Sensorized surgery: optically guided precision surgery through real-time AI-interpreted multimodal imaging with continuous sensory feedback.

In cancer, tumors are often removed surgically. During surgery, surgeons make decisions about tumor margins and malignant tissue removal based on white light imaging of the tumor and their experience. This approach leads in up to 30% of cases to an incomplete removal of the tumor and thus a poorer chance of survival for the patient. 
Through interdisciplinary cooperation, a complex sensorized surgery is to be created. It consists of intraoperative multimodal marker-free imaging in combination with the measurement of mechanical properties and this supported by an AI-based real-time analysis. In this way, the current tumor boundary will be continuously displayed and haptically communicated to the surgeon:s, which can then be used immediately for decision making. This combination of technologies could represent a breakthrough towards more precise personalized surgery with better chances of survival and maximum sparing of healthy tissue.