The Indocyanine Green (ICG) Fluorescence Onsite Visualization and Assessment System (iFOVAS) for optical guided surgery project has been funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology's Germination Program for supporting the development of medical devices with high market potential. The iFOVAS is a state-of-the-art imaging system developed by a multidisciplinary team from National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH), Instrument Technology Research Center (ITRC) of National Applied Research Laboratories (NARLabs), the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering of National Taiwan University (NTU-CSIE), and Wan Fang Hospital.

Traditional approaches for optical guided surgery include administration of ICG to patients for visualizing blood vessels. However, the need for a bucket detector and high cost of imaging systems used in ICG imaging li