Beyond fluorescence intensity: a Minimum acquisition and reporting standard and emerging technologies for colorectal indocyanine green fluorescence angiography studies - Takeaways - MDSpire

Beyond fluorescence intensity: a Minimum acquisition and reporting standard and emerging technologies for colorectal indocyanine green fluorescence angiography studies

  • By

  • Parvat Kuwar Chhetri

  • Anmol Bhan

  • Kristen K. Rumer

  • David W. Larson

  • July 2, 2026

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    ICG-FA is increasingly used to assess bowel perfusion during colorectal anastomosis, with mixed findings from recent trials.

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    Visual interpretation of ICG-FA shows substantial interobserver variability, making single fluorescence-intensity snapshots unstable for comparison.

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    Time-intensity kinetics and spatial heterogeneity measures are more reproducible and physiologically meaningful than traditional metrics.

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    A proposed minimum acquisition and reporting standard aims to enhance consistency in ICG-FA studies for better comparability.

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    ICG-FA serves as an intraoperative safety measure, but its effectiveness is influenced by multiple factors beyond perfusion alone.

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Beyond fluorescence intensity: a Minimum acquisition and reporting standard and emerging technologies for colorectal indocyanine green fluorescence angiography studies

  • by Parvat Kuwar Chhetri, Anmol Bhan, Kristen K. Rumer, David W. Larson

  • July 2, 2026

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