Damiani, Elisa
Casarotta, Erika
Di Bella, Caterina
Galosi, Margherita
Angorini, Alessio
Serino, Federica
Tambella, Adolfo Maria
Laus, Fulvio
Zuccari, Samuele
Salvucci Salice, Alessio
Domizi, Roberta
Carsetti, Andrea
Ince, Can
Donati, Abele
Article History
Received: 27 September 2024
Accepted: 3 December 2024
First Online: 5 December 2024
Declarations
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: Dr. Ince developed sidestream darkfield imaging and is listed as the inventor on related patents commercialized by MicroVision Medical under a license from the Academic Medical Center. He receives no royalties or benefits from this license. He has been a consultant for MicroVision Medical in the past but has not been involved with this company for more than 5 years now and holds no shares or stock. Braedius Medical, a company owned by a relative of Dr. Ince, developed and designed a handheld microscope, the Cytocam based on incident darkfeld imaging, that was used in this study. Dr. Ince has no financial relationship with Braedius Medical of any sort and has never owned shares, or received consultancy or speaker fees from Braedius Medical. Dr. Ince is the CSO of Active Medical BV, Leiden, The Netherlands, a company that provides devices (OxyCam), software (MicroTools), education (Microcirculation Academy), and services related to clinical microcirculation. All the other authors have no conficts of interests to declare in relation to this manuscript.