GU Xiang1 LIU Xiaoxia1 SUN Jianqi2 XIAO Tiqiao3 LIU Ping2 1. Preliminary study on application of synchrotron radiation imaging to tumor angiogenesis[J]. Nuclear techniques, 2009, 32(7): 487-491.
GU Xiang1 LIU Xiaoxia1 SUN Jianqi2 XIAO Tiqiao3 LIU Ping2 1. Preliminary study on application of synchrotron radiation imaging to tumor angiogenesis[J]. Nuclear techniques, 2009, 32(7): 487-491.DOI:
Preliminary study on application of synchrotron radiation imaging to tumor angiogenesis
Angiogenesis plays an important role in tumor growth and metastasis.However
only vessels lager than 200 μm in diameter can be observed using conventional medical image.Synchrotron radiation(SR) phase contrast imaging
with a spatial resolution being as high as 1 μm
has great advantages in imaging soft tissue structure
such as blood vessels and tumors.The morphology of tumor angiogenesis at different stages in the 4T1 nude mice tumor window model was firstly studied without contrast agent using the SR phase contrast imaging at SSRF X-ray imaging and biomedical application beamline.The results showed dense
irregular and tortuous tumor angiogenesis with the smallest vessels of 20-30 μm in diameter.