Researchers at LUMC and NKI-AVL developed Robotic SPECT, a novel imaging technique that improves tumor visualization during robot-assisted surgery. Intraoperatively measurements of the accumulated tumor-targeting tracer support the reconstruction of 3D images that reveal both tumor location and its depth, enabling more precise surgical resection. Robotic SPECT outperformed existing imaging methods in patients with prostate cancer and may be applicable to other tumor types in the future.
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A driving force
LUMC strongly underpins the idea that ‘Science is the driving force behind innovative healthcare’. Outcomes of top level fundamental, translational and clinical research by LUMC researchers form a strong basis for innovative and qualitative healthcare on a national, European and international level.
A real game changer was the development of the Dutch national research agenda (NWA) in 2015. The agenda reveals the complexity of the issues challenging Dutch society today. These issues are clustered in so called routes. LUMC is involved in many of these routes and contributes this way to solving important societal challenges.