The inSpect spectral endoscopy video camera workstation in the first to unlock the tremendous potential of hyperspectral imaging in endoscopy. With the inSpect innovative camera technology, endoscopy is operated as usual. Simply replace the color endoscopic camera with the equal size inSpect camera and gather a wealth of invisible diagnostic information, instantly!
Spectral filtering occurs inside the miniature inSpect camera, without compromising spatial resolution and image brightness. You can therefore use the standard, popular in endoscopy, light sources. The inSpect endoscopy workstation acquires and simultaneously displays a plurality of narrow band images, spanning both the visible and the near infrared (NIR) spectrum. The inSpect’s NIR fluorescence spectral imaging capacity makes it ready for ICG and other tumor-specific fluorophore imaging agents (e.g. OTL38).
The inSpect imager is an affordable solution providing critical information for
The inSpect camera system adapts to all rigid endoscopes used in:
Otolaryngology, Orthopedics, Neurosurgery, Urology, Gynecology/hysteroscopy, Laparoscopy, Robotic Endoscopy, etc.
J. Yoon et al: Unfortunately, the subtle changes that arise in pre-cancerous and early cancerous lesions are difficult to identify, even with high definition white light or narrow band imaging, leading to a reported sensitivity of up to only 64% and a high miss rate. Given the diagnostic potential of spectroscopy s in differentiating inflammatory conditions, early dysplastic changes and cancer, the application of Hyperspectral Imaging to endoscopic imaging has the potential to substantially improve sensitivity for early cancer diagnostics.
A. Boese et al: One of the promising imaging technologies on the horizon is hyperspectral imaging. It allows the recording and analysis of spatial and spectral information. In addition, the light-tissue interaction such as absorption, scattering or fluorescence contains information about morphological and biochemical processes and can help to improve diagnostic accuracy.
The analytical/diagnostic power of hyperspectral imaging (HSI) has been proved in a wide range of medical and non-medical fields. HSI adds the spectral domain as a third dimension of information for probing invisible structure and composition.
However, state-of-the art HSI technologies sacrifice either the spatial information or require prolonged scanning times to obtain the spectral information, while, at the same time, they are bulky, weighty and expensive systems. In endoscopy, however, video rate handheld cameras, offering ultrahigh resolution imaging is a significant accomplishment. Compromising this performance by integrating suboptimal HSI solutions cannot be acceptable to modern clinical practices.
QCELL has advanced HSI technology to meet the high spatial and temporal standards of modern endoscopy with no compromises. Looking to the future, the inSpect endoscopy camera technology introduces the spectral imaging-powered AI concept, with great potential to revolutionize endoscopic and surgical practices worldwide.
(Imaging data courtesy of QCELL’s clinical data center)
Color Image and spectral mapping patterns of endometrial pathology. The images obtained with the In-Spect camera system adapted to a Hysteroscope. Unlike color image patterns, spectral patterns are characteristic to tissue pathologies
