Francesca Oldfield
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About
Francesca Oldfield is a biomedical engineer and surgical imaging researcher whose work focuses on advancing radioguided surgery (RGS) for prostate cancer. Her primary research areas include laparoscopic instrumentation, intraoperative imaging, and the development of novel surgical tools for minimally invasive procedures. Oldfield’s most notable contribution is her pioneering work on a tethered laparoscopic gamma probe, designed to overcome the limited manoeuvrability of rigid probes used in robot-assisted RGS. In her 2019 study, she evaluated this device using a pelvic phantom and porcine model, demonstrating its usability and technical feasibility for sentinel node biopsy and 99mTc-PSMA-guided surgery of nodal metastases. While her most-cited paper has accumulated only 2 citations, this reflects the niche, early-stage nature of her work rather than its significance. Oldfield’s research addresses a critical gap in prostate cancer surgery, where improved probe flexibility could enhance surgical precision and patient outcomes. Her contributions are particularly relevant for researchers and clinicians working at the intersection of biomedical engineering and oncologic surgery, and her work lays important groundwork for future clinical translation of tethered laparoscopic gamma probes.
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- 1A pelvic phantom and porcine model study to evaluate the usability and technical feasibility of a tethered laparoscopic gamma probe for radioguided surgery in prostate cancer2 citations · 2019