In vivo optical molecular imaging and analysis in mice using dorsal window chamber models applied to hypoxia, vasculature and fluorescent reporters

Nature Protocols

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1355-1366

  Palmer, Gregory M ^a   Fontanella, Andrew N ^b   Shan, Siqing ^a   Hanna, Gabi ^a   Zhang, Guoqing ^c   Fraser, Cassandra L ^c   Dewhirst, Mark W ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CANCER INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOXIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; TUMOR GROWTH; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BLOOD VESSELS; FLUORESCENT DYES; MICE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NEOPLASMS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC;

MUS;

EID: 80052405303     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2011.349     Document Type: Article

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