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No current strategies yield an accurate, real-time diagnosis of an NSTI.AimA first-in-kind, observational, clinical pilot study tested the hypothesis that measurable fluorescence signal voids occur in NSTI-affected tissues following intravenous administration and imaging of perfusion-based indocyanine green (ICG) fluorescence. This hypothesis is based on the established knowledge that NSTI is associated with local microvascular thrombosis.ApproachAdult patients presenting to the Emergency Department of a tertiary care medical center at high risk for NSTI were prospectively enrolled and imaged with a commercial fluorescence imager. Single-frame fluorescence snapshot and first-pass perfusion kinetic parameters\u2014ingress slope (IS), time-to-peak (TTP) intensity, and maximum fluorescence intensity (IMAX)\u2014were quantified using a dynamic contrast-enhanced fluorescence imaging technique. Clinical variables (comorbidities, blood laboratory values), fluorescence parameters, and fluorescence signal-to-background ratios (SBRs) were compared to final infection diagnosis.ResultsFourteen patients were enrolled and imaged (six NSTI, six cellulitis, one diabetes mellitus-associated gangrene, and one osteomyelitis). Clinical variables demonstrated no statistically significant differences between NSTI and non-NSTI patient groups (p-value\u22650.22). All NSTI cases exhibited prominent fluorescence signal voids in affected tissues, including tissue features not visible to the naked eye. All cellulitis cases exhibited a hyperemic response with increased fluorescence and no distinct signal voids. Median lesion-to-background tissue SBRs based on snapshot, IS, TTP, and IMAX parameter maps ranged from 3.2 to 9.1, 2.2 to 33.8, 1.0 to 7.5, and 1.5 to 12.7, respectively, for the NSTI patient group. 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