Live Images of Growing Tumors to Help Decode Cancer Better

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Live Images of Growing Tumors to Help Decode Cancer Better Sep 18th 2013, 16:58 These techniques, created by Fukumura and his long-term collaborators at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, combine two different high-tech optical imaging methods that were custom-built for the research. One is called multiphoton laser-scanning microscopy (MPLSM), which is an advanced fluorescence imaging technology that is now commercially available at the high end of the microscope market. The other is called optical frequency domain imaging (OFDI), which images tissues by their light scattering properties. According to Fukumura, OFDI is gaining popularity in the optical imaging field but has yet to become commercially available. "MPLSM overcomes many of the limitations from which conventional microscopy and confocal microscopy suffer, and OFDI provides robust large volume imaging data," Fukumura said. IMAGE: This image shows a tumor before (left) and five days after (right) anti-angiogenic treatment -- a novel treatment approach by inhibiting blood vessel growth. Click here for more information. Source-Eurekalert

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