Title :
Studying cancer metastasis potential by in-vivo flow cytometry and imaging
Author :
Liu, Guangda ; Guo, Jin ; Li, Yan ; Fan, Zhichao ; Chen, Tong ; Wang, Cheng ; Gu, Zhengqin ; Wei, Xunbin
Author_Institution :
Institutes of Biomed. Sci., Fudan Univ., Shanghai, China
Abstract :
An in vivo flow cytometer and optical imaging are used to assess tumor cell spreading. The depletion rate of circulating tumor cells provides insights in early cancer metastasis. It is useful to understand the molecular mechanisms of tumor metastasis.
Keywords :
biological techniques; biomedical optical imaging; cancer; cellular biophysics; cancer metastasis potential; cellular optical imaging; circulating tumor cell depletion rate; early cancer metastasis; in vivo flow cytometry; tumor cell spreading assessment; tumor metastasis molecular mechanisms; Biomedical imaging; Fluorescence; In vivo; Liver; Metastasis; Tumors; In vivo flow cytometry; cancer metastasis; circulating cells; confocal imaging; fluorescence imaging; liver cancer;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Photonics Conference and Exhibition (ACP), 2010 Asia
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7111-9
DOI :
10.1109/ACP.2010.5682512
