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Monitoring Tumor Metastases and Osteolytic Lesions with Bioluminescence and Micro CT Imaging
JoVE Journal
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Monitoring Tumor Metastases and Osteolytic Lesions with Bioluminescence and Micro CT Imaging
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08:04 min

April 14, 2011

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Chapters

  • 00:05Title
  • 01:26Intracardiac Injection of Cells into Animals
  • 02:58Bioluminescence Imaging to Monitor Metastases
  • 03:56Longitudinal Monitoring of Osteolytic Lesions Using Micro CT
  • 05:023D Co-registration and Analysis of BLI and Micro CT
  • 05:39Monitoring Tumor Metastases and Osteolytic Lesions after Intracardiac Injection
  • 07:30Conclusion

Summary

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An experimental mouse model of bone metastasis was established following intracardiac delivery of luciferase expressing mammary tumor cells. Tumor development and resulted osteolytic lesion were monitored longitudinally with bioluminescence and micro CT imaging.

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