Scanning spontaneous photon emission from transplanted ovarian tumor of mice using a photomultiplier tube.
A scanning system for the detection of spontaneous ultraweak photon emission from nude mice with transplanted tumors is presented. A photomultiplier tube (PMT) with an effective area of 15 mm diameter was used for measuring photon emission in a wavelength range from 300 to 650 nm. Tumors were induced in nude mice by transplantation of an ovarian cancer cell line into the back of mice. The PMT was moved for scanning over the whole body of a mouse placed in a dark box. The profiles of the intensities of photon emissions from the tumor mice are presented and compared with those obtained from the control mice.
Kim
Jungdae
J
School of Physics and Center for Theoretical Physics, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
Lim
Jaekwan
J
Kim
Hongbae
H
Ahn
Saeyoung
S
Sim
Sung-Bo
SB
Soh
Kwang-Sup
KS
D000818:Animals; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008819:Mice, Nude; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation / Q000662:veterinary; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D010783:Photometry / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D017785:Photons; D011859:Radiography; D013997:Time Factors; D014916:Whole-Body Irradiation