Assessing lymphatic response to treatments in head and neck cancer using near-infrared fluorescence imaging

I-Chih Tan; Ron J. Karni; John C. Rasmussen; Eva M. Sevick-Muraca

doi:10.1117/12.2057788

19 May 2014 Assessing lymphatic response to treatments in head and neck cancer using near-infrared fluorescence imaging

I-Chih Tan, Ron J. Karni, John C. Rasmussen, Eva M. Sevick-Muraca

Proceedings Volume 9155, Translational Biophotonics; 915519 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057788
Event: SPIE Translational Biophotonics, 2014, Houston, Texas, United States

Abstract

Care for head and neck (HN) cancer could be improved with better mapping of lymphatic drainage pathways in HN region as well as understanding the effect of the cancer treatments on lymphatics. In this study, near-infrared fluorescence imaging is being used to visualize the lymphatics in human subjects diagnosed with HN cancer before and after treatments. Imaging results show the lymphatic architecture and contractile function in HN. Reformation of lymphatics during the course of cancer care was also seen in the longitudinal imaging. This allows us to better understand the lymphatics in HN cancer patients.

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I-Chih Tan, Ron J. Karni, John C. Rasmussen, and Eva M. Sevick-Muraca "Assessing lymphatic response to treatments in head and neck cancer using near-infrared fluorescence imaging", Proc. SPIE 9155, Translational Biophotonics, 915519 (19 May 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057788

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