Imaging of Lymph Flow in Breast Cancer Patients after Microdose Administration of a Near-Infrared Fluorophore: Feasibility Study

Eva M. Sevick-Muraca, Ruchi Sharma, John C. Rasmussen, Milton V. Marshall, Juliet A. Wendt, Hoang Q. Pham, Elizabeth Bonefas, Jessica P. Houston, Lakshmi Sampath, Kristen E. Adams, Darlene Kay Blanchard, Ronald E. Fisher, Stephen B. Chiang, Richard Elledge, and Michel E. Mawad
Radiology 2008;246 734-741

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This study demonstrated that noninvasive near-infrared (NIR) optical imaging by using microdose administration of an NIR fluorophore is feasible in humans.