Bioluminescence imaging of bone metastasis in rodents

Methods Mol Biol. 2012:816:507-15. doi: 10.1007/978-1-61779-415-5_30.

Abstract

Optical imaging is a valuable technique for visualizing and quantifying biological processes in living -organisms. Optical imaging can be divided into two main imaging modalities: bioluminescence imaging and fluorescence imaging. This chapter describes the use of these imaging techniques to image tumour cells in mouse models of cancer and to detect early bone metastasis.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bone and Bones / pathology*
  • Diagnostic Imaging / methods*
  • Luminescent Measurements / methods*
  • Mice
  • Neoplasm Metastasis / diagnosis*
  • Neoplasm Metastasis / pathology
  • Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Neoplasms / pathology