Research Article

Validation of an XCT/fDOT System on Mice

Figure 9

Mouse no. 3, experiment on abdominal area. (a, b) XCT reconstruction only, the heterogeneous aspect of the abdomen is clearly visible. (c, d) coregistration of the fDOT and XCT images for the mouse, with 5 pmol Alexa 750 inside a capillary tube inserted in the abdominal area. It is impossible to distinguish specific fluorescence from autofluorescence.
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