironobu Wada,
Kentaro Hirohashi,
Takashi Anayama,
Takahiro Nakajima,
Tatsuya Kato,
Harley H. L. Chan,
Jimmy Qiu,
Michael Daly,
Robert Weersink,
David A. Jaffray

Published: May 20, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0126945

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