Ex Vivo Fluorescence Molecular Tomography of the Spine

Figure 1

Dog spine specimen which was used in this study. The spine has been sectioned to be made as uniform as possible. This particular specimen contains 2 intervertebral discs and 3 vertebrae. The specimen was reduced to 2 vertebrae and 1 disc for the imaging study. The overall dimensions of the specimen are approximately 4.5 cm by 2 cm by 2 cm.