The field of cancer biology requires tools for early tumor detection, measuring cellular and molecular factors at play in the tumor microenvironment and studying angiogenesis. Let the Vevo^® LAZR Photoacoustic Imaging System show you what you’ve been missing, with clear, high-resolution, in-depth images.

Visualizing cancer: in vivo, longitudinal, real-time quantification

The possibilities for in vivo tumor studies include:
 

• Molecular imaging applications
  • Nanoparticle-enhanced detection
  • Study multiple contrast agents simultaneously
  • High specificity molecular targeting studies
  • Measure intracellular biomarkers
     
• Identification of tumor phenotype and state
  • Early detection for xenograft & orthotopic tumors (30 µm resolution)
  • Longitudinal therapeutic monitoring
     
• Investigation of vascular structure in 2D and 3D
  • Assess angiogenesis progression
  • Amplify endogenous heme signal
  • Quantify perfusion kinetics
     
• Quantification of hypoxia via oxygen saturation
  • Oxygen distribution measurements in tumor
  • Assess hemoglobin content
     
• Evaluation of tumor metastasis & cancer staging
  • Identification of lymphatics and sentinel lymph nodes
  • Conduction of minimally-invasive sentinel lymph biopsies

The unique co-registration of structure and function is essential for mapping oxygen saturation to the exact anatomical detail being studied. This feature similarly aids in identifying the location of injected nanoparticles and dyes in vivo and in real-time.