Academic Radiology
Volume 10, Issue 10 , Pages 1159-1164 , October 2003

Near-infrared fluorescence imaging of microcalcification in an animal model of breast cancer1

  • Robert E Lenkinski, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Radiology, USA
    • Molecular Imaging Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 1 Deaconess Road, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to R.E.L., PhD, Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 1 Deaconess Road, Boston MA 02215, USA
    • ,
  • Muneeb Ahmed, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Radiology, USA
    • Molecular Imaging Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 1 Deaconess Road, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    • ,
  • Atif Zaheer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Radiology, USA
    • Molecular Imaging Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 1 Deaconess Road, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    • ,
  • John V Frangioni, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Radiology, USA
    • Department of Medicine (Division of Hematology and Oncology), USA
    • Molecular Imaging Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 1 Deaconess Road, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    • ,
  • S.Nahum Goldberg, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Radiology, USA
    • Molecular Imaging Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 1 Deaconess Road, Boston, MA 02215, USA

Received 9 June 2003 ,Accepted 24 June 2003.

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☆ This work was funded by National Institutes of Health grant no. CA-70362 (R.E.L.) and Department of Energy (Office of Biological and Environmental Research) grant no. DE-FG02-01ER63188 (J.V.F.).

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doi: 10.1016/S1076-6332(03)00253-8

Academic Radiology
Volume 10, Issue 10 , Pages 1159-1164 , October 2003

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