Intraoperative systems leverage parathyroid autofluorescence.

The article reports on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approval of the Pteye and Fluobeam 800 Clinic Imaging Devices for marketing. It mentions that the devices developed by researchers at Vanderbilt University and fluorescence imaging equipment provider Fluoptics Imaging Inc. focus on ameliorating thyroid and parathyroid surgeries. An overview of the perspective of scientist Anita Mahadevan-Jansen on the technology is also presented.