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. 2021 Jan 21;7:619859. doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2020.619859

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Extraction of the parathyroid gland at the back table in the operating room. The parathyroid gland (arrow) is often embedded with in the lower pole of the excised thyroid (※). The parathyroid gland is easily detected and located with the NIR camera. The projection source of the pde-neoII was used. The image is visualized using the LIGHTVISION NIR camera. This device enables three screens visualizing: (A) the NIR fluorescence, (B) the optic white light, and (C) the optic and modified NIR fluorescence screen visions projected simultaneously. NIR, near infrared.