BMC Cancer

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Coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering imaging of lipids in cancer metastasis

Thuc T Le1, Terry B Huff2 and Ji-Xin Cheng1,2,3*

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1 Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA

2 Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA

3 Purdue Cancer Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA

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BMC Cancer 2009, 9:42 doi:10.1186/1471-2407-9-42

Published: 30 January 2009

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Intravital flow cytometry for the detection of circulating tumor cells. A superficial blood micro-vessel of a Balb/c mouse on normal diet at 4 weeks after tumor implantation was selected for simultaneous confocal and transmission imaging. Movie acquired using xyt-scan mode at the speed of ~4 frames per second and a time window of 2 minutes. Green, GFP signal; red, RFP signal; blue, transmission signal. Movie represents raw, unprocessed data. Diameter of blood micro-vessel: 8 μm.

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Supporting figures S1–S9. Additional supporting data

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