Research Article

A Comparison of Imaging Techniques to Monitor Tumor Growth and Cancer Progression in Living Animals

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Tumor optical signal correlates with tumor volume calculated from caliper measurement. Data shown are BLI detection of luciferase-expressing tumors ( , left) and FLI detection of RFP-expressing tumors ( , right) in shaved mice. Only tumors displaying an optical signal above the background are shown. Tumors were derived from 4 mice each for BLI and for FLI. Tumors were imaged and tumor sizes were measured at various time points. Optical signal and tumor volume were compared using Spearman correlation.
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