Estimation of apparent tumor vascular permeability from multiphoton fluorescence microscopic images of P22 rat sarcomas in vivo

Constantino Carlos Reyes-Aldasoro, Ian Wilson, Vivien E. Prise, Paul R. Barber, M. Ameer-Beg, Borivoj Vojnovic, Vincent J. Cunningham, Gillian M. Tozer

Abstract


OBJECTIVE: To develop an image processing-based method to quantify the rate of extravasation of fluorescent contrast agents from tumor microvessels, and to investigate the effect of the tumor vascular disrupting agent combretastatin A-4-P (CA-4-P) on apparent tumor vascular permeability to 40 kDa fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) labeled dextra”