Development and Feasibility of a Very Low-cost, Home-made, Near Infrared lymphatic Imaging Device
P. T. Luis López Montoya
Fi Fisioterapia Integral S.C., Calle San Juan Bosco 1333, Col. Camino Real, Zapopan, Jalisco, México.
M. D. Luis Roberto García Valadez
Fi Fisioterapia Integral S.C., Calle San Juan Bosco 1333, Col. Camino Real, Zapopan, Jalisco, México. and Military Regional Hospital of Specialties of Guadalajara Jalisco, Av. del Ejército 100 Colonia Reformal, Zip 44890, Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico.
P. T. Yucari López
Fi Fisioterapia Integral S.C., Calle San Juan Bosco 1333, Col. Camino Real, Zapopan, Jalisco, México. and Military Regional Hospital of Specialties of Guadalajara Jalisco, Av. del Ejército 100 Colonia Reformal, Zip 44890, Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico.
P. T. Joceline Sandoval
Fi Fisioterapia Integral S.C., Calle San Juan Bosco 1333, Col. Camino Real, Zapopan, Jalisco, México.
P. T. Angel López Montoya *
Fi Fisioterapia Integral S.C., Calle San Juan Bosco 1333, Col. Camino Real, Zapopan, Jalisco, México.
P. T. Itzel Alcaraz
Fi Fisioterapia Integral S.C., Calle San Juan Bosco 1333, Col. Camino Real, Zapopan, Jalisco, México.
P. T. Claudia Paz
Fi Fisioterapia Integral S.C., Calle San Juan Bosco 1333, Col. Camino Real, Zapopan, Jalisco, México.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Introduction: Near Infrared (NIR), lymphatic Imaging is an emergent imaging technique used to assess superficial lymphatic structures and its function. It uses a NIR light source and a special camera that detects the fluorescence of a non-radioactive dye called indocyanine green (ICG), which is injected subdermally and its way through lymphatic capillaries, making this device useful in the diagnosis and follow up of lymphatic diseases.
Objective: To show (NIR) step-by-step development of a feasible, user-friendly, and low-cost homemade Near Infrared (NIR) lymphatic imaging device.
Methods: Using worldwide available components such as a customized laser and a modified webcam, we assembled what is a functional plug and play NIR lymphatic imaging device and evaluated its function with a 25-year-old healthy woman.
Conclusion: It is feasible to build a functional, homemade, low-cost Near Infrared (NIR) lymphatic imaging device in a tenth of its value.
Keywords: NIR-imaging, NIR-ICG imaging, NIR-lymphangiography, NIR lymphatic imaging, lymphatic imaging, lymphedema, lymphology, lymphatic system.