Noninvasive Tracking of Encapsulated Insulin Producing Cells Labelled with Magnetic Microspheres by Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Figure 6

In vivo MRI of encapsulated MM-labelled cells by 11.7 T scanner. MR images of the abdominal cavity of mice on the day they were transplanted with encapsulated unlabelled MIN6 (a) and encapsulated MM-labelled MIN6 (b and c). The arrows point to single as well as clusters of encapsulated MM-labelled MIN6 which appear as discrete hypointensities and are spread throughout the peritoneal cavity. The letters on the figure identify different organs as follows: B is for bowel, K is for kidney, L is for liver, S is for spleen, and SC is for spinal cord.

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