Hardware, software, and scanning issues encountered during small animal imaging of photodynamic therapy in the athymic nude rat

Nathan Cross; Rahul Sharma; Davood Varghai M.D.; Chandra Spring-Robinson; Nancy L. Oleinick; Raymond F. Muzic Jr.; David Dean

doi:10.1117/12.701642

23 March 2007 Hardware, software, and scanning issues encountered during small animal imaging of photodynamic therapy in the athymic nude rat

Nathan Cross, Rahul Sharma, Davood Varghai M.D., Chandra Spring-Robinson, Nancy L. Oleinick, Raymond F. Muzic Jr., David Dean

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Proceedings Volume 6424, Photonic Therapeutics and Diagnostics III; 64242K (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.701642
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2007, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

Small animal imaging devices are now commonly used to study gene activation and model the effects of potential therapies. We are attempting to develop a protocol that non-invasively tracks the affect of Pc 4-mediated photodynamic therapy (PDT) in a human glioma model using structural image data from micro-CT and/or micro-MR scanning and functional data from 18F-fluorodeoxy-glucose (18F-FDG) micro-PET imaging. Methods: Athymic nude rat U87-derived glioma was imaged by micro-PET and either micro-CT or micro-MR prior to Pc 4-PDT. Difficulty insuring animal anesthesia and anatomic position during the micro-PET, micro-CT, and micro-MR scans required adaptation of the scanning bed hardware. Following Pc 4-PDT the animals were again 18F-FDG micro-PET scanned, euthanized one day later, and their brains were explanted and prepared for H&E histology. Histology provided the gold standard for tumor location and necrosis. The tumor and surrounding brain functional and structural image data were then isolated and coregistered. Results: Surprisingly, both the non-PDT and PDT groups showed an increase in tumor functional activity when we expected this signal to disappear in the group receiving PDT. Co-registration of the functional and structural image data was done manually. Discussion: As expected, micro-MR imaging provided better structural discrimination of the brain tumor than micro-CT. Contrary to expectations, in our preliminary analysis 18F-FDG micro-PET imaging does not readily discriminate the U87 tumors that received Pc 4-PDT. We continue to investigate the utility of micro-PET and other methods of functional imaging to remotely detect the specificity and sensitivity of Pc 4-PDT in deeply placed tumors.

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Nathan Cross, Rahul Sharma, Davood Varghai M.D., Chandra Spring-Robinson, Nancy L. Oleinick, Raymond F. Muzic Jr., and David Dean "Hardware, software, and scanning issues encountered during small animal imaging of photodynamic therapy in the athymic nude rat", Proc. SPIE 6424, Photonic Therapeutics and Diagnostics III, 64242K (23 March 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.701642

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