title: Scanning spontaneous photon emission from transplanted ovarian tumor of mice using a photomultiplier tube.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: School of Physics and Center for Theoretical Physics, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jungdae
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jaekwan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Hongbae
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Saeyoung
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: Sung-Bo
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Sim
authors.forename: Kwang-Sup
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Soh
mesh_terms: 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