Fluorescence molecular tomography resolves protease activity in vivo

Nature Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 757-760

  Ntziachristos, Vasilis ^a   Tung, Ching Hsuan ^a   Bremer, Christoph ^a   Weissleder, Ralph ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROCHROME; PROTEINASE;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DRUG MONITORING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE MOLECULAR TOMOGRAPHY; GLIOMA; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE;

ENDOPEPTIDASES; GLIOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036066218     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm729     Document Type: Article

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