--- --- Oct 24, 2023 # Visible Cancer CisionVision InVision by [Jeremy Gantz](https://time.com/author/jeremy-gantz/) ## Jeremy Gantz  Today’s standard of care for finding lymph nodes, through which cancers spread, isn’t quite high-tech: clinicians examine samples of body tissue by hand. That’s changing with InVision, a first-of-its-kind microscope that uses shortwave infrared technology to show lymph nodes contrasted against surrounding fat tissue. By enabling more accurate cancer staging, the tool could save lives. “You end up with more suitable treatment plans,” says Jeremy Li, CEO and co-founder of Cision Vision, which launched InVision in April. It is already in major hospital systems across the country, including Stanford and Northwestern. CisionVision InVision: The 200 Best Inventions of 2023 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6324321/cisionvision-invision/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6324321/cisionvision-invision/"},"headline":"Visible Cancer","datePublished":"2023-10-24T11:00:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:22:32.290Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6324321/cisionvision-invision/","keywords":["list","franchise","ecommerce","Magazine","best inventions","Best Inventions 2023"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1ee908fe34f98fed/698a4181db2987c88326977d/best-inventions-2023-invision.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jeremy Gantz","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jeremy-gantz/"}],"creator":"Jeremy Gantz","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1ee908fe34f98fed/698a4181db2987c88326977d/best-inventions-2023-invision.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6324321/cisionvision-invision/","name":"Visible Cancer"}}]}] ```