--- title: View of Field (5) description: QUEL Imaging's observations of challenges with in vivo fluorescence imaging. How can phantoms and reference targets be used to advance the field? (5) --- [Skip to content](https://blog.quelimaging.com/page/5#main-content) [![QUEL\_web\_logo-1](https://blog.quelimaging.com/hs-fs/hubfs/QUEL_web_logo-1.png?width=200&height=75&name=QUEL_web_logo-1.png)](https://www.QUELimaging.com) - [Home](https://blog.quelimaging.com) - [Products](https://shop.QUELimaging.com) - [Blog](https://blog.quelimaging.com) - [News](https://www.QUELimaging.com/news) - [About](https://www.quelimaging.com/about) - [Resources](https://shop.QUELimaging.com/Resources) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Home](https://blog.quelimaging.com) - [Products](https://shop.QUELimaging.com) - [Blog](https://blog.quelimaging.com) - [News](https://www.QUELimaging.com/news) - [About](https://www.quelimaging.com/about) - [Resources](https://shop.QUELimaging.com/Resources) # View of Field ### Reflections on the field of *in vivo* fluorescence imaging [![Fluorescence image of an ICG-equivalent concentration sensitivity phantom](https://blog.quelimaging.com/hubfs/Log_concentration_example_crop.png)](https://blog.quelimaging.com/performance-evaluation-for-fgs-systems-phantoms) [standardization](https://blog.quelimaging.com/tag/standardization) ### [Performance Evaluation for FGS Systems: Phantoms](https://blog.quelimaging.com/performance-evaluation-for-fgs-systems-phantoms) ![Picture of Ethan LaRochelle](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/925081a77283a399dbd145b49b251212) [Ethan LaRochelle](https://blog.quelimaging.com/author/ethan) Two key components of [TG311](https://blog.quelimaging.com/performance-evaluation-for-fgs-systems-background)focus on developing recommendations for measuring clinically-relevant... [Read more](https://blog.quelimaging.com/performance-evaluation-for-fgs-systems-phantoms) [![QDot800 Phantom made by Gorpas and Ntziachristos. Images by LaRochelle on pre-clinical FGS system (2016)](https://blog.quelimaging.com/hubfs/QDotPhantom_Solaris_Dartmouth_2016.jpg)](https://blog.quelimaging.com/performance-evaluation-for-fgs-systems-background) [standardization](https://blog.quelimaging.com/tag/standardization) ### [Performance Evaluation for FGS Systems: Background](https://blog.quelimaging.com/performance-evaluation-for-fgs-systems-background) ![Picture of Ethan LaRochelle](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/925081a77283a399dbd145b49b251212) [Ethan LaRochelle](https://blog.quelimaging.com/author/ethan) A preprint providing guidelines for performance evaluations of fluorescence-guided surgery (FGS)... [Read more](https://blog.quelimaging.com/performance-evaluation-for-fgs-systems-background) [![Alberto Ruiz at QUEL Imaging vendor booth during WMIC 2022](https://blog.quelimaging.com/hubfs/IMG_20220928_170135134_HDR16x9.jpg)](https://blog.quelimaging.com/optical-surgical-navigation-wmic-2022) [imageguidedsurgery](https://blog.quelimaging.com/tag/imageguidedsurgery) ### [Optical Surgical Navigation: WMIC 2022](https://blog.quelimaging.com/optical-surgical-navigation-wmic-2022) ![Picture of Ethan LaRochelle](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/925081a77283a399dbd145b49b251212) [Ethan LaRochelle](https://blog.quelimaging.com/author/ethan) The World Molecular Imaging Congress was hosted in Miami at the end of September. Each year at this... [Read more](https://blog.quelimaging.com/optical-surgical-navigation-wmic-2022) [![](https://blog.quelimaging.com/hubfs/QUEL_Pig.jpg)](https://blog.quelimaging.com/save-a-pig) [fluorescenceimaging](https://blog.quelimaging.com/tag/fluorescenceimaging) ### [Save a pig, use a phantom](https://blog.quelimaging.com/save-a-pig) ![Picture of Ethan LaRochelle](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/925081a77283a399dbd145b49b251212) [Ethan LaRochelle](https://blog.quelimaging.com/author/ethan) This past spring we participated the NIH I-Corps program. As part of this program we interviewed... [Read more](https://blog.quelimaging.com/save-a-pig) [![QUEL Imaging ICG vessel phantom imaged by Stryker minimally invasive FGS system](https://blog.quelimaging.com/hubfs/IFSO_MIS_QUEL_Phantom.jpg)](https://blog.quelimaging.com/2022-08-isfgs) [imageguidedsurgery](https://blog.quelimaging.com/tag/imageguidedsurgery) ### [7th Annual International Congress for Fluorescence Guided Surgery](https://blog.quelimaging.com/2022-08-isfgs) ![Picture of Ethan LaRochelle](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/925081a77283a399dbd145b49b251212) [Ethan LaRochelle](https://blog.quelimaging.com/author/ethan) I recently attended the 7th Annual International Congress for Fluorescence Guided Surgery. This... 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